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Metering and Pricing
Troubled waters of the Northeast
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:12 PMOn a train journey from Nagaland, a friend and I began talking on the subject of water. He said to me, "You have so much water in the Brahmaputra Valley and your lands are always flooded but we have to struggle for a drop of water in the hills".
![Hills of Northeast India Source: Wikipedia](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/smds_1.jpg?itok=2SQkvJwK)
Indian troops polluting Siachen glacier: Pakistan
Posted on 09 Dec, 2013 08:24 AMRemove troops from Siachen: Pakistan
![Indian Army, Siachen Source: defenceforumindia.com](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/siachen.jpg?itok=FjixEeFw)
110 countries pledge to phase out mercury
Posted on 15 Oct, 2013 09:10 AM110 countries sign Minamata convention to ban mercury
![No more mercury thermometers (Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/maximum_thermometer_close_up_2.jpg?itok=hFba4l4N)
Government bans project clearance in eight critically polluted industrial areas
Posted on 22 Sep, 2013 06:03 PMNo environment clearance in eight critically polluted areas
![Effluent pollutes water Source: Wikipedia](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pollution.jpg?itok=N1rkyHjA)
Vedanta loses the bauxite battle
Posted on 25 Aug, 2013 04:33 PMDongria Kondhs win the mining battle
![Niyamgiri hills Source: Amnesty International](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pickofweek1_10.png?itok=Wm93HT2W)
Water for sale - to the highest bidder!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 01:02 PMDid you know that the planet would die in three days if it ran out of water? Water is a basic necessity and the United Nations recognized the right to it as a basic human right in 2010. Isn’t it ironic that we are still allowing a few utility companies privatise it, speculate over it and control it?
![Rising cost of water Source: K.N. Balraj](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_privatization_0.jpg?itok=vTT7TLyO)
Toilet under the open sky for 73% of rural India
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 10:00 AMToilet under the open sky for 73% of rural India
The Planning commission has found that 73% of rural India practices open defecation despite many sanitation programmes encouraged by the government. The main reason for this is the unavailability of toilets.
![Open defecation continues due to lack of toilets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/od.png?itok=c-yfw14s)
Sustainable living: it's simple!
Posted on 26 Jun, 2013 04:00 PMOasis Breeze and Mana Sarovar Apartments are two apartment complexes like any other in Bangalore. They have a huge water problem. Residents use water without realising how much they are wasting and depend on water tankers without realising how much they are using. To monitor better usage, individual water meters were set up in each household of the apartments.
![Sustainable living Source: Mercer Island Pulse](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/green_planet.jpg?itok=Qwobsfqf)
Are solar pumps the start of an ever-green revolution or the end of our groundwater reserves?
Posted on 02 Jun, 2013 05:51 PMIndian farmers depend on groundwater for irrigation but often, there is a shortage of electricity that is required to pump out this water. While diesel pumps are an option, they are costly to run. A better alternative is to tap into freely available solar power. However, this technology is quite expensive at present and effective subsidies and incentives drive its usage.
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