This presents a compilation by the Asian Development Bank of the significant advances made by India in water supply and sanitation coverage. However, the clash between tradition and technology in the countryside, accompanied by poverty and gender issues, and the 2004 tsunami aftermath, are proving great challenges.
To read about individual case studies on how local nongovernment organizations and village committees deal with the water problems of India’s urban and rural poor, click here -
- 36 Roofs for 24/7 Water: Harvesting Rainfall in Badlapur
- A Case of Watershed Development in Andhra Pradesh, India
- Access to Water, Access to Education
- Bangalore Slums Get Bargain Connections
- Bringing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to Tribal Villages in Orissa the Gram Vikas Way
- Changing the Sanitation Landscape
- Gender and Economic Benefits from Domestic Water Supply in Semiarid Areas: A Case Study in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, Western India
- India's Management Transfer Scheme Begins Irrigation Reforms
- Living on City Wastewater
- Low-Cost Toilets Change the Face of Bhopal's Slums
- Pakistan, India Join Hands to Clean Hudiara Drain
- Picking Up The Pieces: Tamil Nadu Farming After The Tsunami
- Putting Innovative Financing to the Test
- Toilet Technology for Human Dignity
- Village Committee Summons Water Goddess to Raise Awareness
- Villagers Lend Hand to Revive Historical Legacy
- Voices of the Invisible: Understanding Gender Equity and Empowerment in the District of Gujarat
- Walking for Water
- Women Hold Key to Accepting Toilets
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