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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)
A comprehensive study of gender issues in slums through JAGORI research: News and policy update from India WASH Forum e-newsletter-October (2012)
The bi-monthly e-Newsletter of India WASH Forum begins by sharing one of the most comprehensive study of gender issues in slums WASH context in India
India Wash Forum
Posted on 25 Nov, 2012 06:08 PM

This bi monthly e-Newsletter by the India WASH Forum provides excerpts of the JAGORI study from two slums of Delhi in 2010-11 that look at gender concerns in the context of slum sanitation in India and make some very useful recommendations.
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra - The Yatra, my launch pad
This article describes Gulshan Thakur, an event manager's experience at the Nirmal Bharat Yatra
Urmila Chanam
Posted on 25 Nov, 2012 01:52 PM

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
A National Conference on Women-led Water Management was organised during November 5-6, 2012, in Haryana, India and focused on strategies towards water sustainability in rural India
Arti Manchanda Grover
Posted on 22 Nov, 2012 05:07 PM

The Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) and UNICEF India hosted this  National Conference on Women-led Water Management .
Data on sanitation issues of states - A compilation by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Data on sanitation issues in different states in India available with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Posted on 21 Nov, 2012 03:27 PM

The Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan under the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation provides a host of data related to the sanitation issues of different states in India.
A report on the national conference on women-led water management organised by IRRAD
This article provides the details of the National Conference on Women-led Water Management organised by IRRAD in partnership with UNICEF India
S M Sehgal Foundation
Posted on 20 Nov, 2012 02:59 PM

Nearly 70% of India’s 1.2 billion people live in rural areas, many of which face unprecedented water shortages.
Toilets are beautiful: The "Going Potty" toilet sit-down, Nirmal Bharat Yatra, November 18-27, 2012, New Delhi
Posted on 19 Nov, 2012 10:49 AM

Yatra logo

Organisers

Nirmal Bharat Yatra

Venue
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra - Goodwill on Wheels!
Nirmal Bharat Yatra, was a journey undertaken to spread the message of ending open defecation and increasing awareness about hygiene across five states
Urmila Chanam
Posted on 18 Nov, 2012 12:47 AM

Pledge

Launching the Toilets are Beautiful Campaign
Standard operating procedure for responding to natural disasters - Rural drinking water supply and sanitation - A document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (2011)
This document elaborates on the specific actions to be undertaken at state, district, block and village level in responding to natural disasters
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Posted on 17 Nov, 2012 10:22 PM

 This document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation  spells out the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in providing water, sanitation and hygiene services during different phases of disasters.
Zen and the art of wise water management: Rainwater Club's youtube channel crosses 1 million views !
Chicu Lokgariwar from the India Water Portal introduces us to the rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation evangelist that is zenrainman
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 15 Nov, 2012 02:24 PM

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, India’s biggest ever sanitation and hygiene mela, reaches its half-way point: Organizers reveal exciting new formats for the last three stops
Nirmal Bharat Yatra, India’s biggest sanitation and hygiene mela crosses 1000 kms across three states to generate awareness about sanitation issues.
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 12 Nov, 2012 12:29 PM

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)
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