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November 6, 2022
Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)
September 26, 2022
Dirty drains 'drain' health
This study found that the sanitary quality of neighbourhood drains, in addition to toilets, affected sanitation and hygiene and incidences of ill-health in rural households.
Dirty drainages, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
August 19, 2022
Polluted water, hitchhiking microbes and the hidden threat of cholera in India
Better access to clean water coupled with health education to bring about changes in behaviour are critical to prevent exposure to dangerous cholera bacteria that lurk in untreated waters.
The hidden threat of cholera in India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
July 20, 2022
Poisoned waters of Delhi
This study found a high concentration of trihalomethanes (THMs) in water treatment plants in Delhi that were associated with increased risk of cancer.
What's in your tap water (Image Source: India Water Portal)
July 5, 2022
Poisoned waters, threatened lives
Studies reveal that children are the most vulnerable to the health risks associated with groundwater contamination due to nitrate and fluoride, highlighting the need for urgent remedial measures.
POisoned waters, dangerous outcomes (Image Source: India Water Portal)
What it takes to clean India
A village school in Madhya Pradesh deals with the micro-realities of the area and gets out of a sanitation crisis.
Rahul Banerjee
Posted on 06 Nov, 2015 12:25 PM

Sajan, a 14 year old Bhilala Adivasi boy studying in the Rani Kajal school in Kakrana in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh says, "We now save a lot of time as we bathe in the bathrooms and defecate in the toilets rather than in the open fields; and so we study better".
Sewage water filter assembly in the school
Rooftop rainwater harvesting at Chhattisgarh school reduces absenteeism
The film “Rainwater Harvesting: From books to fields”, showcases how rooftop rainwater harvesting can also bring about social and economic change.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 02 Nov, 2015 01:00 PM

Chhattisgarh ranked number 1 in the country for providing domestic water connections in 2014-15 under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
Rainwater harvesting tank at Madiya Kachar village school
Urban Development Ministry commissions sanitation survey across 75 major cities
Posted on 02 Nov, 2015 08:55 AM
Sanitation survey to be carried out in 75 towns and cities with special focus on solid waste management
The Union Ministry of Urban Development has commissioned a survey across 75 major cities to assess their overa
Sustainable practices in slash-and-burn lands in Nagaland
Jhum or shifting cultivation has been criticised regarding its ecological and economic impacts. UNDP takes on the challenge by introducing integrated farm development practices.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 01 Nov, 2015 11:02 AM

A thick smog and haze eclipse the sun all through the day when jhum areas are burnt. Jhum, known as shifting cultivation a practice practice inv
Shifting cultivation lands (Source: Prashant N S, 2006, Wikimedia)
Can the ‘Pad Piper’ lure away social taboos related to menstruation?
Posted on 25 Oct, 2015 09:00 AM

He wore pads, he figured out how to make them, and he's given rise to social enterprises around making biodegradable pads. Meet the 'Pad Piper' in this film by the same name.

Authored by: Manu Moudgil
Railway stations in and around pilrimage sites to soon be 'discharge free'
Posted on 20 Oct, 2015 10:25 AM
Railways plans to make stations in holy towns and cities 'discharge free': Rameswaram set to be the first such station
लड़के ने कहा-पहले शौचालय फिर शादी
Posted on 19 Oct, 2015 10:28 AM

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Kerala's waters polluted by perchlorate
A study found high concentration of perchlorate in groundwater samples as compared to surface water samples in Kerala with Ernakulum district showing the highest contamination.
Anupama Vijaya Nadaraja
Prajeesh Gangadharan Puthiyaveettil
Krishnakumar Bhaskaran
Posted on 14 Oct, 2015 09:59 PM

Perchlorate is a chemical that is extensively used in the arms and ammunition industry.
Water contamination and health
Half of Amritsar's drinking water samples contaminated
An alarmingly high level of contamination of the 1,317 drinking water samples in places visited regularly by residents calls for public awareness, immediate attention, and action by the authorities.
Sita Malhotra
Shailpreet K Sidhu
Pushpa Devi
Posted on 14 Oct, 2015 03:49 PM

According to a United Nations Children’s Fund Resource report, 70% of India’s water supply is polluted with sewage effluents. It also ranks very low at 120 among the 122 nations in terms of quality of water available to its citizens.
Safe drinking water, a scarce resource (Source: India Water Portal)
Dolphins in the Ganga and its tributaries nearly doubles in 3 years
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Oct, 2015 09:30 PM

Ganga and its tributaries, except the Ramganga show increased dolphin numbers
The Gangetic Dolphin (Source: Arati Kumar Rao)
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