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June 15, 2024
WASH facilities evade tribals 
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 ।
वायु प्रदूषण घटा रहा है उम्र
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 & 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
Girls toilet in a school
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
Ganga at Gadmukteshwar
Opening for "Director (Water and Sanitation)", TARU Leading Edge Private Limited, New Delhi
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.
Recharge well constructed in Chennai
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
Many rural areas have free toilets
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