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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)
Self reliance in water A book by Indukanth Ragade
This book seeks to serve as a one-stop source for every aspect of water and its management for city and town dwellers.
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Self reliance in water: A practical manual for city and town dwellers by Indukanth S.</body></html>
Gharacha Dagina Toilets as the jewels of the household a film promoting twopit toilets in rural India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Using analogies that resonate with the rural mind, this Marathi film by  the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Government of Maharashtra) makes a convincing argument for toilet construction and use.The film's content has been guided by Mr.
Indias first nationwide rural water quality survey to start from October- A compilation of top stories from water industry from newsletter Droplets
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

What are the emerging trends in India’s water sector? The newsletter, Droplets by Everything About Water gives an overview of the current issues in the sector by giving brief description of recent developments in water industry, technologies, products, research, reports etc,.
The Karnataka Urban Water Sector Improvement Project 24x7 water supply is achievable Field note by Water and Sanitation Programme World Bank
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This field note by the Water and Sanitation Program, describes how it is possible to deliver twenty four water supply through individual household connections to all residents.
Performance Assessment System PAS Project at CEPT University Ahmedabad develops a comprehensive database of urban water sanitation data for Gujarat and Maharashtra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Performance Assessment System Project - www.pas.org.in (PAS) Project at CEPT University is a five-year Action Research Project, which works on developing appropriate tools and methods to measure, monitor and improve delivery of water and sanitation services in urban India.
Frequently asked questions on water integrity: A primer by the Water Integrity Network
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM
  1. What is integrity ?
  2. What is corruption, and what are the various forms of corruption ?
Guidance notes for continuous water supply 24X7 - A guide to project preparation implementation and appraisal A report by Water and Sanitation Program
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This report by Water and Sanitation Program is a guidance notes meant for governments, municipal administrations and water utilities that are considering of converting their water distribution services from intermittent to continuous (24-7)

Community participation in South Asian sanitation A paper published in Public World
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This paper published in collaboration with Public World (London) focuses on the poor sanitation situation in South Asia, which has the highest proportion of people practising open defecation and argues that improvement in sanitation is one of the most important goals that countries i
Report on the National level workshop on appropriate toilet technologies organised by Gramalaya Arghyam and UNICEF at Trichy Tamil Nadu between 9-11 May 2012
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM
Water woes of Bawana and Bhalswa slums in Delhi Women pay the heaviest price for poor water supply and sanitation facilities An article in India Water Review
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The current global water crisis is preventing water from reaching slum dwellers. The condition of women under such a grim situation is deteriorating further as they continue to fetch water for various domestic purposes.
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