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Toilets and Urinals
Safai karmacharis release manifesto
Posted on 08 Apr, 2019 10:36 AMHundreds gathered to release the Safai Karmachari Manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019 at the Indian Social Institute, Delhi on April 4, 2019.
![The toilet cleaners of Lucknow (Image source: CS Sharada Prasad)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lucknow.jpg?itok=waHrMezI)
Dumping waste effectively
Posted on 16 Mar, 2019 03:51 PMAccording to the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) website, access to toilets has improved in India and 28 out of 36 states and Union Territories are now open defecation free (ODF). While that’s good news, managing faecal sludge in ODF states in an eco-friendly way continues to be a big challenge.
![Evapotranspiration community toilet at Shankarnagar, Kumhari (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/47005133532_8ca91c5965_z.jpg?itok=zoNPFHRZ)
Income support: Budget 2019 showstopper
Posted on 11 Feb, 2019 07:04 PMThe decline in public, as well as private investment, has led to a slowdown in the growth of agriculture and allied sectors in the last five years. The crisis in the agrarian sector had intensified over the last few years. It is now the political talking point with many farmers' rallies, marches and protests being held all over the country.
![For doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022, the slew of measures proposed under the budget is inadequate. (Image: Azhar Feder, Wikimedia Commons-CC-BY-SA-3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/azhar-feder-cc-by-sa3.0_1.jpg?itok=J6zbRhF7)
Moving beyond just building toilets
Posted on 30 Jan, 2019 11:04 AMOne of the most laudable initiatives of the current government’s regime is the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) that was launched on Oct 2, 2014, with a larger vision of a clean India.
![Photo courtesy: Shelter Associates](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/10676180_10155238926070467_6985976725193731791_n.jpg?itok=UlUJWQ1_)
Operating community toilet complexes
Posted on 29 Jan, 2019 03:42 PMLaunched in 2015, Project Raahat, an initiative by students of a management institute, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (SSCBS), Delhi University has been working on eradicating open defecation and providing safe sanitation in urban slums of India.
![Project Raahat is a fully sustainable project under the umbrella of Enactus SSCBS in collaboration with the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board. (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus SSCBS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rahaat1.jpg?itok=mDN2jek3)
Irrigation scheme inconsistent: CAG audit
Posted on 15 Jan, 2019 10:59 AMInconsistencies in Centre's flagship irrigation scheme, reveals CAG audit
![Irrigation canal from the Bhima dam. (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irrigation_canal_taking_off_from_the_dam_0_3.jpg?itok=ncH-E3Zr)
When water kills
Posted on 09 Jan, 2019 03:54 PMWaterborne diseases are diseases transmitted through
![Waterborne diseases is a serious health problem in India. (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/news_this_week_3.jpg?itok=WjUWg9Tn)
Together as community for better quality of life
Posted on 09 Jan, 2019 11:40 AMAs we enter the narrow lanes of Muskan gali, after wading through the unruly traffic in a rapidly urbanising Muzaffarpur, we are greeted by Noorjehan outside her house. Between the gali and the main road, the city has grown. It has a population of 3.5 lakhs as per 2011 Census. This has risen now to five lakhs, say estimates.
![Noorjehan, an entrepreneur who owns a home production unit of lac bangles, plays an active role in demanding that the municipality becomes responsive to citizen's needs. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pria3.jpg?itok=0Lb8jT3h)
Green nod a must for inland waterways: Experts
Posted on 07 Jan, 2019 07:14 AMOver 50 experts urge green ministry to make green clearance mandatory for inland waterways
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Mekedatu project: CWC okays, TN objects
Posted on 04 Dec, 2018 03:09 PMCWC allows preparation of DPR while TN objects to the Mekedatu project on the Cauvery river
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_3.jpg?itok=Sp0Y6zux)