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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)
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan receives an allocation of Rs 9,000 crore in the 2016-17 Budget
Posted on 06 Mar, 2016 11:38 PM
Centre allocates Rs 9,000 crore for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the 2016-17 Budget
The Union government has allocated Rs 9,000 crore for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to improve sanitation and cleanliness across the country.The campaign, one of P
Mysuru is India's cleanest city, again
Posted on 22 Feb, 2016 09:32 AM
Swachh Sarvekshan results revealed: Mysuru is India's cleanest city, again
The Swachh Survekshan that set out to assess the cleanliness and hygiene levels in cities across India has declared
Landfills galore, our cities choke on their own garbage
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 08:28 AM
December floods expose Chennai's poorly designed waste management processes
The floods of December 2015 exposed flaws in Chennai's overall town planning and civic infrastructure management, bringing the city's archaic waste management system again to the forefront.
Mumbai's ticking methane bomb: The Deonar dump yard
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 09:47 AM
12.7 million tonnes of methane lies buried under layers of city garbage in the Deonar dumpyard: IIT-Bombay
Sanitary workers' strike turns Delhi into a dumpyard
Posted on 01 Feb, 2016 12:10 PM
Sanitary workers' strike turns Delhi into a dumpyard
As sanitary workers refused to budge, East Delhi resembled an open dump yard with waste accumulating in complexes and garbage strewn all over the streets.
Opportunity: Opening for CEO in a start-up on affordable nano technology based bio-toilets
Posted on 30 Jan, 2016 09:39 AM

Thakar Equipment Company, New Delhi (TECO) is looking for a CEO for its Start-up initiative on affordable bio and nano technology based pre fabricated ready to assemble at site toilets. The company has a protoype in use since April 2015. Twenty more units are in use in Rajasthan since September 2015. 
Manual scavengers' deaths raise questions about the accuracy of Tamil Nadu government's data
Posted on 25 Jan, 2016 11:21 PM
Four manual scavengers die after inhaling poisonous gases in Chennai
Despite the 2014 Supreme Court ban on manual scavenging, the practice still continues in many pockets.
Chennai residents can now avail a subsidy of Rs. 8000 to construct toilets
Posted on 18 Jan, 2016 09:50 PM
Chennai Corporation to extend an assistance of Rs. 8000 for constructing household toilets
Corporation of Chennai has decided to extend a subsidy of Rs. 8000 to help residents construct a toilet at home.
National seminar on affordable and acceptable sanitation for rural India, 2016
Posted on 14 Jan, 2016 08:25 AM
When - January 29 and 30, 2016
Where - Senate Hall, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded
 
Lack of adequate sanitation is a pressing chanllenge, especially in rural India.
Defunct Delhi power plant could soon turn into a waste-to-energy unit
Posted on 04 Jan, 2016 09:48 AM
Delhi government mulls converting the defunct Rajghat power unit into a waste-to-energy plant
The Delhi government is looking for ways to utilize the machinery that lies unused in the now defunct Rajghat Thermal Power Plant and is seriously consid
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