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Short-term training course on solar-powered pumping systems sustainable solution for community-based for drinking water supply
Posted on 03 Jun, 2016 08:37 PMObjective of training:
Release water from private dams: Bombay HC to Maharashtra Government
Posted on 01 Jun, 2016 10:01 PMBombay HC demands release of water from private dams
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Heat wave claims 300 lives; Telangana, Odisha and Andhra worst hit
Posted on 03 May, 2016 11:37 AMHeat wave claims 300 lives across the country
![Heat wave engulfs the country (Source: PTI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/heat_wave_man_washes_head_with_cold_water_0.jpg?itok=h5u9OxZo)
Can India meet its target of 100GW of solar power by 2022?
Posted on 15 Mar, 2016 09:01 PMThe present government has set a target of 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity for the country by 2022.
![Solar power use in a Tamil Nadu farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/solar_panels_tn_1.jpg?itok=LOILGBHR)
Pumping up hopes the solar way
Posted on 28 Jan, 2016 03:29 PMHaryana's agriculture sector uses seven lakh tubewells, most of which are connected to the grid as the state has a policy of providing highly subsidised electricity to farmers costing Rs. 6200 crore a year. As a result, groundwater exploitation is rampant.
![Better incentives needs to be provided to farmers to use solar pumps for tubewells in Haryana](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_14.jpg?itok=8Ww2QUZ-)
Training on Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Interventions
Posted on 01 Oct, 2015 12:46 PMCourse Objectives:
At the completion of the training programme, the participants would be able to
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Delhi’s Bhalaswa landfill contaminates groundwater
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:51 PMWith more than 8360 tons of trash created daily in Delhi, the city has three trash pile sites at Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla. In these sites technically known as landfills, garbage is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying lands.
![Pushpa has been leading the struggle of Bhalaswa residents to clean water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pushpa-who-has-been_leading-the-struggle-of-bhalaswa-people-to-clean-water2.jpg?itok=Tg7aUhCO)
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PMAbout the conference
![Roundtable Conference and Book Launch](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_twitter_0.jpg?itok=c2Be6obs)
Training Course on Solar Powered Pumping Systems Sustainable Solution for Public Drinking Water Supply, WatsanCAD, Bhopal
Posted on 28 Jun, 2015 07:14 PMThe proposed training is intend to develop capacity of the institutions / organizations / individuals through knowledge sharing on the application of solar energy for pumping and water treatment system appropriate for drinking water sector i.e. rural & urban water supply in India.
![Training course on Solar Drinking Water Pumping System](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/brochure-sept2015-cover.jpg?itok=203wSdyM)