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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

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

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

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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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)