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Surface Water
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
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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
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From policy to practice: Can National Water Policy 2020 bridge the gap?
Posted on 11 Apr, 2020 07:46 PMThe way water as a resource has been viewed in the policies of India has evolved significantly over the years. Reduction in per capita availability over the years (5177 to 1463 cubic metres between 1950-2015) has forced every new policy to change the way it has approached its management. It was considered an economic commodity in the second National Water Policy (NWP) drafted in 2002.
![Women extracting water from the riverbed, Gaya (Image: ICIMOD/ Prasanta Biswas; Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_extracting_water_from_the_river-wa.jpg?itok=bloLlW_5)
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
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COVID-19 lockdown: Health of Ganga and Yamuna rivers improves
Posted on 08 Apr, 2020 01:05 PMLockdown impact: Health of water bodies improves
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Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Jal Jeevan Mission
Posted on 31 Mar, 2020 03:12 PM![Women benefit the most, when potable water reaches straight to their homes (Image: Shree Padre via IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2384944460_82d7f1902a_c.jpg?itok=Hw45UH48)
Clean drinking water: Still a pipe dream for Maharashtra?
Posted on 30 Mar, 2020 04:34 PMLatur in Maharashtra has been facing acute drinking water scarcity over the last month and has been in news again, and that too, inspite of having piped water connections and a good monsoon this year!
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Community-led piped water supply initiative in Bihar
Posted on 28 Mar, 2020 12:34 PMWater is a precious natural resource that ensures human well-being. However, across the globe there is a severe water crisis, which is heightened by issues of inaccessibility and contamination.
![The community at the ward level of the panchayat is supposed to have complete ownership of the system created. (Image: GG Vogman, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap2_0.jpg?itok=3j0y1m_U)
Democratization of data through use of GIS technology
Posted on 26 Mar, 2020 11:55 AMDevelopments in geographical information systems (GIS) in India, both in policy and law, have thus far empowered to a greater extent government and business at national and regional level. The real challenge in this sector is to extend this technology to local communities for self-governance and to enable them to participate on an equal footing in regional and national development.
![A view of a village in Almora district of Uttarakhand (Image: Raja Harjai, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/almora-village.jpg?itok=3-hqvYFO)
One in every two individuals will be living in water-stressed regions by 2050: Report
Posted on 23 Mar, 2020 12:27 PMWorld Water Development Report 2020: Tropical countries to be worst hit by water stress
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