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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)
Sanitation Progress Report is too good to be true
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Prabha, 23 years old lives in Mankapur village in Uttar Pradesh. She recently delivered a baby boy at home. Prabha has never used a toilet in her life. Every day of her pregnancy, she woke up before dawn, carried a mug of water and went 1.2 km away in the fields to defecate.
110 countries pledge to phase out mercury
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

110 countries sign Minamata convention to ban mercury
UN adopts Minamata Convention
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

110 nations sign the treaty that bans mercury

UN adopts Minamata Convention that sets to phase out production and use of mercury by 2020. 

World Bank praises MNREGA
Rajasthan's drinking water most contaminated
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Rajasthan's drinking water most contaminated
Final nod to Telangana
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Final nod to Telangana

Government approves bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and Seemandhra with Hyderabad as a joint capital for 10 years. The approval came two months after the passing of resolution to form the 29th Indian state.
Unrecognised slums get recognition
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Unrecognised slums get recognition
MoEF fails to control unauthorised forest diversion
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

MoEF fails to control unauthorised forest diversion

The CAG audit reports environment ministry's failure in promoting compensatory afforestation and monitoring unauthorised forestland diversion for non-forest purposes.
Bihar Odisha and Madhya Pradesh among least developed
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Bihar, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh among least developed
IPCCs fifth assessment report calls for urgent action
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Urgent action needed to tackle climate change
A tale of two STPs
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The venerable Imperial Gazetteer says, 'Viewed from a distance Lucknow presents a picture of unusual magnificence and architectural splendour, which fades on nearer view ...' (Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 196).
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