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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)
Furious Jhelum claims 160 lives
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

J&K reels under the worst flood in 60 years
Ending open defecation requires changing mind SQUAT Survey
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

A recent survey of Sanitation Quality, Use, Access, and Trends (SQUAT Survey) of 3,200 households in over 300 villages in 13 districts of rural Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, conducted by the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.), sheds light on why years of govern
3 major decisions to revive the Ganga within 3 years
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Government identifies 11 states along Ganga for sewer link
Sanitation and trees are rural employment guarantee schemes top priorities
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Centre allocates 50% MGNREGA funds to sanitation and green cover
Budget 2014 A water perspective
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

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. 
31% of Bangalores groundwater not drinkable
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

"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.
Centres 100 day plan Construct one toilet per second
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Centre all set to construct 5.2 million toilets by August 31
Poor sanitation brings down enrollment of girls in schools
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Dip in enrollment of female students due to poor sanitation in schools
Water allocation to stay the same for Telangana and Andhra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Telangana formed but no change in water allocation
CSE tells new govt to reinvent strategy for river cleanup
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Apply new strategy for cleaning rivers: CSE
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