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Sanitation and Hygiene
Mumbai drowns in flood water
Posted on 05 Sep, 2017 09:28 PMDestruction of river and mangroves blamed for Mumbai floods
![Heavy rains flood Mumbai. (Source: Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/30478352_aeb879bbb4_z.jpg?itok=V3WX4Apf)
Tackling encephalitis: The sanitation connect
Posted on 04 Sep, 2017 04:58 AMGorakhpur is back in the news with 42 more children dying in 48 hours at one of the biggest hospitals here--Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital or BRD hospital.
![Sanitation plays an important part in preventing encephalitis. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sanitation_encephalitis_0.jpg?itok=zyJOchTd)
Pancheshwar dam public hearing continues
Posted on 30 Aug, 2017 05:56 AMPublic hearing for Pancheshwar dam continues while ignoring people's concern
![We don't want dams, dams destroy mountains,' reads a slogan painted on a wall in Uttarakhand (Image Source: GJ Lingaraj)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a_protest_message_against_tehri_dam_garhwal_uttarakhand_0_0.jpg?itok=Ulx575Fz)
What do rural women say about sanitation?
Posted on 15 Aug, 2017 10:09 AMDoes gender matter when it comes to sanitation? Apparently, it does.
![Women and their unvoiced sanitation needs. (Women in Deogarh morning, Orissa, India. Source: Simon Williams / Ekta Parishad)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_sanitation_6.jpg?itok=wGrBS64d)
Managing faecal sludge the app way
Posted on 07 Aug, 2017 04:31 PMFaecal sludge management or FSM is a management system that safely collects, transports, and treats faecal sludge (also called septage) from pit latrines, septic tanks or other onsite sanitation facilities (OSSF).
![Using mobile technologies is the way forward in faecal sludge management. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/public_toilet.jpg?itok=-rBngjNN)
What happens to your e-waste?
Posted on 05 Aug, 2017 05:44 PMTake a walk through the maze of lanes at Seelampur in north-east Delhi, you could see small children rummaging through electronic waste that has made its way here from all over north India. They segregate end-of-life electrical and electronic products, prise them apart, put them through acid wash and also burn circuit boards in the hope of extracting precious metals.
![Boys sort discarded computer parts as sparks fly from a grinding machine. (Image: Greenpeace, Flickr Commons; CC BY-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/greenpeace_1.jpg?itok=YclhfSvl)
Is your child’s shit affecting your health?
Posted on 27 Jul, 2017 02:21 PMIt was September 2008. It took me almost two-and-a-half hours to reach G-plot, one of the remotest islands among the deltoid labyrinth of Sundarbans. My colleague, a native of G-plot, was waiting to receive me at the jetty.
![The management of children's faeces is not given importance resulting in many diseases. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9063610653_0078275a59_z_1.jpg?itok=JT2TSNEn)
Blind spots in WASH
Posted on 08 Jul, 2017 07:48 PMThe current set of government programmes such as Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) have gone a long way in improving access to water and sanitation services in India.
![Drinking water situation in India continues to be grim. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9427151144_615295017c_z_0.jpg?itok=NWsXjXx7)
Maharashtra farmers get farm loan waiver
Posted on 13 Jun, 2017 09:18 AMMaharashtra government announces farm loan waiver to genuine farmers
![A farmer on his field. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14569782042_3a143f7122_z_0_0.jpg?itok=sbS-Tje2)
NGT serious about Yamuna revitalisation project
Posted on 23 May, 2017 11:22 AMRs 5000 fine on those dumping waste on Yamuna floodplains
![Garbage piled up near the Yamuna river. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935427348_b6fdcf3d09_z_1_0.jpg?itok=UfAwZsYD)