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Managing disasters in the hills
Posted on 24 Nov, 2021 06:59 PMJust like another day, the mountainous village of Honzar in Dachhan Tehsil in Kishtwar district in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was approaching dawn when the entire village was hit by a deadly cloudburst around four in the morning on July 28
![It is at the community level that the effects of disasters are felt the most (Image: Baber Nafice)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-11/Rescue%20operation.jpg?itok=nxyBDoln)
Will Darjeeling’s thirst be quenched?
Posted on 17 Nov, 2021 02:08 PMIndia’s urban population is expected to grow around 800 million by 2050, which is predicted to create major challenges for urban water management.
![Darjeeling, in the grip of a water crisis (Image Source: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-11/Darjeeling.jpg?itok=7u4neS1N)
Improving access to climate finance critical
Posted on 04 Nov, 2021 10:32 AMMore than 80% cent Indians live in climate-vulnerable districts, according to a recently released report ‘
![Bihar floods of 2008 (Image: M Asokan, Public Resource.org)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-11/Bihar%20floods%202008-M%20Asokan-PRO.jpg?itok=6q2mwWOv)
Move to amend forest law raises concerns
Posted on 31 Oct, 2021 10:06 PMThe Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released a
![Dallirajhara forest of Chhattisgarh (Image: Tanvir Khan, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/forest-Tanvir-Khan-Pixabay.jpg?itok=sLeiR1AD)
Hand hygiene, a public policy issue
Posted on 15 Oct, 2021 08:45 AMThe simple act of cleaning hands can save lives and reduce illness by helping prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The benefits of hand hygiene in preventing the transmission of infectious diseases have been known since 1850.
![Girls learn the value of hand-washing (Image: Kristen Kelleher, USAID, Pixnio)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/hand%20washing.jpg?itok=dEEiu9rT)
300 organisations from across the globe call for no climate finance for hydropower
Posted on 06 Oct, 2021 10:06 PMHydropower is not fit for climate finance according to 300 organisations worldwide
![Gambhir dam near Ujjain (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/14086710650_66791ab4de_k_0.jpg?itok=1NcxWqr6)
Understanding the thinking behind IEC in large programs
Posted on 04 Oct, 2021 03:24 PMOur governing ministries in the Centre and in States plan several programs every year for the overall betterment of lives and livelihoods of the masses, and many of them require people to under
![Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/basanti.jpg?itok=Mro_GBlh)
Lift irrigation cooperatives provide irrigation to tribal drylands
Posted on 06 Sep, 2021 03:59 PMThe earliest known civilizations settled around rivers as they provided access to the water needed for cultivating crops. Over time, humans learnt to control the flow of water by the construction of barriers across the direction of the river flow.
![Simalaghasi check dam across Panam river, Dahod constructed by NM Sadguru Water and Development Foundation (Image: NM Sadguru Water and Development Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/Simalaghashi_check_dam_across_river_panam_Taluka_Devgarh_Bariaya__District_Dahod.jpg?itok=j7acR_TL)
How Paani Foundation harnesses the power of communication for social transformation
Posted on 04 Sep, 2021 12:05 PMPaani Foundation was created in 2016, with the vision of making Maharashtra drought-free. From 2016 to 2019, Paani Foundation organized four Water Cup competitions, whose main objective was to make villages water secure through watershed development.
![Villagers participating in shramdaan for making watershed structures (Image: Paani Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/paani1_0.jpg?itok=lGajXaq-)
Study calls for securing water sustainability in Chennai
Posted on 01 Sep, 2021 01:43 PMWater stress has specifically magnified for metropolitan cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, etc.
![These bright plastic jugs are ubiquitous in Chennai and Tamil Nadu. (Image: McKay Savage, Flickr Commons; CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/water%20tap.jpg?itok=XHU9_vCD)