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Clean fuel choices of urban India’s poor
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 03:40 PMWith increased urbanisation, India is experiencing acute air pollution in its urban centres.
![PMUY should expand its reach to urban slum households, given that there are still households without LPG connections. (Image: Adam Cohn, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/old-woman-adam-cohn.jpg?itok=aeGCetao)
Testing of drinking water gets easy for users
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 11:10 AMTesting drinking water gets easy thanks to JJM and ICMR
![Farmer taking water from a hand pump (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/5702264357_db00087b7e_c.jpg?itok=KRdZgbWI)
The threatened traditional tank systems of Madurai
Posted on 16 Mar, 2021 11:47 AMThe tank cascade systems of Madurai
Arid and semi-arid regions of Southern-Indian peninsula are known to experience frequent droughts and the watersheds in these regions are characterised by hot climate, scanty water availability and erratic rainfall.
![The dying tanks of Madurai (Image Source: Seetha Goplalakrishnan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/Madurai%20tanks.jpg?itok=R4VcAlty)
Strengthening the frontline for water security
Posted on 12 Mar, 2021 05:00 PMIndia has over 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats, which manage the governance of over 6,64,000 villages spread across the country.
![Kalyani Dash works with 150 households in the village directly and trains them on chemical-free farming techniques, water secure crop production, efficient water use in agriculture for a sustainable farming future as well as kitchen and nutrition gardening. (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/fes1.jpg?itok=aUFowYsz)
Young professionals motivate people to participate in rural sanitation
Posted on 12 Mar, 2021 12:23 PMWe all know that regular use of toilets is very important for having good health. However, we are constantly confronted by statistics that tell us that toilet use in rural areas is not good. How do we solve this problem? Is it possible to tackle it by outsiders – who go in wanting to “fix” the situation or by working with communities to understand their needs?
Meandering waterways: the interconnectedness of people’s action on water availability
Posted on 09 Mar, 2021 01:21 PM“Everything is connected”. I watched a docuseries named “Connected: the hidden science of everything” where a journalist named Latif Nasser investigates how we and the universe are connected. After watching this docuseries, I thought about it and tried gathering pieces of evidence regarding this connectivity around me over the past one year.
Telangana among states ensuring tap water supply to schools, anganwadis
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 02:25 PMTelangana joins a group of states which have ensured tap water supply to schools, anganwadis
![Tap water in a rural school (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/8047878848_cf144bfcf8_c.jpg?itok=qVmXsFmH)
Revival of Ganga wetlands gets government's attention
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 02:18 PMJal Shakti Ministry draws focus towards revival of Ganga wetlands
![Receding Ganga river at Sangam (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/2934020083_c28c745673_c.jpg?itok=qVxTHuB9)
Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 08:01 AMExtensive evidence of elevated arsenic in the food chain, mainly rice, wheat and vegetables exists.
![Median excess lifetime cancer risk of 2 per 10,000 from food arsenic exposure in Bihar. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Arsenic_Poisoning_0.jpg?itok=nULY11Qq)
Managing groundwater demand: the way forward
Posted on 02 Mar, 2021 07:25 AMGroundwater reserves are depleting at rapid rates in India, which is one of the world’s largest consumer of groundwater with it providing 60 percent of the irrigation needs of the country.
![Groundwater, a valuable resource! (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/20150902_100433.jpg?itok=vrutxFuL)