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Citizens' Rights and Duties
Toilets need water, women suffer under ODF drive
Posted on 12 Jun, 2018 01:28 PMRajasthan is all geared up for the open defecation free (ODF) status well before the national deadline of October 2, 2019. According to the assistant engineer of the nagar parishad, Resha Singh, 4.75 lakh toilets have been constructed since October 2, 2014 in Alwar district which is about to be declared ODF.
![Village women collect water for toilet use. (Photo by India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/paari-lewari80.jpg?itok=I2G9FCvf)
Alwar homes, farms and factories fight for water
Posted on 07 Jun, 2018 11:46 AMLewari, a village located around 17 km from Alwar in Rajasthan, is the site of a water conflict these days. “The production of Jayanti jaljeera, haazme ka lalantop drink (a digestive drink) has left our village parched,” says Nanak Singh, a resident.
![Operation of sluice outlet of Siliserh lake is marked by chaos and conflict among various interest groups.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/siliserh_lake_0.jpg?itok=tFflJK1S)
Not enough water, villagers look for solution
Posted on 25 May, 2018 06:03 PMThere seems to be no end to the drinking water crisis in the Bemetara district in Chhattisgarh. It is only becoming worse with every passing day. More than 40 percent of all the hand pumps installed in the district have run dry due to the depletion of groundwater level.
![Women of Bagledi struggle to get a pot of drinking water from one of the four stand posts.(Pics: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/28119050528_f158f99ed1_z.jpg?itok=eVRuZp_D)
Palwal puts Game Theory to practice
Posted on 21 May, 2018 09:27 PMAt just 24 years of age, Abhinav Vats has learnt a lot as the chief minister’s Good Governance Associate (CMGGA) posted in Palwal district of Haryana. An economics graduate from Delhi University, he worked as a research analyst with McKinsey and Company at Gurgaon for two-and-a-half years before deciding to be a CMGGA.
![Women participate enthusiastically in the ‘Palwal super village challenge’ for last mile delivery of rural development schemes. (Pic courtesy: Abhinav Vats)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_led_mobilization_for_women_empowerment_anganwdi_shg_parameters.jpg?itok=wYUK7KtI)
Village swims in desperation
Posted on 18 May, 2018 10:45 AM“Our village is also called the swimmers’ village because almost all of us including small children know how to swim. To learn swimming is not a luxury but a necessity for us.
![A girl oars a boat to go to college. (Pic courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_a_girl_oars_a_dilipidated_boat_everyday_to_go_to_the_college.png?itok=-m0OxTFl)
Sewage to blame, Dal turns dull
Posted on 17 May, 2018 01:09 PMSrinagar's prime tourist attraction, Dal Lake, is no more the scenic beauty it used to be. It's turning into an eyesore, thanks to sewage discharge and weed growth.
![A Kashmiri boy on a boat among lotus leaves on Dal Lake. (Pic courtesy: Safeena Wani/101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_lotus_leaves_in_dal_lake.jpg?itok=cVxOfNoa)
Where the mind is without fear
Posted on 09 May, 2018 08:49 PMPhoolbasan Yadav from the remote Sukaldaihan village in the Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh shot to fame for her untiring effort in empowering the women of her village. "Since my childhood, I had experienced extreme poverty and hunger, and I feel that similar is the plight of lakhs of women in the country.
![Phoolbasan Yadav (right) receives Padmshree from President Pratibha Patil in 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/uuotcrao_400x400.jpg?itok=VZKdoJT_)
Call for Admissions for Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University
Posted on 08 May, 2018 03:59 PMEntering its second year, the Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University envisages a multi-disciplinary classroom, engagement and content delivered by some of the best minds globally – experts on water who have worked on ground realities, made policies and initiated change.
Anicuts affect Mahanadi's flow
Posted on 26 Apr, 2018 01:02 PMGopal Nishad, a fisherman in his early 40s, is frustrated that there is hardly any fish left in the Mahanadi’s basin at Pitaibandh due to the lack of water in the basin. This basin is located near Rajim-Nawapara in Chhattisgarh, the proposed site for the fourth anicut on the Mahanadi.
![Anicut on the Mahanadi basin at Rajim-Nawapara (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/41425163831_0d3d44336d_o.jpg?itok=6SrFogy4)
Locks down, barrage scares Durgapur
Posted on 18 Apr, 2018 11:41 AMThe industrial township of Durgapur, situated 150 km from Kolkata, faced a severe water crisis for two days in November last year when the Durgapur barrage became dry following a leak at one of the lock gates of the barrage.
![Durgapur barrage. (Pic courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20180316_104420.jpg?itok=n8fUfQMj)