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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)

Budget 2014: A water perspective

How much money has been allocated to the different aspects of water like watershed development, Ganga rejuvenation, inland navigation etc? Experts comment on the implications and the proposed actions.

Sabita Kaushal

Posted on 25 Jul, 2014 01:33 PM

The 2014 Union Budget is being hailed as both challenging and decisive. Various important water issues such as rivers, watershed and safe drinking water have been addressed, money earmarked and plans and programmes announced.

Water Budget 2014 (Source: Sourabh Phadke)

31% of Bangalore's groundwater not drinkable

Garbage dumping in lakes has upped nitrate levels and also caused a decline in groundwater quality. While urbanisation is the main cause, civic agencies failure and citizens apathy are also to blame.

Prarthana Vishal

Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 01:44 PM

"Growing garbage menace ups nitrate content in lakes", said a recent headline in the Deccan Herald that highlighted a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on illegal dumping sites situated near water bodies in Bangalore.

Lakes or dumping place for the construction debris

Centre's 100 day plan: Construct one toilet per second

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 15 Jul, 2014 08:00 AM

Centre all set to construct 5.2 million toilets by August 31

Toilet built under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan

Poor sanitation brings down enrollment of girls in schools

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 01:10 PM

Dip in enrollment of female students due to poor sanitation in schools

Water allocation to stay the same for Telangana and Andhra

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 11:08 AM

Telangana formed but no change in water allocation

Telangana boundaries (Source: Aditya Madhav)

CSE tells new govt to reinvent strategy for river clean-up

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 11:07 AM

Apply new strategy for cleaning rivers: CSE

Opening for "Director (Water and Sanitation)", TARU Leading Edge Private Limited, New Delhi

Posted on 04 Jun, 2014 06:12 PM

The Position: The Director- Water and Sanitation- will be based in the company's Gurgaon office.

Ganga rejuvenation priority for new Water Ministry

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 02 Jun, 2014 02:21 PM

New Water Ministry headed by Uma Bharti prioritizes Ganga rejuvenation

Ganga at Haridwar (Source: Barry Silver)

Simple ways to achieve water sufficiency

Rainwater harvesting is the easiest way to address the growing water scarcity that we are facing. Read on to find out what you can do at your home, office or apartment community.

Seetha Gopalakrishnan

Posted on 27 May, 2014 09:18 PM

Fresh water found on land has only two primary sources - melting of ice, and rain. Harvesting rain is crucial for sustaining both the surface and sub-soil water sources.

Access to clean water and sanitation: the rural-urban gap closes

News this week

Ravleen Kaur

Posted on 27 May, 2014 12:21 PM

The rural-urban divide in access to sanitation reduces: UN

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September 22, 2024

प्रवाल भित्ति का अर्थ, परिभाषा और महत्व

प्रवाल भित्तियों का अनोखा संसार (साभार - विकिपीडिया)

September 21, 2024

टिकाऊ खेती एवं बेहतर मृदा स्वास्थ्य हेतु जैविक उर्वरक (भाग 2)

"टिकाऊ खेती" का अंग्रेजी में अर्थ "Sustainable Agriculture" होता है. यह एक ऐसी कृषि प्रणाली है जो पर्यावरणीय सिद्धांतों को ध्यान में रखते हुए पौधों और जानवरों के उत्पादन को समन्वित करती है। भाग 2 में जानिए कैसे करें इस्तेमाल जैविक उर्वरकों का

September 21, 2024

टिकाऊ खेती एवं बेहतर मृदा स्वास्थ्य हेतु जैविक उर्वरक (भाग 1)

टिकाऊ खेती और मृदा स्वास्थ्य के लिए जैविक उर्वरकों का इस्तेमाल हमेशा बेहतर परिणाम देता है। जैविक उर्वरकों यानी जैविक खादों के इस्तेमाल से खेत को कई तरह के फ़ायदे होते हैं। जानिए विस्तार से

September 21, 2024

हरित छत से पर्यावरण संरक्षण

हरित छतें (ग्रीन रूफ्स) पर्यावरण संरक्षण में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभा रही हैं। इस मुद्दे पर डॉ. दीपक कोहली का एक विस्तृत आलेख।

हरित छतों वाली बिल्डिंग (courtesy - needpix.com)