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India has over 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats, which manage the governance of over 6,64,000 villages spread across the country.

We all know that regular use of toilets is very important for having good health.

“Everything is connected”. I watched a docuseries named “Connected: the hidden science of everything” where a journalist named Latif Nasser investigates how we and the universe are connected. After watching this docuseries, I thought about it and tried gathering pieces of evidence regarding this connectivity around me over the past one year.

Telangana joins a group of states which have ensured tap water supply to schools, anganwadis

Jal Shakti Ministry draws focus towards revival of Ganga wetlands

Extensive evidence of elevated arsenic in the food chain, mainly rice, wheat and vegetables exists.

Groundwater reserves are depleting at rapid rates in India, which is one of the world’s largest consumer of groundwater with it  providing 60 percent of the irrigation needs of the country.

Urban and rural areas rely on groundwater for drinking and around 90% of the rural people depend on groundwater for domestic purposes.

According to a 2006 report by the Inter-Agency Task Force, titled ‘Gender, Water and Sanitation’

Traditional groundwater storage structures such as cisterns, stepwells, tanks, and wells in India are well known and had cultural, religious, social, and utilitarian significance in olden times.