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Not all heroes wear capes, some fight amongst us
Posted on 04 Jun, 2021 06:40 PMThe entire world is going through an environmental crisis which calls for a transformational change. It is time we take responsibility and work together as a community to find bold, creative and innovative solutions to restore our planet.
![Meet the water warriors who made a significant change in their own unique way (Image Source: Environment Club)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Water%20warriors_0.jpg?itok=1ovrGJcI)
Social solidarity model in COVID-19 times
Posted on 03 Jun, 2021 07:28 PMThe COVID-19 pandemic affected the entire globe and unfolded the most challenging health risks and economic burdens on communities, women, men and children, who were already on the margins.
Community owned solutions strengthen rural resilience
Posted on 03 Jun, 2021 12:32 PMSituated in the north-central part of the country, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. Agriculture forms an integral part of Uttar Pradesh’s economy and the lives of its people.
![Managing community grain banks (Image: Shramik Bharti)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Uttar-Pradesh-crop-2.jpg?itok=EVwXCKLb)
Harnessing runoff to cope with droughts in South India
Posted on 01 Jun, 2021 11:54 AMThe years 2016 to 2018 saw a major drought in the South of India due to low winter rainfall from the northeast monsoon – rainfall crucial for water availability, agriculture and livelihoods for the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
![The scramble to collect water: Can it be prevented? (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Water%20shortage.jpg?itok=v6uojg0X)
The lessons learnt from Cyclone Yaas
Posted on 31 May, 2021 11:03 PMOn May 26, Cyclone Yaas from the Bay of Bengal hit the coast in Bhadrak district near the Bahanaga block north of Dhamra port
![Cyclone Yaas slammed into the north Odisha coast near Balasore on May 26, 2021 (Image: NASA Earth Observatory)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/cycloneyaas_tmo_2021-NASA%E2%80%99s%20Earth%20Observatory.jpg?itok=HDQijEGf)
From water carriers to water entrepreneurs
Posted on 31 May, 2021 04:16 PMImagine having to travel 7 to 8 kilometers every day to fetch water from a village because t
![iJal bridged the gender gap through economic empowerment and reduced the water collection drudgery for women (Image: Safe Water Network)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Women%20operator%20trained%20to%20perform%20backend%20machinery%20work%20at%20the%20plant%20%281%29.jpg?itok=VCHJDZvn)
Challenges in planning faecal sludge management systems
Posted on 30 May, 2021 12:02 PMSanitation targets for SDG 6 can only be met if the focus expands from just access to the full cycle of sanitation – access, conveyance, treatment and re-use.
![Empty faecal sludge drying bed (Image: Lars Schoebitz; Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/fssm1_0.jpg?itok=-1vRqtKK)
Second wave, new challenges: Civil society on the frontlines
Posted on 29 May, 2021 02:26 PMThe onset of a second wave of COVID-19 has inflicted havoc in urban centers and even in the national capital which has somewhat sound state-of-the-art health system.
![Involved in COVID relief (Image: SM Sehgal Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Sonbhadra%2C%20UP.jpeg?itok=KdtsPLlm)
Amidst Covid-19 second wave, two cyclones hit the Indian coasts
Posted on 27 May, 2021 09:26 PMCyclone Tauktae hit the west coast, while Yaas batters the east coast
![Fallen lampost and trees lay sprawled across the road after a cyclone (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/30813818684_62a38a1623_c.jpg?itok=6dGfX3JV)
Centre releases funds to states under Jal Jeevan Mission
Posted on 27 May, 2021 06:59 AMJal Jeevan Mission: Centre releases funds to states and asks states/UTs to digitise water supply infrastructure in rural India
![A roadside tap in a village (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/7506393620_e932c32d2f_c%20%281%29.jpg?itok=lFfmLb4d)