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June 15, 2024

What is the state of tribal populations in the context of WASH indicators and access to WASH facilities? A study explores.

A rural toilet (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

October 20, 2023

Building community expertise in planning, designing, and overseeing WASH systems

A holistic approach to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) initiatives

Shantilata uses a cloth to filter out the high iron content in the salty water, filled from a hand pump, in the village Sitapur on the outskirts of Bhadrak, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)

September 15, 2023

वायु प्रदूषण घटा रहा है उम्र

शिकागो यूनिवर्सिटी की रिपोर्ट एयर क्वालिटी लाइफ इंडेक्स-2023 भयावह तस्वीर प्रस्तुत करती है। रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक भारत दुनिया का दूसरा सर्वाधिक प्रदूषित देश और दिल्ली सर्वाधिक प्रदूषित शहर है। रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक पूरे भारत में एक भी जगह ऐसी नहीं है जो विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन के स्वच्छ हवा के मानकों पर खरी उतरती हो ।

July 12, 2023

Saamuhika Shakti: Empowering Bangalore waste pickers to live dignified lives

A collective impact effort, the first of its type in India that provides informal waste pickers a chance to live safe and dignified lives, with particular emphasis on gender and equity.

Waste pickers and sorters working hard to extract recyclable value from the waste we throw out (Image: Vinod Sebastian/ Saamuhika Shakti)

June 2, 2023

Lived experiences of sanitation and hygiene access

Immersive research for safer sanitation in Bihar and Maharashtra

Children pose outside a toilet (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

December 13, 2022

Mobilising communities for WASH

WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring &amp; surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)

Picturing CLTS- Photo Competition by Community-led Total Sanitation Knowledge Hub

Anyone who has some involvement with, experience of, or interest in community-led total sanitation can send images for the competition.

Posted on 16 Nov, 2014 05:10 PM

Know more about Picturing CLTS- Photo Competition

Get more information on Community-led Total Sanitation Knowledge Hub

Toilets and social networks: Is there a connection?

Studies have shown links between social dynamics and behaviour change, especially with regard to toilet use. Intervention efforts should focus on communities, and not individuals.

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Posted on 06 Nov, 2014 10:54 PM

Of late, there have been plenty of discussions around the topic of sanitation, which have focussed on building toilets on a massive scale. These are in the aftermath of the new and recently released Millennium Development Goals Report 2014 by the United Nations that shows that India has the world's largest population that defecates out in the open, with it being as high as 66% in rural India [1

It's not just about rape!

Women need toilets, not only to protect themselves from rape but to also preserve their dignity and health. Sanitation is a fundamental human right and not just temporary media hype.

Aarti Kelkar - Khambete

Posted on 05 Nov, 2014 11:17 AM

Nandatai and her 16 year old daughter Phula creep out of their houses quietly in the wee hours of the morning into the dark fields to relieve themselves before everyone wakes up. It is an everyday story as this is the only time in the day that they have privacy. “It is so shameful to go out in the fields during the day”, says Nandatai. “We have to hold our urine till it gets dark.

Women in rural areas (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

SC rebukes Central and State Pollution Control Boards over Ganga pollution

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:40 AM

Pollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC

Assam Government issued notice over dumping of waste in Deepor Beel

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 28 Oct, 2014 03:09 PM

NGT takes notice of waste dumping in Assam's Deepor Beel

Dumping ground on the banks of Deepor Beel

Applications invited to become a 'WASH Regional Innovation Partner', Results for Development (R4D)

R4D has announced a request for applications to become a Country or Regional Partner for a new center focused on scaling innovations in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.

Posted on 25 Oct, 2014 11:40 PM

Project Summary:

In order to support innovative WASH services and help them scale, the project will employ a three-pronged approach:

Identify: Provide comprehensive, up-to-date information about programs with the potential to improve the way education systems operate for the poor.

Factors affecting toilet adoption in rural India

Men prefer to defecate in the open more than women, latrines are considered a luxury item and open defecation isn't considered a threat to health, finds a study done in rural North India.

Kathleen O Reilly et al

Coffey Diane et al

Posted on 20 Oct, 2014 05:58 PM

Since the rebranding of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan to the Swach Bharat Mission, newspapers have been flooded with articles and discussions on the need to improve the sanitation scenario in India.

Swachh Bharat Mission launched on Gandhi Jayanti

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 06 Oct, 2014 11:09 PM

PM launches the nationwide cleanliness campaign

Swachh Bharat Mission (Source: Economic Times)

Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is now Swachh Bharat Mission

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 09:54 PM

Centre approves reconstituting the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan into Swachh Bharat Mission

A toilet constructed under Parishudh initiative

Applications invited for 'Water for All 2015- Global Conclave and Exhibition', Sakal Group, Mumbai

"Water for All" 2015 is all set to be India's largest conference covering all aspects of water from source to distribution for all stakeholders in the water value chain

Posted on 19 Sep, 2014 01:53 PM

About the event:

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July 4, 2024

बांदा, जखनी गांव : आज भी खरी है मेड़बंदी

मनुष्य को जब से भोजन की आवश्यकता पड़ी होगी उसने भोजन का आविष्कार किया होगा। किस स्थान पर भोजन उगाया जाए? फसलें पैदा की जाएं जमीन खोजी होगी खेत बनाया होगा। खाद्यान्न पैदा करने के लिए खेत का निर्माण तय हुआ होगा तभी से मेड़बंदी जैसी जल संरक्षण की विधि का आविष्कार हुआ होगा। यह हमारे पुरखों की विधि है जिन से खेत खलिहान का जन्म हुआ है एवं जिन्होंने जल संरक्षण परंपरागत प्रमाणित सर्वमान्य मेड़बंदी विधि का आविष्कार किया है जिसमें किसी प्रकार की कोई तकनीकी शिक्षा नवीन-ज्ञान, वैज्ञानिक ज्ञान की आवश्यकता नहीं होती है।

July 3, 2024

India experiments with parametric insurance to mitigate costs of disasters

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Life during floods in Assam (Image Source: Kausika Bordoloi via Wikimedia Commons)

July 3, 2024

उत्तर कोरिया सरकार ने मानव मल एकत्र करने के लिए आदेश क्यों दिया है

उत्तर कोरिया के तानाशाह किम जोंग उन के एक नए आदेश के बारे में जानना चाहिए कि उन्होंने कोरिया की जनता से 10 किलोग्राम मानव मल एकत्र करने का आदेश दिया है। ताकि उसे खाद के रूप में इस्तेमाल किया जा सके। हालांकि यह आदेश उत्तर कोरियाई लोगों के लिए पूरी तरह से नया नहीं है, क्योंकि वे पहले से ही सर्दियों में खाद के रूप में मानव मल का उपयोग करते आए हैं।

July 2, 2024

From scarcity to sharing: How farmers are managing groundwater in Rayalaseema

Community governance for groundwater management

Jasmine on the fields as part of the groundwater collectivisation agreement at Kummara Vandla Palli village, Sri Satya Sai District. (Images: WASSAN/Swaran)