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Sanitation and Hygiene
Free septic tank cleaning in Delhi; CM attempts to reduce sewer deaths
Posted on 18 Nov, 2019 07:59 PMDelhi CM announces free sewage cleaning schemes for unauthorised colonies
![Image credit: Sharada Prasad](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14_csp_2701_0.jpg?itok=YYPLD5Za)
How Delhi's air pollution emergency links back to water
Posted on 05 Nov, 2019 12:08 PMThe link between water and Delhi's air pollution crisis
![Delhi-NCR shrouded under toxic haze (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/eibgpvix0aaotli.jpg?itok=Ef8LgMaF)
13th Annual Global Water Alliance Conference 2020
Posted on 21 Oct, 2019 04:03 PMAbout the conference:
Goa fights to protect its khazans; Coonoor cleans its river; Punjab gov scrambles to clean Kali Bein River before Gurupurab
Posted on 10 Oct, 2019 11:36 AMGoa government, farmers against MoEF for proposing re-designation of the state’s low lying lands
![Aerial view of a Khazan in the Zuari river, Goa.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00424_0.jpg?itok=9Yai2DZ4)
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)
Water levels in major reservoirs rise to 85 percent of overall capacity: CWC
Posted on 24 Sep, 2019 10:31 PMReservoir levels increase to 85 percent of overall capacity this year
![Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14361734417_8d80b2667f_z_1_0_2.jpg?itok=KgukgU3P)
Manual scavenging is inhumane: SC
Posted on 24 Sep, 2019 01:08 PMSupreme Court question authorities on why manual scavenging still prevails
![Despite the ban, manual scavenging continues. (Image courtesy: The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/th-drainage_2210670f_0.jpg?itok=4Kq-rfWS)
Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks - India's sanitation warriors
Posted on 24 Sep, 2019 11:45 AMIn 2014, the Government of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) to accelerate efforts in achieving universal sanitation coverage. The issue of access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities also became a major Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-6) when the United Nation set 17 global goals in 2015 under the 2030 Agenda.
![For Akshant Nagar, 23, schoolchildren turned out to be the biggest driving force in helping to make Pipariya block in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh become open defecation free (ODF) in just seven months. Image credit: Tata Trusts](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/akshant_nagar-3.jpg?itok=9IUPP8dX)