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The Dying Springs of Chirimiri'
Posted on 01 Apr, 2016 06:04 PMChirimiri Coalfield is a part of Central India Coalfields, located in Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.
![Coal mining in Chirimiri](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0086tps.jpg?itok=tgRn4QET)
Is safe drinking water for all an elusive goal for rural India?
Posted on 25 Mar, 2016 09:14 PMThe goal of securing universal access to safe drinking water continues to be elusive for India inspite of the impressive strides made in the current years.
![A hand pump in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/news_this_week_1.jpg?itok=W3T-nn38)
Courting catastrophe: Unplanned urbanisation and flooding
Posted on 21 Mar, 2016 08:40 AMSouth India's rivers are rain-fed unlike those in the North, which are glacier-fed due to the contrasting topography and climate. Unlike the Himalayan system, many of India’s peninsular rivers dry up during the hotter half of the year, leaving lips and fields equally parched.
![Houses constructed on the fringes of the Ambattur eri in Chennai](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/10426082604_c723bb867a_z.jpg?itok=nKNgl0KB)
Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal creates rift between Punjab-Haryana
Posted on 15 Mar, 2016 12:10 PMPunjab-Haryana at crossroads over the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna canal
![Sutlej river in Punjab (Source: Harpreet Riat via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2_river_satluj_sutlej_ropar_dam_and_bridge_in_rupnagar_punjab_india.jpg?itok=LC_x17Iv)
Water for Profit: Experiences from America and India
Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 12:15 PMIn January 2016, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Employees Union and residents of Nagpur yet again protested the privatisation of water services in the city.
![NMC Employees Union and residents of Nagpur protest water privatisation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20160202-wa0006.jpg?itok=zdavytl4)
5 crore people cleanse themselves at the cost of 5000
Posted on 24 Feb, 2016 09:38 PMThe Ujjain Simhastha (Kumbh Mela) in Madhya Pradesh will begin on April 22, 2016 and go on for a month. The event, held once every 12 years, holds religious significance to Hindus, and throngs of people--approximately 5 crore over the month--take a holy dip in the Kshipra river during this time.
![Early morning at Ramghat, Ujjain](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24524490811_206362fc69_o.jpg?itok=QnmHHdrP)
Preparing for the Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mela
Posted on 24 Feb, 2016 09:37 PMThe Ujjain Simhastha Kumbh Mahaparva is one of the four Kumbha Melas, which is held once in 12 years.
![Diwakar Natu, Chairman of Simhastha Fair Authority](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/diwakar_natu-s.jpg?itok=4cyRNC5i)
Saved by tanks: The story of Puducherry’s Bahour commune
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 10:13 AMThe East Coast of India is very much unlike its western counterpart both in terms of physiography and climatology.
![The Manapet tank in Bahour has an ayacut of around 110 acres, most of which is now urbanised (Image: Seetha Gopalakrishnan, IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24937329615_8f42b8b924_z.jpg?itok=7YlOGpGH)
International Conference on Innovations in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems (ISWATS)
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:40 AMAbout the event:
The three day conference is being organised by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, and Ecosan Services Foundation (ESF), Pune.
Water and sanitation sector needs a budget push
Posted on 30 Jan, 2016 12:56 PMWhile the WatSan sector has been prioritised in the country’s policy agenda through the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission, last year’s budgetary outlay was way below desired levels.
![Handwashing at a Karnataka school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/handwashing_in_a_karnataka_school_0.jpg?itok=DFnpKoyP)