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Water news: A recap of 2014
Posted on 05 Jan, 2015 09:58 PMNew Water Ministry, Clean Ganga Portal, Ganga Manthan: Goverment makes efforts towards rejuvenating the Ganga
What a waste !
Posted on 05 Jan, 2015 03:47 PMPopular climate change discourse usually tends to vilify carbon dioxide. But a more potent polluter lays unnoticed in our midst – Methane. Putrid solid waste lying around contributes heavily to the release of methane into the atmosphere.
Toilet torture: Women and their woes in the slums of Mumbai
Posted on 02 Jan, 2015 01:15 PMWhile the burden of bad sanitation affect men and women, its consequences are far worse for the latter. Bad sanitation results not only in poor health but also greatly limits women’s mobility and freedom affecting their safety and impeding them from living a dignified life.
A push to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 04:58 PMStates get a free hand towards the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Sulabh International welcomes the Prime Minister's call for a Swachh Bharat
Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 11:42 AMMahatma Gandhi called out for everyone to be his own scavenger in the early decades of the 20th century. Nearly 100 years later, 2014 saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi articulate his vision for a clean India, through the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Collective sanitation as practised by Mahatma Gandhi
Posted on 29 Dec, 2014 02:28 PMBy Shobhana Radhakrishna
Addressing the hygiene needs of pubescent kids
Posted on 29 Dec, 2014 11:53 AMThe rights and needs of the fairer sex being overlooked by a male dominated society is not something that is unheard of. Access to education, health services and sanitation are given a cold shoulder when it concerns women.
Get paid to poop: Musiri's Eco San adventure
Posted on 23 Dec, 2014 11:59 AMWater is probably the worst medium to treat or transport human refuse. And that is exactly what we use when we flush our poo and pee with buckets full of water. Water only increases the size of the problem - bowl sized refuse gets converted into bucket sizes – and offers absolutely no help to treat the waste.
‘Thelima’: Simplifying water, sanitation and hygiene for children
Posted on 20 Dec, 2014 10:38 AM2008 saw the coming together of various missions that coordinated and monitored sanitation projects in Kerala’s rural and urban areas. The Suchitwa Mission was conceived to aid and advice local self government institutions in matters relating to sanitation and also to monitor the implementation and progress of the Total Sanitation Campaign in the state.
Churu, Rajasthan's sanitation oasis
Posted on 18 Dec, 2014 05:27 PMWith empty fields as far as eyes can perceive and perpetual water shortage, introducing flush toilets sure seemed the biggest challenge in the predominantly dry state of Rajasthan. A total of 321 Gram Panchayats have won the Nirmal Gram Puraskar in the state, but in India’s largest state, this amounts to less than 4% of the total number of Gram Panchayats present.
