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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)
साफ-सफाई महिलाओं की सेहत के लिए जरूरी
Posted on 04 Mar, 2015 11:15 AM

डॉ. सोम शेखर विश्वामित्र
And miles to go before I pee: Women's struggles for violence-free sanitation
Posted on 04 Mar, 2015 11:12 AM

India’s status as the world leader in poor sanitation is deplorable. It may come as a surprise to many that African countries like Rwanda and Malawi have dealt with the issue of open defecation in a better manner compared to India. 70% of rural Indians, that is around 550 million people answer nature’s call out in the open.
चरमराई सफाई व्यवस्था बनी परेशानी
Posted on 03 Mar, 2015 04:18 PM

प्रजातंत्र लाइव संवाददाता
स्वच्छ मन स्वच्छ उद्योग पर सेमिनार आयोजित
Posted on 03 Mar, 2015 02:06 PM

फरीदाबाद। ब्रह्माकुमारीज के व्यापार एवं उद्योग प्रभाग एवं फरीदाबाद इंडस्ट्रीज एसोसिएशन के समायोजन से स्वच्छ मन से स्वच्छ उद्योग पर सेमिनार का आयोजन एनआईटी स्थित ब्रह्माकुमारीज केन्द्र
स्वच्छ भारत ऊर्जा मन्त्रालय
Posted on 03 Mar, 2015 01:31 PM

प्रमोद मक्कड़

‘सबके लिए शौचालय’ की छात्रों की प्रतिज्ञा
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 04:33 PM

नई दिल्ली : छह देशों के प्रतिनिधि और सौ से अधिक बच्चों ने मंगलवार को कनॉट प्लेस के सेंट्रल पार्क में ‘सबके लिए शौचालय’ की शपथ ली।
दिल्ली का समृद्ध बाजार शौचालय मॉडल से हुआ सुशोभित
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 03:30 PM

संजय त्रिपाठी

 
सीटी बजाओ अभियान
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 12:25 PM

संगीता बाल स्वास्थ्य मन्त्री
शौचालय प्रदूषण
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 10:51 AM

रो रहा मेरा मन
Swachh Bharat Kosh: Operational guidelines from the Finance Ministry
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:53 AM

The launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission in October 2014, aimed at changing the sanitation landscape of the country was welcomed both with delight as well as skepticism. The idea was to make India open defecation free by 2019.
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