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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)
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)
September 27, 2022
Dirty drains drain health
This study found that the sanitary quality of neighbourhood drains, in addition to toilets, affected sanitation and hygiene and incidences of ill-health in rural households.
Dirty drainages, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
Himachal villages to carry out own EIA
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Himachal villages to carry out own EIA
60 rural homes get contaminated drinking water
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Drinking water in more than half rural homes contaminated
Garudeshwar dam for a statue or for people
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Garudeshwar dam: for a statue or for people?
Dont promote water privatization NGOs urge World Bank
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

NGOs urge World Bank not to promote water privatization
Fly ash laden water from power plant spills into MP village
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Fly ash laden water from power plant contaminates water in MP village
Steep fall in water table worries Tamil Nadu
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Steep fall in water table worries Tamil Nadu
Deltas sinking thanks to dams
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Deltas sinking, thanks to dams
Water hardly an agenda for politicians
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Water hardly an agenda for politicians
Piped water only for 40% of the middle class
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Piped water only for 40% of the middle class
No toilets for 52% of Delhi slum kids
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

No toilets for 52% Delhi slum kids
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