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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)
स्वच्छता से ही बढ़ेगा पर्यटन: राष्ट्रपति
Posted on 19 Sep, 2015 03:13 PM

नई दिल्ली, भाषा। पर्यटन स्थलों पर शुरू किए गए सफाई अभियान की सराहना करते हुए राष्ट्रपति प्रणब मुखर्जी ने शुक्रवार को कहा कि इन स्थानों पर स्वच्छता के असमान मानदण्डों का पर्यटन पर
अब गाँव में बहेगी स्वच्छता की बयार
Posted on 18 Sep, 2015 12:09 PM

कल्पतरु समाचार सेवा फिरोजाबाद। विकास भवन सभागार में तीन दिनों तक चली स्वच्छ भारत मिशन की कार्यशाला में स्वच्छता सम्बन्धी गुर सीखने के बाद चार दर्जन से अधिक मास्टर ट्रेनर्स ने गाँव-देहात की राह पकड़ ली। कार्यशा
WATSAN programmes and local governance
Posted on 17 Sep, 2015 10:28 AM

The 73rd Constitution Amendment Act, 1992 was a landmark legislation that changed the way local self governing institutions functioned across the country. With the devolution of powers to Gram Panchayats at the village and Zilla Parishads at the district level, programmes relating to water and sanitation came under the local government’s purview.
Fact Checker's random school survey casts serious doubts about the government's 100% toilet coverage claim
Posted on 14 Sep, 2015 10:06 AM
Fact Checker's random school survey casts serious doubts about the government's 100% toilet coverage claim
 
A random check carried out by Fact Checker has revealed that many schools in some of India’s backward districts still remain without toilets
My friend 'non-toxic' Ganesha
Posted on 11 Sep, 2015 10:01 AM
Ganesh Chathurthi, a much-awaited event in the Hindu calendar, is celebrated with great pomp especially in Western India. The reason could be that freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak used this festival in the 1890s to arouse the nationalistic sentiments of locals and bring all factions together against the reigning British.
Direct discharge of human waste from railway coaches onto the tracks makes the National Green Tribunal very unhappy
Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 10:16 AM
National Green Tribunal unhappy with Railways’ practice of discharging waste directly onto the tracks
 
गाँवों में जगाई एकता और स्वच्छता की अलख
Posted on 06 Sep, 2015 01:16 PM

कल्पतरु समाचार सेवा फिरोजाबाद। नेहरु युवा केन्द्र न
वाट्स एप पर मुहिम, खुले में शौच से मुक्त हुई पंचायत
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 03:47 PM

रामेश्वर बेड़ा, जोधपुर

 
नाला सफाई में गड़बड़ी उजागर
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 12:09 PM

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अधूरे शौचालय निर्माण को पूरा करने की ग्रामीणों की माँग
Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 03:10 PM

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