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Nagpur Municipal Corporation in troubled waters
Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 09:41 AMThe Maharashtra State Accountant General (AG) recently exposed the hidden agenda of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its so-called best Public-Private Partnership model with regards to Nagpur's water supply.
![No 24x7 water supply for Nagpur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap_picture-small.jpg?itok=yPjNulr-)
Delhi residents to be charged an 'environmental compensation fee'
Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 09:25 AMCharge fees, use funds to clean Yamuna: NGT
![Bid to clean Yamuna through 'environment compensation fee' (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/oshiwara_river.jpg?itok=ZK9QS8SJ)
India set to become water scarce in 10 years
Posted on 04 Aug, 2015 10:20 PMIndia set to become water scarce in 10 years time: Govt tells Parliament
![Water scarcity: A reality in 2025? (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4415664247_4129da70ec_o.jpg?itok=QwXO0pkA)
Groundwater: It's not a source, it’s a resource
Posted on 02 Aug, 2015 08:11 AMSprings play an important role in the daily lives of thousands of communities in the hills and mountains of the Himalayas. However, in many places once reliable springs are drying up, presenting rural communities, and women in particular, with new challenges.
![A spring next to a temple in Uttarakhand is the source of the Ramganga river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15375369370_a525ebbdcc_z.jpg?itok=O1eBvKDA)
Poor sanitation causes psychosocial stress among women
Posted on 02 Aug, 2015 07:45 AMSanitation in India is at a critical juncture. The Indian government has been contemplating new strategies to deal with the country's sanitation crisis by making massive investments under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
![Poor sanitation and psychosocial stress - The linkages (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/its_not_about_rape_0.jpg?itok=nK3o615P)
Shivaji and Sardar Vallabhai Patel: Bigger than their proposed statues
Posted on 31 Jul, 2015 09:05 AMWhat do these two iconic figures -- Shivaji, the great Maratha leader and Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the ‘Iron Man of India’ -- have most in common? While one might think that it was their fight for the freedom of their motherland, albeit at different times, that is not all.
![Shivaji & Sardar Patel to be immortalised as statues (Source: Wikipedia & www.statueofunity.in)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/doit.png?itok=awjIm97b)
Does poor sanitation behaviour adversely affect pregnancy?
Posted on 29 Jul, 2015 12:12 PMA number of studies have linked water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions to improvements in health outcomes such as diarrhoeal diseases, helminth (parasitic worm) infections and childhood stunting.
![The connection between sanitation and pregnancy outcomes](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_toilets_0.jpg?itok=7ew17LFC)
The invasion of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh
Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 07:02 PMHydropower development has been given topmost priority in the resource rich state of Himachal Pradesh.
![100 MW Tidong-I project, Kinnaur HP](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kinnaur_1.jpg?itok=nLC-JGwH)
Water and the Missile Man
Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 01:32 PMDr. Kalam is no more but he lives on in the hearts of many through his quotes, beliefs, speeches and his acclaimed book India 2020: A Vision for the New Millenium among many others.
![The late APJ Abdul Kalam at the International Book Fair, Trivandrum, 2014](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/apj_abdul_kalam.jpg?itok=PWL1zKFL)