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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Unsafe drinking water burdens urban poor
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 07:25 PMWater in India continues to be extremely polluted and unsafe.
![Safe drinking water, a valuable resource (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Handpump.jpg?itok=3BtJJYQb)
Air pollution: Filling the gaps
Posted on 22 Dec, 2020 12:34 PMAir pollution killed 16.7 lakh Indians and led to an economic loss of Rs.
![All Indian cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad surpass the air quality standards by a significant margin (Image: United Nations; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/air-pollution-toronto-UN.jpg?itok=4SM6DSo-)
Lost to fluorosis
Posted on 21 Dec, 2020 12:33 PM“What should I do? I have been bedridden for two years now. My hands and feet do not work.
![The state needs to play a key role in identifying fluorosis as well as in developing and executing an action plan to control it. (Image: Rab Nawaz Alam)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/fluorosis.jpg?itok=CJVPb3j1)
Study using geo-tagged bottles unravels plastic pollution
Posted on 09 Dec, 2020 04:53 PMPlastic pollution can travel thousands of kilometres in just a few months, finds new study using geo-tagged bottles
![Plastic pollution by a river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/2935403892_ba0f30ab05_c.jpg?itok=pGD_b1hY)
New packaged drinking water rules to apply from January 1, 2021
Posted on 09 Dec, 2020 12:43 PMRevised standards for packaged drinking water to apply from January 1st, 2021
![Filtration plants in a packaging water units (Image source: Tushar Trivedi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/packaged_water.jpg?itok=_FHenyb4)
Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab: Government
Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 01:23 PMPunjab no.1 in overexploitation of groundwater
![Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/27560459605_dd7aeae4a2_c.jpg?itok=jLJ3FewO)
Sanitation empowered her
Posted on 14 Sep, 2020 03:58 PMIn a corner of the Kathagada locality in the Parhatiya Sahi slum of Dhenkanal stands a small neat house. Surrounded by a well-tended garden that is planted with fruit trees, flowers and grass, this is Reena Rani Singh’s home. She is a multi-purpose local leader and is a member of the local Self Help Group (SHG), Mahila Arogya Samiti and Slum Sanitation Committee (SSC).
![As a part of Project Nirmal, community structures including Slum Sanitation Committees (SSCs) and Ward Sanitation Committees (WSCs) were constituted at the slum and ward level (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/reena.jpeg?itok=xuoHTagO)
Ganga's riverine communities in troubled waters
Posted on 01 Sep, 2020 03:04 PMA large section of the population living in the Ganga river basin still depends on the river for daily use activities and livelihood. Hence, the cleaning of the Ganga river’s water and making it safe for use remains a major goal for policymakers.
![There is a need to formalise the traditional occupation of riverine fishing by providing proper licensing facilities to allow for targeted policies for the community in order to mitigate the livelihood challenges being faced by it. (Image: Pikrepo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/silhouette-of-2-person-riding-on-boat-during-sunset.jpg?itok=w8DHnmP6)
Holy waters, unholy outcomes!
Posted on 28 Aug, 2020 05:52 PMRivers are revered and considered holy since times immemorial in India and mass bathing in some rivers is an age-old ritual. A holy dip and a holy sip of the river waters are considered to be a highly purifying. But is the dip really cleansing at all when almost all the rivers in India are known to be highly polluted?
![A priest offers water to the sun at Ramghat on the Kshipra river at Simhastha (Image Source: Makarand Purohit)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kshipra_mass_bathing.jpg?itok=rJgzyAzw)