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Can Budget 2016-17 breathe life into the public health system?
Posted on 15 Feb, 2016 11:00 AMPer a report by the Planning Commission, India’s burden of water borne diseases remains grossly underestimated. The improvements in access to drinking water has not been matched by a proportionate decline in deaths and illnesses from waterborne diseases.
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Mumbai's ticking methane bomb: The Deonar dump yard
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 09:47 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200x-1.jpg?itok=esMJf4F9)
Water and sanitation sector needs a budget push
Posted on 30 Jan, 2016 12:56 PMWhile the WatSan sector has been prioritised in the country’s policy agenda through the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission, last year’s budgetary outlay was way below desired levels.
![Handwashing at a Karnataka school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/handwashing_in_a_karnataka_school_0.jpg?itok=DFnpKoyP)
Alarm bells ring for Delhi’s groundwater
Posted on 25 Jan, 2016 01:19 PMDelhi, home to 16.75 million people, is in the grip of a major water crisis. Statistics by the Delhi Jal Board for the year 2011 suggest that the water deficit stands at about 250 million gallons per day with the supply being 830 million gallons per day.
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Can recurring droughts in Maharashtra be offset by participatory groundwater management (PGWM)?
Posted on 20 Jan, 2016 09:02 AMMaharashtra is the fourth state following Karnataka, Chattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh to seek out relief from the Union government thanks to more than 15,000 of its villages across Marathwada and parts of Western Maharashtra reeling under drought in 2015 [1].
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Chennai residents can now avail a subsidy of Rs. 8000 to construct toilets
Posted on 18 Jan, 2016 09:50 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9066013322_dc96b4d003_z_2.jpg?itok=kO9GPktQ)
National seminar on affordable and acceptable sanitation for rural India, 2016
Posted on 14 Jan, 2016 08:25 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2366204790_ca2c825712_z_2.jpg?itok=zB5zDygh)
Right information and collective strength of people triumph!
Posted on 04 Jan, 2016 08:25 PM"More than eight villagers in Padapadar have died due to water-borne diseases such as typhoid, diarrhoea, jaundice, etc.
![A hand-pump installed at Padapadar village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hand-pump-s.jpg?itok=sMH90Kqr)
Defunct Delhi power plant could soon turn into a waste-to-energy unit
Posted on 04 Jan, 2016 09:48 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9682791581_50ce54be8c_z.jpg?itok=6kZ7L9Cf)
Sanitation interventions: A threat to drinking water supplies in rural India?
Posted on 03 Jan, 2016 11:05 PMInadequate separation of excreta from human contact can lead to a number of health problems. This is a cause for concern in India because as many as 600 million
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