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Wastewater Reuse and Recycling
Water management: Still a neglected electoral issue?
Posted on 25 Apr, 2019 12:04 PMIndia is on the brink of a major water crisis. With drought looming over the southern and western parts of the country, the existing water resources are in peril. Rivers are getting more polluted, their catchments, water-holding and water-harvesting mechanisms are deteriorating and groundwater levels are depleting at an alarming rate.
![India's water woes need urgent attention. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bagledi.jpg?itok=maVTgl6w)
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)
Urban Water Challenge Workshop
Posted on 13 Feb, 2019 10:59 AMAre you ready to apply the collective brain power of multinationals, startups, innovators and entrepreneurial ecosystem builders to make sustainable change for urban water in India?
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)
Committee for action against water contamination
Posted on 15 Jan, 2019 10:20 AMDevise time-bound plan to address water contamination: Parliamentary committee
![People fight for their rights to clean and safe drinking water. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8070532982_b14a0d7744_z_1.jpg?itok=nX6wgtjz)
Gujarat drought: Centre aid sought
Posted on 19 Dec, 2018 06:35 AMGujarat seeks financial aid of Rs 1,725 crore from the Centre for drought relief works
![Gujarat seeks aid for drought relief. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204443460_8d38ce367a_z_0_0_1_0.jpg?itok=FczM1IoG)
The tragic tale of Erai
Posted on 30 Nov, 2018 10:56 AMThe Erai river, the main tributary of the Wardha river, is the lifeline for the people of Chandrapur in Maharashtra. It primarily supplies water to the Chandrapur city and Chandrapur super thermal power station (CSTPS). Since 1984, after the initiation of operations of M/s CSTPS and Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), the river has begun to get polluted and is now gasping for breath.
![The Erai river (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0203s_0.jpg?itok=ifWixFO2)
SAFE solution to Kalikapur's water problem
Posted on 15 Nov, 2018 09:54 AMBasanti Haldar (45) has been living in a slum at Kalikapur in Kolkata for over two decades. She works as a domestic help in an upscale locality in the neighbourhood. She is happy nowadays due to an increase in her income.
![Nila Shaw collects water from the ADU. (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_nila_shaw_doesnt_have_to_walk_for_over_a_kilometer_to_collect_water_after_the_installation_of_adu.jpg?itok=MwTRMeyh)
Swachh Bharat Mission: It’s all about numbers
Posted on 02 Oct, 2018 11:06 PMWe have just a year to go for Swachh Bharat Mission’s (SBM) deadline of making India open-defecation free (ODF). In the last four years, the government has built 86.08 million toilets (as on September 26, 2018) throughout the country as a part of this flagship programme on providing safe sanitation to all by October 2019.
![Sanitation is not just about constructing toilets. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet1_2_0.jpg?itok=KLv3wh45)
Jaundice grips Raipur
Posted on 20 Sep, 2018 04:09 PMThe family of Somesh Manikpuri of Amasivani colony in Raipur is still in shock of his sudden demise from jaundice in May this year. Six similar deaths have been reported from Raipur since April 2018. Memsingh Chandrakar, a resident of Naharpara, another locality in Raipur, was also affected by jaundice in May.
![A view of the Shakti Nagar slum area in Raipur. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13892294904_3c6caa28c1_z.jpg?itok=-KvA0O71)