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What it takes to clean India
Posted on 06 Nov, 2015 12:25 PMSajan, a 14 year old Bhilala Adivasi boy studying in the Rani Kajal school in Kakrana in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh says, "We now save a lot of time as we bathe in the bathrooms and defecate in the toilets rather than in the open fields; and so we study better".
![Sewage water filter assembly in the school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sewage_water_filter_assembly_13_boys_hostel_0.jpg?itok=8CuDpX46)
Mansarovar or Gaumukh: Which is the source of the Ganga?
Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:11 PMNIH scientists to probe if Mansarovar is the source of Ganga
![Bhagirathi river at its source, Gaumukh (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9139589493_270208eef1_z_0.jpg?itok=F9gYK668)
20 sq.km forest area to be diverted for “blue and green, environment-friendly capital city” Amaravati
Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:00 PMCentre to allow diversion of a whooping 20 sq.km. forest area for Andhra's new capital
![An undisturbed forest (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9651315673_53b893e40e_z.jpg?itok=4HhDGwgM)
Rooftop rainwater harvesting at Chhattisgarh school reduces absenteeism
Posted on 02 Nov, 2015 01:00 PMChhattisgarh ranked number 1 in the country for providing domestic water connections in 2014-15 under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
![Rainwater harvesting tank at Madiya Kachar village school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0037s.jpg?itok=iA7pgQ98)
Sustainable practices in slash-and-burn lands in Nagaland
Posted on 01 Nov, 2015 11:02 AMA thick smog and haze eclipse the sun all through the day when jhum areas are burnt. Jhum, known as shifting cultivation a practice practice inv
![Shifting cultivation lands (Source: Prashant N S, 2006, Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jhum-prashantns-2006-wikimedia.jpg?itok=kAJF7jYq)
Communal versus neighbour-shared latrines: Which is better?
Posted on 31 Oct, 2015 07:58 PMAs many as 2.4 billion people lack access to improved sanitation globally. 710 million of these people live in urban areas. In India alone, 769 million people lack access to improved sanitation and as high as 597 million people defecate in the open.
Shared sanitation facilities in India
![Sanitation and health outcomes (Source: Sourabh Phadke)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilets_and_social_netwroks.jpg?itok=yLt57jxb)
Why seeds sprout 'hope'
Posted on 31 Oct, 2015 05:09 PMBeej Bachao Andolan (Save the Seed Movement) is not an organisation nor is it a registered entity. It does not take on projects nor does it crave funding.
![Forests, water & seeds are all interconnected (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0027.jpg?itok=YIAvMohp)
Moving from the Kyoto protocol to INDCs: India's plan to address climate change
Posted on 30 Oct, 2015 10:57 PMFour years ago, the international community at the Durban climate summit agreed to establish an international binding climate agreement as the current Kyoto protocol is set to expire in 2020. Closer to the Paris summit, countries were to prepare a post-2020 action plan on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
![Climate Change (Source: Sourabh Phadke on IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8357660792_7a1400afb9_z_1.jpg?itok=-mFmcqGl)
Quarter million school children in Chhattisgarh lack drinking water
Posted on 29 Oct, 2015 07:21 PMNearly 1,700 public schools--approximately quarter million children in grades 1-12--of Chhattisgarh have no arrangements for drinking water.
![Children attending school in Bilaspur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thumb_dsc0116_1024.jpg?itok=xXDyb4sM)