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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)
प्लास्टिक बना जहर
Posted on 27 Sep, 2015 03:37 PM

मनीषा सिंह

 
National summit and exhibition on water, wastewater treatment and solid waste management
Posted on 25 Sep, 2015 11:16 PM

Where: Le Meridien, New Delhi

When: 29-30, September, 2015

What: Watewater management has assumed heightened significance in the recent past due to the growing menace of pollution and the increased awareness among the stakeholders as well as the general public.
मनेर में टिकाऊ स्वच्छता को बढ़ावा
Posted on 24 Sep, 2015 04:33 PM

अरविन्द कुमार

 
कचरे में कचरा होती जिन्दगी
Posted on 24 Sep, 2015 10:11 AM

आदित्य शुक्ला

 
‘स्वच्छ भारत’ और इसके ‘ब्राण्ड एम्बैसेडर’ कहाँ हैं
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 04:45 PM

हरिजय सिंह

 
Low-cost, eco-friendly 'Nirgandh' toilet options
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 01:39 PM
No running water or underground sewerage connection in your locality? Looking for eco-friendly sanitation solutions for your office? Want to install a waste-recycling toilet at home?
Open defecation free' status of villages to be verified by state governments
Posted on 21 Sep, 2015 09:29 AM
'Open defecation free' status of villages to be verified by state governments
 
In a bid to take the Swachh Bharat’s sustainability quotient a step higher, the centre has asked state governments to verify the ‘Ope
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.
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