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Research Papers
A river on fire
Posted on 17 Sep, 2016 05:52 PMRiver Cauvery has been in the epicentre of agitation and violence in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu--both fighting over their share of the Cauvery water. Thanks to the deficit monsoon this year, the Cauvery basin reservoirs in both these neighbouring states are only filled half as much as they should be![1].
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_river_0.jpg?itok=TgxYOAov)
WASH away diarrhoea
Posted on 09 Sep, 2016 05:35 PMDiarrhoeal diseases are a leading cause for childhood mortality and morbidity worldwide. India registers the third highest proportion of child deaths caused by diarrhoea in South Asia [1]. According to Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, 2012, diarrhoeal diseases are the most prevalent of all water-related diseases in India [2].
![WASH infrastructure and diarrhoea. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_toilets_3.jpg?itok=2hrNAS_g)
Manuscripts invited for Environmental and Earth Sciences Research Journal
Posted on 30 Aug, 2016 10:19 PMThe journal ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES RESEARCH JOURNAL will publish a spe
Damn the dams, say the displaced
Posted on 30 Aug, 2016 12:28 PM"If you are to suffer, you should suffer in the interest of the country.”
- Jawaharlal Nehru, speaking to villagers who were to be displaced by the Hirakud Dam in 1948.
![The Hirakud dam](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14075678201_097f9dcec5_z_2.jpg?itok=PsMY8lM6)
Manual scavenging: The caste connection
Posted on 24 Aug, 2016 09:07 PMManual scavenging has been glorified since the time of Mahatma Gandhi. It hasn’t changed now with prime minister Narendra Modi describing it as an “experience in spirituality”. Manual scavenging is dehumanising. And despite the laws created to abolish it, the news of manual scavenging and manual scavengers dying in sewers and septic tanks are not unheard of.
![A manual scavenger at work. (Source: Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manual_scavengers_0_0.jpg?itok=M7D42-e1)
Water sharing: In China’s defence
Posted on 09 Aug, 2016 11:41 PMWhen two powerful and populous countries share a river to quench the thirst of its people, some amount of friction between the countries is bound to happen. The water of Brahmaputra, that flows through India, China, Bangladesh and Bhutan, has been a bone of contention between China and India for long.
![The Brahmaputra river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bramhaputra_1.jpg?itok=Lv806G8G)
When Godavari spews venom
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 04:18 PMAccording to a report published by the Central Water Commission in 2015 on the status of trace and toxic metals in Indian rivers in the country, a large number of rivers in India are contaminated by heavy metals.
![Godavari river at Jayakwadi dam, Aurangabad (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/birds_at_jayakwadi.jpg?itok=GugDi_d4)
Effect of environmental policies on reducing water pollution
Posted on 22 Jul, 2016 10:07 PMThere is a severe crisis plaguing the rivers in India.
![Sunset at Garmukteshwar on the river Ganga (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gadmukteshwar_sunset_0.jpg?itok=st5vzCsG)
Safe sanitation for women
Posted on 05 Jul, 2016 10:08 PMAccording to the recent figures by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF [
![Women and toilets (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_toilets_2.jpg?itok=VRubcEAR)
Understanding sanitation
Posted on 04 Jul, 2016 09:36 PMIt is a fact that constructing toilets alone cannot ensure total sanitation. The real challenge lies in getting people to use them. While treating fecal sludge and disposing it are largely urban concerns, modifying behaviour and motivating people to abandon open defecation are considered rural sanitation challenges.
![The overall strategy of behaviour change must be open to and address barriers influenced by caste, gender and other local variables. (Source: India WASH Forum)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bcc.png?itok=0uyhd8IX)