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Urban Water
Rs. 20,000 crore sanctioned for Ganga clean-up
Posted on 19 May, 2015 09:17 AMCentre okays Rs 20,000 crore for the 'Namami Gange' programme
![Ganga river at Varanasi](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9416529216_7b33145664_z_2.jpg?itok=t4bWRwoK)
India readies for a poor monsoon due to strong possibility of El Nino
Posted on 18 May, 2015 08:59 PMIndia prepares to fight the impacts of El Nino
![IMD predicts strong El Nino (Source: MSN Weather)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8b6194db8b950dfdc5b48d52fc67_0.jpg?itok=Ns-40A6R)
Water and facilities flow better into cities
Posted on 05 May, 2015 01:35 PMSixty eight percent of India's population lives in rural areas but when it comes to facilities -- including the availability of safe drinking water -- cities and towns corner most of them.
![Rural-Urban Drinking Water Supply Gap, Census 2011](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/census_2011_drinking_water_sources_graph-1a.jpg?itok=qRgz4Zza)
Lakes of urban India under threat: CSE
Posted on 05 May, 2015 11:54 AMToxic foam observed in Bengaluru lakes
![Foam in Varthur lake (Source: Kashif Masood)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/varthur-lake-pollution1.jpg?itok=Ht-wu1Q1)
Delhi Govt bans use of groundwater in city parks
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 11:03 AMStop use of fresh groundwater in city parks: Delhi Government
![The Nakshatra Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14058721699_24e9a5d0c9_z.jpg?itok=cRUrLWpr)
Kashmir under danger of floods
Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:30 AMFear of floods looms over Kashmir again
![Landslide and a flooded river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/10371783924_886720b442_z.jpg?itok=-Ylq5P_R)
Unpacking the water and sanitation budget
Posted on 30 Mar, 2015 07:50 AMWhat does slashed funding for the water and sanitation sector in this year’s budget mean? Is the government’s claim that the states will get more money because of the latest Finance Commission recommendation, spot on? Sona Mitra and Kanika Kaul of the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CGBA) shed light on these at the All India Convention on the Right to Sanitation.
![Handwashing at a Karnataka school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/handwashing_in_a_karnataka_school.jpg?itok=8UvYRrLn)
Water for All & Other Poems: Poetry with a purpose
Posted on 06 Mar, 2015 05:06 PMAn engineer or an ecologist talking about water may not cause many heads to turn, but when they do it through poetry, there is a chance that more people will take notice.
![Water for all and other Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/poem_water.png?itok=iQoUknnS)
Are there solutions to epidemics from water-borne diseases?
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 10:06 PMBetween May and December 2014, 17 deaths were registered in Sambalpur due to jaundice but residents say that the death toll due to water-borne diseases is much more than that. In January 2015, the Odisha High Court issued a notice to the state government asking it to furnish details on the steps taken to check the Jaundice outbreak in Sambalpur.
What is Jaundice?
![Polluted water in Sambalpur, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0014.jpg?itok=kPzZmURh)