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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Monsoon withdrawal delayed; more extreme weather events the new trend
Posted on 02 Oct, 2019 11:01 AMMonsoon’s withdrawal likely to begin around October 10: IMD
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From droughts to floods: India’s tryst with climate extremes
Posted on 01 Oct, 2019 11:54 AMIndia has witnessed extreme weather conditions this year. While parts of the north and south have battled drought like conditions this summer, the northeast and western coastal areas witnessed heavy rains and floods.
![Water talk Series at Mumbai (Image Source:Tata Insitute of Social Sciences)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_talk_series1.jpg?itok=cs3tu1tn)
The Water Future Conference in Bangalore: Towards a Sustainable Water Future
Posted on 30 Sep, 2019 12:38 PMThe Water Future Conference in Bangalore last week, saw many from the scientific community, academia, research, civil society and the media come together to discuss the state of water resources across the world and in India, as well as future pathways and scenarios, and different technological a
![Charles Vorosmarty, Chair, COMPASS Initiative, Water Future at the opening plenary on advanced water system assessments to address water security challenges of the 21st century.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_7269.jpeg?itok=y8Th5XHv)
Stop farming on Yamuna floodplains by 2020: NGT to DDA
Posted on 17 Sep, 2019 05:26 PMNGT orders DDA to ensure farming on the Yamuna floodplains is stopped by 2020
![Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z_1_1.jpg?itok=Ggt3bLYv)
Telangana government, tribals oppose uranium mining in Nallamala forests
Posted on 17 Sep, 2019 05:11 PMTelangana government, tribals stand against proposed uranium mining in Nallamala forests
![A view of the Nallamala Forests (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-nallamala_view.jpg?itok=GIEDFgvV)
Indore leads the way in making its lakes pollution-free
Posted on 16 Sep, 2019 01:19 PMChoked by sewage and effluent discharge, lakes in and around Indore are in a terrible state and in need of restoration. A bustling city in central India, Indore was declared the cleanest city in India three years in a row.
![An attempt to make our lakes pollution free (Image: Clean Water)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/01_nalanda_sarovar.jpg?itok=XA9Z1l_0)
Gujarat tops NITI Aayog’s water index for second time
Posted on 09 Sep, 2019 08:53 AMNITI Aayog, the Government of India’s policy think tank, recently released the second edition of the Composite Water Management Index to enable effective water management in Indian states. It warns that the country will lose 6% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2050 because of a water crisis.
![With water outages, shortages and availability, one sees these pots in every home, village, by the rainbow-hued hundred in shops, and even in precarious bundles balanced on the bikes of travelling wallah pot-sale vendors in Chennai. (Image: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_pots_lined_up_for_filling_chennai.jpg?itok=vutW2WAO)
India to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030
Posted on 04 Sep, 2019 11:04 AMAhead of UNCCD COP14 in Delhi this week, India pledges to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030
![India urgently needs to address increasing desertification. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desertification_0.jpg?itok=NVrdV7UX)
What’s shit got to do with child health?
Posted on 02 Sep, 2019 06:35 PMA pig snorts after emerging from the open drain that passes through a slum in the Digha area of south Patna. Small children crawl on the road nearby with slime dribbling from their nose.
![Studies indicate that more children stunted in India than in sub-Saharan Africa (Image: MOSPI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/children_1.jpg?itok=AwLt_h6R)
Water in Pune’s urban quagmire
Posted on 02 Sep, 2019 12:01 PMDrinking water programs in India treat urban and rural areas separately, generally neglecting the special characteristics of settlements referred to as peri-urban – those on the outskirts or peripheries of urban areas, or “rurban” settlements i.e. rural areas with urban facilities.
![A street in the city of Poonah [Pune] in 1871 (Image: Lester John Frederick, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pune_1871_street_scene_lester_john_frederick_british_library_collection.jpg?itok=ld9lf4TZ)