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Self sufficiency in the times of Covid-19
Posted on 02 May, 2020 11:26 AMReshamben, Manguben and Naseemben, strong women leaders of Vanita Shakti Mahila Sangathan and Ekta Mahila Sangathan, have always argued that government ration shops under the public distribution system should purchase all essential foodgrains from the local area, to the extent possible.
![A ‘people to people’ social solidarity enterprise in the times of Covid-19 (Image: Utthan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/woman_farmer_photo.jpg?itok=Yaxe7Psv)
Covid-19: The road back home
Posted on 29 Apr, 2020 09:30 AMRaj Kumar, 32, a daily wager employed at a factory in Delhi had barely a thousand rupees in his wallet when he readied to rush back to his village in Halia block of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. On a normal April afternoon, he took the highway that leads to his district hearing about the 21-day lockdown.
![Millions of migrants rushed to return to their villages amid the lockdown (Image: Pixabay/balouriarajesh. Pixabay licence)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pixabay.jpg?itok=F5LlUCi6)
Covid-19: Oxfam India responding with relief in 14 states
Posted on 27 Apr, 2020 12:58 AMIn the last one week of starting its humanitarian relief response to fight coronavirus, Oxfam India along with its partners have provided dry ration to around 40,000 poor people, cooked meals served to nearly 40,000 migrant labourers, distributed 2660 safety kits to frontline workers and reached 4.5 million people through awareness initiatives in India.
![Oxfam India is concerned about the impact Covid-19 could have on the most vulnerable communities (Image: Oxfam India)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/oxfam-lead.jpg?itok=Qcb1O7Wb)
FAQs: Faecal sludge and septage management
Posted on 26 Apr, 2020 03:53 PMThis primer provides the basics related to most aspects of faecal sludge and septage management. Please click on a topic to view more detailed information.
![Empty faecal sludge drying bed (Image: Lars Schoebitz)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fssm1_0.jpg?itok=TDtRhEXN)
Covid-19 and water security in India: Magnifying inequities in an unequal world
Posted on 25 Apr, 2020 01:44 PM
![In the absence of piped water access, poor households will find it exceedingly difficult to practice regular handwashing (Image: UNICEF, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/handwash-1.jpg?itok=Vl-ldrAZ)
Providing safe drinking water, in difficult times!
Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 03:36 PMPiramal Sarvajal, seeded by the Piramal Foundation in 2008, is a mission driven social enterprise which designs and deploys innovative solutions for creating affordable access to safe drinking water in underserved areas.
![Safe drinking water, in difficult times (Image Source: PIramal Sarvajal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/piramal_sarvajal4.jpg?itok=MJmizN3J)
Facing up to the water crisis
Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 11:58 AMThe conventional freshwater sources available in India are being currently overexploited, leading to widespread environmental degradation and depletion of freshwater resources especially groundwater. To sustain the needs of an increasing population and ecology, our consumption of water far exceeds the rate at which we are recharging water sources.
![Water conservation measures invariably have a positive effect on water quality and the environment (Image: Joel Bassuk / Oxfam; Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water-conservation1.jpg?itok=vaef26TX)
Gearing to overcome water quality woes
Posted on 21 Apr, 2020 05:22 PMIndia has the most people in the world without access to safe drinking water (133.9 million). Many studies indicate that poor and marginalized populations are the worst affected from waterborne diseases resulting from the consumption of contaminated water.
![HWTS solutions are best suited for villages (Image: WaterAid)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sf2-pic-wateraid.jpg?itok=RsqVd4oY)
Vulnerable, in the time of Covid-19!
Posted on 21 Apr, 2020 09:30 AMThe Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc worldwide and India continues to be in the line of fire. While cases continue to rise, India is also experiencing a crisis of another kind, that of the lockdown affecting the livelihoods of a large number of workers from the informal sector.
![Meeting the basic needs of vulnerable communities during Covid-19 (Image Source: SOPPECOM)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/joy1.jpg?itok=J_ZRRDhL)
Springing back to life
Posted on 20 Apr, 2020 11:45 PMSprings are the key source of water for rural households in Uttarakhand, yet they have seen an overall neglect over the decades with discharge from many springs declining bit by bit. The depletion of aquifers, changes in land use and ecological degradation have led to several initiatives to address springshed management in the state. We speak to Dr.
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