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Public Infrastructure and Services
Jal Jeevan Mission: States to bear half the cost, local bodies to decide water charges
Posted on 16 Oct, 2019 02:12 PMUnder Jal Jeevan Mission, state to bear half the cost and local bodies to decide water charges
![Women filling water from a tap (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0063es_0.jpg?itok=OF9YQiEo)
Saving Aarey, the last lungs of Bombay
Posted on 11 Oct, 2019 06:30 PMLast week saw protests of a different kind in Mumbai. Activists and citizens from all walks of life came together to protest the cutting of trees in Aarey Milk Colony, one of the few surviving green lungs of the fast growing and polluted city of Mumbai.
![Aarey, the green lungs of Mumbai (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aarey_forest.jpg?itok=4P-iope6)
SC stops further cutting of trees at Aarey; Idol immersion in Ganges to attract fine of Rs. 50,000; Household appliances to be rated on water consumption efficiency
Posted on 10 Oct, 2019 12:05 PMSC comes to the rescue of Aarey trees in Mumbai
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Centre all set to sustain country's ODF status
Posted on 02 Oct, 2019 11:12 AMNational rural sanitation strategy launched to sustain open defecation-free (ODF) status
![A toilet constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04543_0_0.jpg?itok=bvAGDyeS)
Monsoon withdrawal delayed; more extreme weather events the new trend
Posted on 02 Oct, 2019 11:01 AMMonsoon’s withdrawal likely to begin around October 10: IMD
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Solving the energy conundrum
Posted on 30 Sep, 2019 08:10 PMAccess to electricity is a key metric in development. In rural areas, getting on to the grid is a major step forward, improving literacy rates, agricultural productivity and overall household income. However, providing access to power derived from traditional sources like coal, diesel and hydropower, are proving unsustainable in the short and long term.
![There has to be a policy shift for decentralised off grid or distributed generation catering to small communities. (Image: MAJLIS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vagsingh_solar.jpg?itok=gJHXrT_b)
The Water Future Conference in Bangalore: Towards a Sustainable Water Future
Posted on 30 Sep, 2019 12:38 PMThe Water Future Conference in Bangalore last week, saw many from the scientific community, academia, research, civil society and the media come together to discuss the state of water resources across the world and in India, as well as future pathways and scenarios, and different technological a
![Charles Vorosmarty, Chair, COMPASS Initiative, Water Future at the opening plenary on advanced water system assessments to address water security challenges of the 21st century.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_7269.jpeg?itok=y8Th5XHv)
Climate vulnerability map of India coming soon
Posted on 28 Sep, 2019 04:27 PMNew Delhi, September 27 (India Science Wire): Rising sea levels, increasing number of extreme weather events, urban floods, changing temperature and rainfall patterns - such impacts of climate change are being felt in many parts of India, and not just in the coastal areas or hilly regions.
![Dr. Akhilesh Gupta , head of the climate change programme at DST. Image source: India Science Wire](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/isw_article_lead_image_1.jpg?itok=VQPCWhzO)
Applying ethics to water management, to ensure equity in access to all
Posted on 26 Sep, 2019 03:57 PMAt a workshop on Water Ethics leading up to the Water Future Conference in Bangalore in September 2019, the idea of, and the need for an ethical framework for water management and legislation was discussed.
![From left to right - Siddharth Krishnan (ATREE), David Groenfeldt (Water Culture Institute), Sara Ahmed (University of Cambridge), Veena Srinivasan (ATREE), KJ Joy (SOPPECOM)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_7243.jpeg?itok=AaUciMXh)