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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Organisations/NGOs working in Water and Sanitation
Posted on 24 Jan, 2017 03:43 PMThis guide lists out the organisations/ NGOs in the Water and Sanitation sector, across the country. Please click on a topic to view more detailed information.
![List of organisations in water & sanitation sector](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic_book_0.jpg?itok=Hf31VESI)
Inform us about future hydel projects: Pakistan to India
Posted on 23 Jan, 2017 08:50 PMIndia should inform us about its future hydel projects: Pakistan
![Chenab river (Source: Wikipedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chenab_river.jpg?itok=bqytFmfx)
Centre initiates moving water to concurrent list
Posted on 23 Jan, 2017 08:05 PMProcess to move water to concurrent list begins
![Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z_0.jpg?itok=L9MiurgT)
Capital punishment
Posted on 20 Jan, 2017 08:37 PMIt may come as a surprise to many that Delhi, a bustling metropolis and home to a population of over 18.6 million, has one of the largest stretches of forests in the country bang in the middle of the city.
![Kamala Nehru forest in the northern part of the ridge is home to several historical monuments. (Source: Harsha NH, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/entrance_to_kamla_nehru_ridge_area_delhi-harsha-nh.jpg?itok=FZgWI6Ys)
Saving Ramgarh Lake
Posted on 19 Jan, 2017 10:32 AMLast year, a crocodile walked seven kilometres to reach Jamwa Ramgarh village near Jaipur looking for food. It had ventured out from Jamwa Ramgarh dam, which used to have around 100 of its species at one time. Since 2006, however, the dam is dry, leaving little fish or other prey for the aquatic reptiles.
![The reservoir that has been dry for the last 10 years.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ramgurh.jpg?itok=kiD3aiXR)
No man's land
Posted on 18 Jan, 2017 09:39 PMFrom its rather benign origins connoting a type of land classification, the term poromboke has transformed into something grotesque over the years. This term had been in use since the Cholas denoting stretches of land reserved for shared communal use which cannot be bought or sold.
![The Ennore creek choked by fly ash. (Screen grab from the Chennai poromboke paadal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/poromboke2.png?itok=KbRRvrpb)
Acquired lands lay barren, SC questions states
Posted on 16 Jan, 2017 12:11 PMWhy are lands acquired from farmers barren? SC asks states
![Women farmers protest against land acquisition (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sundari_protest_0.jpg?itok=f7pxz7Py)
TN suffers the worst north-east monsoon in 140 years
Posted on 16 Jan, 2017 11:50 AMTamil Nadu declares drought
![TN farmers in the midst of a crisis. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_7_0.jpg?itok=fr9zKLWm)
State of rivers goes south
Posted on 14 Jan, 2017 05:40 PMAt a time when the government’s attention is steered towards the concerns of the northern rivers like the Ganga and the Yamuna, it is seldom that the polluted rivers of the south India come up for discussion.
![Water-borne litter in Salem, Tamil Nadu. (Source: Parvathisri, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water-borne_litter_in_salem_tamil_nadu_india-parvathisri-wikimedia-commons_0.jpg?itok=Y5QZTdyg)