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Better waste management for cleaner Chandigarh
Posted on 02 Mar, 2016 02:07 PMChandigarh is famous for its wide roads laid out in geometrical precision. Large, green spaces adorn the stoic but neatly arranged rectangular habitations called sectors.
![Chandigarh does not have a specific waste segregation system yet.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2016-02-26_14.40.12.jpg?itok=9wYJu3a1)
Need for National Legislation on water announced during Jal Manthan
Posted on 01 Mar, 2016 12:47 PMLarge-scale people participation in important schemes concludes Jal Manthan
![Gravity-based pipe irrigation in Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13941544052_f0e00011b7_z.jpg?itok=6uCmghPs)
Rs 38,500 crore allocated for MGNREGA in Budget 2016
Posted on 29 Feb, 2016 09:56 PMAgriculture, rural development and social sector is the focus of Budget 2016
![Labourers building check dams under MGNREGS (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5498477595_b432f838e5_z_0_1_0.jpg?itok=YLz4mHDs)
Jharkhand's octogenarian water warrior
Posted on 28 Feb, 2016 01:39 PMIt was 1961. Simon Oraon, a Class IV school drop-out began his journey against drought in Bedo, a tribal block of Ranchi, Jharkhand. An idealistic young man, he along with his fellow villagers began constructing earthen dams to capture rainwater for recharging groundwater.
![A water body revived at Bedo, Ranchi](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bedo-water-body.jpg?itok=AQS1hghD)
Toilets can work!
Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 02:20 PMOpen defecation continues to be practised by as high as 65% of India's rural population and only 14% of rural households have access to piped water supply leading to high rates of infant deaths and mortality. This working paper titled 'Toilets can work: Short and medium run
![Hygienic latrines and diarrhoea (Source: Sourabh Phadke)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilets_10.jpg?itok=miGnLsH6)
The new Indian middle class and water use in Calcutta
Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 01:54 PMAn ever expanding middle class has come to symbolise a new India which is changing individual and household consumption patterns by accessing resources and technologies beyond their availabilities.
![Water use in urban cities (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_7.jpg?itok=e1vbDrJ-)
Water for Profit: Experiences from America and India
Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 12:15 PMIn January 2016, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Employees Union and residents of Nagpur yet again protested the privatisation of water services in the city.
![NMC Employees Union and residents of Nagpur protest water privatisation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20160202-wa0006.jpg?itok=zdavytl4)
5 crore people cleanse themselves at the cost of 5000
Posted on 24 Feb, 2016 09:38 PMThe Ujjain Simhastha (Kumbh Mela) in Madhya Pradesh will begin on April 22, 2016 and go on for a month. The event, held once every 12 years, holds religious significance to Hindus, and throngs of people--approximately 5 crore over the month--take a holy dip in the Kshipra river during this time.
![Early morning at Ramghat, Ujjain](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24524490811_206362fc69_o.jpg?itok=QnmHHdrP)
Preparing for the Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mela
Posted on 24 Feb, 2016 09:37 PMThe Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mahaparva is one of the four Kumbha Melas, which is held once in 12 years.
![Diwakar Natu, Chairman of Simhastha Fair Authority](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/diwakar_natu-s.jpg?itok=4cyRNC5i)
4 billion global population affected by severe water scarcity: NASA
Posted on 23 Feb, 2016 12:16 PMGroundwater levels are reducing all over the world: NASA analysis
![A tubewell in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2971048985_7ded9f8fed_z.jpg?itok=eILAfkY1)