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Power play chokes Korba
Posted on 11 Apr, 2018 02:05 PMKorba in Chhattisgarh is an industrial area which has a significant number of coal mines and thermal power plants. Fly ash is a byproduct of the thermal power plants and has become a significant problem for the residents of Korba now.
![Fly-ash dust at CSEB thermal power plant in Korba.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370438100_3a1eff0088_z.jpg?itok=MziXG-X2)
There’s no better gift, Daan Toilet!
Posted on 11 Apr, 2018 11:49 AMPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, Swachh Bharat that envisages an open defecation-free India by the year 2019 has witnessed many local administrations take drastic measures to get people to b
![Baghmoria resident Bitul Gogoi poses in front of a newly constructed ‘Daan' toilet donated by Dr Richa Agarwala of Jorhat.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/baghmoria_resident_bitul_gogoi_poses_in_front_of_a_newly_constructed_daan_toilet_donated_by_dr._richa_agarwala_of_jorhat.jpeg?itok=TP_hcVw5)
Down in the dumps: Delhi’s waste pickers’ saga
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 04:05 PMEight-year-old Meera (name changed) got ill after eating filthy food remains from a dump at Mansarovar park in Delhi. Children like her work in filthy environments, rummaging through hazardous waste with bare hands and feet. They play in these dumping ground strewn with syringes, scrap iron, rotting waste, solid and liquid household waste.
![Waste pickers face harrowing occupational hazards and are exposed to toxins in the absence of protective gear. (Image: Ted Mathys, 2009)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ted_mathys_2009_ap_fellow._partner_chintan_0.jpg?itok=HoEY3Axg)
SC slams Centre on Cauvery water sharing
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 10:08 AMApex court seeks draft on Cauvery management scheme by May 3
![Supreme Court seeks report from Centre on Cauvery issue. (Picture courtesy: NDTV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery-ndtv_1.jpg?itok=wo4YMOqD)
Seven reasons why Bengaluru can still run out of water
Posted on 05 Apr, 2018 03:20 PMA recent BBC report projected that Bengaluru will run out of water soon.
![Image courtesy bwssb.org](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bwssb_water-678x381.jpg?itok=vIE8DQf4)
New technique to monitor coastal landforms
Posted on 05 Apr, 2018 01:43 PMIndian scientists have developed a remote sensing technique that uses satellite data to delineate between various coastal landforms like beaches, mangroves and marshes. This method can help monitor and understand impacts of natural disasters as well as human activities on coastal ecosystem.
![The new system will help monitor and understand impacts of natural disasters as well as human activities on coastal ecosystem. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9802916364_f20375357d_z_0.jpg?itok=dRlELN1y)
Filthy fountains spread dengue fear
Posted on 03 Apr, 2018 03:23 PMWest Bengal’s tryst with dengue in 2017 could not have been more deadly. Around 13000 people were affected and nearly 100 people lost their lives to the disease.
![A fountain at Central Park in Salt Lake. Visitors fear that the stagnant water is becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes. (Pic courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_20180309_154326.jpg?itok=NvnreNcR)
Mangar Bani: NCR's green patch calls for help
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 02:39 PMAccording to the local legend, Mangar Bani, a green patch between Faridabad and Gurgaon, was home to a Baba (a holy man), Gudariya Das Maharaj around 500 years ago. Popular among the local Gujjar herdsmen, the dominant community of the area, the Baba asked them to treat this forest as a sacred grove, the forested abode of a local deity.
![Mangar Bani, with its trees, plants, birds and animals, is an ecological hotspot but it is finding it hard to keep builders and land grabbers at bay. (Image: Pradip Krishen, Facebook)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mangar-bani-pradip-krishen-facebook.jpg?itok=Es_PNvwy)
Is your bottled water safe to drink?
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 01:50 PMIt is a fairly common practice among people to buy bottled drinking water while travelling in India with the hope that it will minimise the risk of getting ill due to contaminated water. But is this water safe to drink?
![Many illegal bottled water manufacturers exist in the market. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bottled_water_3.jpg?itok=CG7ROdD8)
Fluorosis detection: A step towards providing clean water
Posted on 26 Mar, 2018 05:21 AMRabindra Kumar Jena, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Balasore, Odisha knew that something was wrong with the health of people in a part of his constituency but he could not put his finger to it. By sheer chance, in 2015, he got to know that this seemed to be related to excessive fluoride in water, which caused a disease called skeletal fluorosis.
![People became crippled in Balasore due to skeletal fluorosis. Image: FKAN](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/balasore1.jpg?itok=5jhJcmJ6)