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Public Infrastructure and Services
Kerala failed to use dams for flood control: Amicus curiae
Posted on 09 Apr, 2019 09:32 PMKerala government failed to use dams for flood control: Amicus curiae informs high court
![The floods in Kerala took 400 lives and displaced around 1.2 million people. (Image: Ranjith Siji, Wikimedia Commons: CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-kerala_flood_2018_-_angamaly-_img_20180818_084500_1.jpg?itok=jWGP2_SF)
Water storage depletes in major river basins: CWC
Posted on 09 Apr, 2019 09:08 PMCWC data shows water storage in major river basins depleting
![Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14361734417_8d80b2667f_z_1_0_0.jpg?itok=m_VyJVaY)
Safai karmacharis release manifesto
Posted on 08 Apr, 2019 10:36 AMHundreds gathered to release the Safai Karmachari Manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019 at the Indian Social Institute, Delhi on April 4, 2019.
![The toilet cleaners of Lucknow (Image source: CS Sharada Prasad)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lucknow.jpg?itok=waHrMezI)
How mining ruined lives and livelihoods
Posted on 03 Apr, 2019 10:13 AMKoley Kisku, a primary school student at Ranipur village at Rampurhat block in Birbhum district of West Bengal suffers from a thyroid gland related ailment that has partially affected his ability to speak. His school mates say that the 11-year-old could speak normally till a few years ago but he began to lose his voice.
![Labourers crush stones at illegal stone quarries. (Pic: Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_labours_crushing_stones.jpg?itok=YfBzDggJ)
Technology helps provide access to safe drinking water
Posted on 22 Mar, 2019 12:37 PMAccording to WASH watch report (2017), over 150 million people in India live without access to safe drinking water. A majority of these people reside in underserved or unserved sections of the society that lives beyond the pipe. As a result, they are dependent on water sources that are not safe for drinking, leading to waterborne diseases.
![Piramal Sarvajal’s water ATM.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water-atm-banner.jpg?itok=rspX-3hk)
An integrated approach to water quality management
Posted on 18 Mar, 2019 03:58 PMFluoride, arsenic, nitrate, and other chemicals in drinking water pose significant health risks (such as fluorosis and arsenicosis) to o
![Photo courtesy: Arjun Swaminathan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aswaminathan-water_being_drawn_from_a_well.jpg?itok=jHYl9h5S)
Dumping waste effectively
Posted on 16 Mar, 2019 03:51 PMAccording to the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) website, access to toilets has improved in India and 28 out of 36 states and Union Territories are now open defecation free (ODF). While that’s good news, managing faecal sludge in ODF states in an eco-friendly way continues to be a big challenge.
![Evapotranspiration community toilet at Shankarnagar, Kumhari (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/47005133532_8ca91c5965_z.jpg?itok=zoNPFHRZ)
Mumbai-Ahmedabad train corridor gets wildlife clearance
Posted on 13 Feb, 2019 12:53 PMWildlife clearance granted to Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed train corridor
![Flamingos at Sewri wetland in Mumbai (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/33456608801_60dfe81e82_b.jpg?itok=yc83IKGm)
Income support: Budget 2019 showstopper
Posted on 11 Feb, 2019 07:04 PMThe decline in public, as well as private investment, has led to a slowdown in the growth of agriculture and allied sectors in the last five years. The crisis in the agrarian sector had intensified over the last few years. It is now the political talking point with many farmers' rallies, marches and protests being held all over the country.
![For doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022, the slew of measures proposed under the budget is inadequate. (Image: Azhar Feder, Wikimedia Commons-CC-BY-SA-3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/azhar-feder-cc-by-sa3.0_1.jpg?itok=J6zbRhF7)
Leading a movement to revive a river
Posted on 30 Jan, 2019 04:21 PMPeople of Ramra, a village in the Kairana block of Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh have warm recollections of river Katha that joins the Yamuna below Ramra. Mustaquim Mallah, a 30-year old river conservationist recalls how his grandfather held many pleasant childhood memories of the river. "My great grandfather fished in this river.
![A “one house, one pot” symbolic water donation movement was conducted over the years for river Katha. (Image: Mustaquim Mallah)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/katha4.jpg?itok=34cxGt6J)