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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)
Ministries to prepare two-year action plans for Swachh Bharat
Posted on 02 May, 2017 01:20 AM

PMO directs Ministries to prepare two-year action plans for Swachh Bharat implementation
Open defecation continues in rural India despite increased toilet construction
Posted on 24 Apr, 2017 10:32 AM

Despite increased toilet construction, open defecation lives on in rural India
Uttarakhand to be open defecation free soon
Posted on 16 Apr, 2017 09:45 PM

Uttarakhand all set to become open defecation free by May
Transgenders can now use public toilets of their choice
Posted on 09 Apr, 2017 10:42 AM

Centre issues guidelines allowing transgender people to use public toilets of their choice
Worn out buses become 'Toilets for Her' in Pune
Posted on 27 Mar, 2017 12:25 AM

Pune municipal corporation converts worn out buses into toilets
Karnataka minister proposes legalising manual scavenging
Posted on 20 Mar, 2017 01:00 PM

Karnataka for making manual scavenging legal to get rid of pesky scavenger deaths
Manual scavengers lose life in Bengaluru manhole
Posted on 13 Mar, 2017 02:50 PM

Three manual scavengers die of asphyxiation trying to decongest manhole
Bacteria to keep airport toilets clean in Mumbai
Posted on 05 Mar, 2017 11:27 PM

Bacteria and enzyme-filled green chemicals to clean toilets in Mumbai International Airport's Terminal 2
Bureaucrats remove sludge from twin pit toilets
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 03:35 PM

Officials attempt to end stigma by emptying sludge from twin pit toilets 
Mumbai's crumbling toilets pose health, safety risks
Posted on 20 Feb, 2017 12:18 PM

Crumbling public sanitation infrastructure poses huge existential threat in Mumbai slums
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