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Ecology and Environment
Toilet use in Uttarakhand: A mountainous issue
Posted on 23 Nov, 2017 02:36 PM“Sometimes I go for open defecation, sometimes I use the toilet. It’s not like I always have to use the toilet. When I go for work here and there, I defecate in the jungle,” says Renu from one of the remote villages in Tehri Garwal district of Uttarakhand when asked why she does not use latrines every day.
![Tanks and canals form the water supply system in a remote Uttarakhand village. (Image source: Chicu Lokgariwar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_supply_uttarakhand.jpg?itok=Xpm9y6Bi)
India ranks low on sanitation index: Report
Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 02:20 PMIndia has the highest number of people without access to toilets: Report
![Toilets in India (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_toilets_2_0.jpg?itok=ys3WWDcb)
Maharashtra to pay Rs 100 crore for river restoration
Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 01:54 PMSC orders Maharashtra government to pay Rs 100 crore for restoration of Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers
![A filthy river in Maharashtra. (Source: IWP photos via Rohit Sharma and Arpita Bhagat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_3_0_0.jpg?itok=PcTf6jtu)
In Memoriam: A Tribute to Our Dear Friend Latha Anantha
Posted on 18 Nov, 2017 07:23 PMLatha, well known environmental activist and researcher from Kerala, is no more with us physically. Though many of us knew that she was battling with cancer for the last 3-4 years, closely following her ups and downs and also knowing that over the last two weeks or so her health was steadily deteriorating, the question still comes up time and again, why was she taken away from us so early?
![Noted river activist Latha Anantha passed away on Thursday after battling cancer for more than three years. She was 51. (Photo credit Latha Anantha Facebook)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/0.17217500_1510832530_latha.jpg?itok=h4xRF8oW)
Can Bundelkhand farmers weather the drought?
Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 03:28 PMOn October 22, 35-year-old Lallu Yadav was celebrating Govardhan Pooja, a Hindu festival celebrated after Diwali, in Panchkurha village, almost 22 kms from the district headquarters of Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh.
![Farmer Gajraj Yadav has abandoned farming forever. (Source: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gajraj_showing_his_land_he_says_that_dry_weather_and_scarcity_of_water_has_led_to_loss_in_agriculture_in_the_bundelkhand_regionjpg.jpg?itok=YKLxciJN)
Waiting for water
Posted on 15 Nov, 2017 05:50 AMIn the early hours, the villagers of Khalabari, a tribal-dominated village in the Dumuripadar gram panchayat of Koraput district in Odisha step out of their houses for bringing wood and drinking water. The road to the forest where the water is available is rocky.
![Khalabari village (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24260720608_796c84b5d4_o.jpg?itok=T1hupHcK)
NRDWP to get restructured
Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 01:17 PMRestructuring of National Rural Drinking Water Programme approved
![A child drinks water from a hand pump in Madhya Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/news_this_week_1_0.jpg?itok=ZbzR86k1)
Delhi enveloped in smog again
Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 12:56 PMYet again, North India shrouded in heavy smog
![Delhi shrouded in smog. (Source: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy/Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5543835085_26a8a47275_b_0.jpg?itok=ALUnAx9W)
Drinking water: Access does not mean safety
Posted on 11 Nov, 2017 12:36 PMConcerned with contaminated water sources in rural areas, the Centre plans to provide piped water supply (classified as an improved water source by the W
![Better drinking water access does not always mean that the water is safe to drink. (Image source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking_water1.jpg?itok=BM2r-deh)
Chennai's struggle with segregation
Posted on 08 Nov, 2017 11:30 AMCome November, along with swollen waterways and flooded streets, another prominent image flashed repeatedly on television screens is that of mountains of mixed garbage. Chennai’s solid waste headache is by no means entirely monsoon-related.
![Perungudi dump yard chokes the Pallikaranai marshland.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/perungudi.jpg?itok=it7otxRS)