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August 16, 2024 A recent study finds that majority of the poor in India are likely to have open drains or no drainage systems to convey and treat their waste flows, threatening their health.
Open drains, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
August 10, 2024 While citizens need to play their part to prevent diseases such as Zika, municipal bodies/urban area authorities need to pull their socks up and set right the poor governance mechanisms that are slowly turning cities into hotbeds of diseases, filth and mismanagement.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, the culprit for causing Zika (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
August 1, 2024 Recognising the limitations of relying solely on herbicides, a strategic shift towards preventive measures is crucial
Relying solely on chemicals to keep weeds at bay isn't sustainable and can harm the environment. (Image: Needpix)
June 12, 2024 Leveraging research to optimise water programs for improved health outcomes in India
Closing the tap on disease (Image: Marlon Felippe; CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
April 30, 2024 As temperatures soar, what should India do to adapt to changing conditions to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change?
Heat waves sweep across India (Image: Maxpixel, CC0 Public Domain)
March 30, 2024 A recent study finds that climate change induced extreme weather events such as droughts can increase the vulnerability of women to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).
Droughts affect women the most (Image Source: Gaurav Bhosale via Wikimedia Commons)
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra : The Yatra my launch pad
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Gulshan Thakur, 22, originally from district Palwal in Haryana, a graduate in Programming from Delhi University now lives and works in the country’s capital, Delhi. A little over two months back he joined Lalit Arts and Studios Pvt. Ltd , an event group based in Delhi with a dream of making it big in the line of event management business.

National conference by IRRAD and UNICEF on women led water management Strategies towards water sustainability in rural India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) and UNICEF India hosted this  National Conference on Women-led Water Management .

Zen and the art of wise water management Rainwater Clubs youtube channel crosses 1 million views
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Those readers who got the insider joke in the title need no introduction to the rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation evangelist that is zenrainman.

Nirmal Bharat Yatra Indias biggest ever sanitation and hygiene mela reaches its halfway point Organizers reveal exciting new formats for the last three stops
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

After 1,000 kms on the road crossing three states, organizers reveal exciting new formats for the last three stops of the Yatra

Sewagram, Maharashtra (Oct 3-5)

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra Segregation the culprit Menstrual hygiene training of teachers at Gorakhpur
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Boys sit here, girls sit there. A rule I grew up to as well, it seemed the easiest thing to do, back in school. Girls talk more and boys are irritating, who wants to sit with them anyway. We did talk to them. We had crushes on them and vice-versa.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Uttar Pradesh Training of teachers at Gorakhpur Block Resource Centre
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Women folk

Women folk in Gorakhpur village

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Indore The dirty picture Improving sanitation and hygiene in India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The first thing that struck me when I reached the venue of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra in Indore, Madhya Pradesh was the vibrant colours that brought the entire event to life, even before visitors started streaming in.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra in Rajasthan Different faces of goodness
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Goodness has many faces

The author with an infant in village Sangod, Kota

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra in Madhya Pradesh Two schools two toilets one behaviour
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

As the sanitation and hygiene campaign (Nirmal Bharat Yatra) moved from Maharastra to Madhya Pradesh, our halt on the outskirts of Indore brought us face-to-face with grim realities. Two schools that I visited had structures that in some government file were passed off as toilets.

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