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5-star rating for garbage free-cities to Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore
Posted on 27 May, 2020 08:26 AMSwachh Survekshan for urban India: Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore among the top
![Clean road near Pardesipura, Indore. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0112tps_0_0.jpg?itok=m5Du7vYO)
Covid-19 could push 260 million Indians into poverty: Research
Posted on 20 May, 2020 10:42 AMNearly 260 million Indian could be pushed to poverty due to Covid-19: Researchers
![Covid-19 could push 260 million Indians into poverty (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24260768078_4f04b89c73_c.jpg?itok=Vp-4MhqH)
Water levels in major reservoirs maximum in last 13 years: CWC
Posted on 13 May, 2020 02:39 PMWater storage level 76 percent more than last year: CWC
![Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14361734417_8d80b2667f_z_1_0_2_0.jpg?itok=ft1GrICA)
Jharkhand launches scheme to revive rural economy
Posted on 13 May, 2020 02:32 PMJharkhand government launches three schemes to revive rural economy under the MGNREGA
![Jharkhand launches scheme to revive rural economy. Image for representation only. (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24413706476_56b2c6357f_c.jpg?itok=DBC-niMj)
Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon, under JJM
Posted on 04 May, 2020 03:13 PMUnder JJM, Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon
![Labourers building check dams under MGNREGA. (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0_1.jpg?itok=KPdJsaPQ)
IMD revises the onset and withdrawal dates for monsoon
Posted on 04 May, 2020 02:51 PMIMD revises monsoon calendar for the country
![Image used for representational purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/monsoon.jpg?itok=8O31C6qh)
Springing back to life
Posted on 20 Apr, 2020 11:45 PMSprings are the key source of water for rural households in Uttarakhand, yet they have seen an overall neglect over the decades with discharge from many springs declining bit by bit. The depletion of aquifers, changes in land use and ecological degradation have led to several initiatives to address springshed management in the state. We speak to Dr.
![Image: Flickr Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/spring-himalayas_0.jpg?itok=SZ4ZTkQH)
Health Ministry advises states to ensure adequate water supply in rural areas
Posted on 16 Apr, 2020 11:37 AMCentre advises states to ensure adequate water supply in rural areas during lockdown
![Villagers collecting borewell water from a private farmland (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5702254451_53f0088bec_c.jpg?itok=s8z3Lq4l)
Lockdown to cause severe water stress in summers
Posted on 16 Apr, 2020 11:27 AMSummer of 2020 could suffer from severe water stress due to lockdown
![Women bringing water from distance sources in summers (Source: IWP Flickr photos))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32874642685_ffc62064ca_c.jpg?itok=XqDpTuRg)
Guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste are out
Posted on 08 Apr, 2020 01:10 PMCPCB releases guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste
![Biomedical waste. Image for representation only (Source: Vivien Rolfe via Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/7006378710_b243ece68b_c.jpg?itok=UrSJdiEy)