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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)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Solid Waste Management

Here is a simple guide on handling and management of household waste.

Posted on 07 Mar, 2014 10:35 AM

This is a simple guide to individuals on handling the household waste that they generate. It has two parts:

Toilets for all: Jharkhand's Sanitation Policy

This policy document is a compilation of directions and instructions for Jharkhand to achieve the status of an open defecation-free state.

Sabita Kaushal

Posted on 07 Mar, 2014 10:29 AM

The document titled ‘Sanitation Policy of Jharkhand’, by the Government of Jharkhand, serves as a guidance manual to follow the directives of the Nirmal Bahrat Abhiyan (NBA), a government programme to tackle open defecation in rural India.

Want to build a toilet?

Learn about the importance of sanitation and follow the step-by-step instructions in this easy-to-use, hands-on manual issued by the Government of Jharkhand to help build toilets.

Sabita Kaushal

Posted on 24 Feb, 2014 04:23 PM

The Government of Jharkhand has published a technical document in order to encourage the construction and usage of toilets in the state of Jharkhand. The manual begins with an introduction to Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), a government programme to tackle open defecation in rural India.

The need for toilets (Source: Sourabh Phadke)

Internship opportunity at the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts, India

The selected interns would be expected to work primarily on any of the four themes: right to water and sanitation, environmental flows, agricultural and industrial water use and groundwater.

Posted on 24 Feb, 2014 04:01 PM

About the Forum:

Applications invited for 'Training Programme on EcoSan', Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions, Bangalore

Posted on 21 Feb, 2014 11:57 AM

About Ecosan:

The Ecological Sanitation (Ecosan) approach follows the principle of ‘closing the loop’ and offers a safe solution that helps prevent diseases and promotes good health by removing pathogens and recapturing nutrients in order to reuse them in agriculture or horticulture.

Invitation to the 'Technical Training in Water & Sanitation Infrastructure', BushProof, Madagascar

The training is a broad, intense 6-day course with a heavy practical bias, providing a rare opportunity to learn through both theoretical and hands-on practical sessions.

Posted on 19 Feb, 2014 10:10 PM

About the training:

Applications invited for 'Post-Graduate Diploma in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene', Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

This full time post-graduate diploma programme of one year duration is designed to impart both theoretical and practical aspects of social and technical aspects relevant to the WASH sector.

Posted on 17 Feb, 2014 08:07 PM

Programme Overview:

New law to save the Ganga

Policy matters this week: PMO orders framing of draft legislation to protect the Ganga; Narmada-Kshipra river linking scheme passes the test; World Bank to support low-income states.

Swati Bansal

Posted on 17 Feb, 2014 02:22 PM

PMO approves law to protect Ganga river

Ganga river in Haridwar (Source: Anoop Negi)

Sikkim achieves 100% sanitation under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan scheme

News this week: Sikkim achieves 100% sanitation; Govt has only 2 months to cover 54.4% of rural India in its drinking water scheme; Maharashtra village gets community rights over dam reservoir.

Swati Bansal

Posted on 17 Feb, 2014 02:21 PM

Sikkim achieves 100% sanitation

The great Indian toilet tracker!

Does rural India have enough toilets? Which state has built the most toilets and which state is still backed up? Our visualisations of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan's data demystify it all!

Sabita Kaushal

Posted on 16 Feb, 2014 10:57 PM

Women patiently wait for the sun to go down, to squat in open fields. Young children do so unabashedly on the roads under the open skies. Well into our 67th year of independence, the sanitation situation hasn't changed much in villages and towns across the nation.

Rural sanitation scheme - Progress & Performance

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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

News this fortnight

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)