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August 16, 2024
Open drains drain health
A recent study finds that majority of the poor in India are likely to have open drains or no drainage systems to convey and treat their waste flows, threatening their health.
Open drains, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
July 28, 2024
Tap into the numbers: Budget insights on WASH
The budget allocation for the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation reflects a steady upward trajectory, underscoring the importance of scaling financial commitments to meet the growing demands of the WASH sector.
Child drinking water from handpump in Guna, Madhya Pradesh (Image: Anil Gulati, India Water Portal Flickr)
November 17, 2023
Unmasking gender disparities in Indian sanitation
Women's struggle for sanitation equity in rural areas and urban slums India
A training exercise on water and sanitation, as part of an EU-funded project on integrated water resource management in Rajasthan. (Image: UN Women Asia and Pacific; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
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)
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)
February 7, 2023
Budget 2023-24: Drinking water supply and sanitation continues to get priority
Budgetary allocations for urban sanitation get an impetus, but Swachh Bharat Mission – Rural (SBM-R) records no change in its budgetary allocation
An amount of Rs 1840 crore has been approved to effecvely implement Water Security Plans through convergence of ongoing/new schemes (Image: Pavitra K B Rao, Wikimedia Commons)
बदबू से मुक्त हुआ स्कूल
Posted on 29 Sep, 2015 01:27 PM

राजु कुमार

 
शहर को शौचालय युक्त बनाना उद्देश्य
Posted on 28 Sep, 2015 01:02 PM

कल्पतरु समाचार सेवा अलीगढ़। स्वच्छ भारत मिशन के तहत तीसरे दिन नगर आयुक्त ने सराय लवरिया व सराय हकीम क्षेत्र में सफाई जागरूकता अभियान शुरू किया। यहाँ पर बनाये जाने वाले शौचालय की नींव नगर आयुक्त ने फावड़े से खो
Sanitation workers forced to clean human excreta during the Ashadi Ekadashi in Pandharpur
Posted on 28 Sep, 2015 10:45 AM
Out of prefabricated toilets, sanitation workers were forced to clean human excreta during the Ashadi Ekadashi in Pandharpur
 
Despite manual scavenging being declared as illegal, sanitation workers were forced to clean human excre
प्लास्टिक बना जहर
Posted on 27 Sep, 2015 03:37 PM

मनीषा सिंह

 
National summit and exhibition on water, wastewater treatment and solid waste management
Posted on 25 Sep, 2015 11:16 PM

Where: Le Meridien, New Delhi

When: 29-30, September, 2015

What: Watewater management has assumed heightened significance in the recent past due to the growing menace of pollution and the increased awareness among the stakeholders as well as the general public.
मनेर में टिकाऊ स्वच्छता को बढ़ावा
Posted on 24 Sep, 2015 04:33 PM

अरविन्द कुमार

 
कचरे में कचरा होती जिन्दगी
Posted on 24 Sep, 2015 10:11 AM

आदित्य शुक्ला

 
‘स्वच्छ भारत’ और इसके ‘ब्राण्ड एम्बैसेडर’ कहाँ हैं
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 04:45 PM

हरिजय सिंह

 
Low-cost, eco-friendly 'Nirgandh' toilet options
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 01:39 PM
No running water or underground sewerage connection in your locality? Looking for eco-friendly sanitation solutions for your office? Want to install a waste-recycling toilet at home?
Open defecation free' status of villages to be verified by state governments
Posted on 21 Sep, 2015 09:29 AM
'Open defecation free' status of villages to be verified by state governments
 
In a bid to take the Swachh Bharat’s sustainability quotient a step higher, the centre has asked state governments to verify the ‘Ope
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