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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)
Cleanliness survey Swachh Survekshan 2017 underway
Posted on 09 Jan, 2017 11:00 AM

Sanitation, cleanliness indicators of 500 cities to be recorded and rated by Swachh Survekshan 2017
Now rate public toilets in Coimbatore with a smiley
Posted on 03 Jan, 2017 10:07 AM

Coimbatore corporation to set up 'smiley terminals' outside public toilets on a trial basis
Google launches public toilet finder app
Posted on 26 Dec, 2016 11:58 AM

Google launches toilet finder app in Delhi NCR and Madhya Pradesh
Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks to take Clean India Mission forward
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 10:48 AM

Every district in India to have 600 Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks soon to rid the country of open defecation
Mumbaikars can now rate cleanliness of public toilets
Posted on 11 Dec, 2016 09:21 PM

Rating machines to help users rate cleanliness and hygiene levels of public toilets in Mumbai
Voice systems to instruct passengers on bio-toilet use
Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 11:42 AM

Southern Railway introduces voice system to instruct passengers on how to use bio-toilets
Community toilets in forest lands get approval
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 09:58 AM

Community toilets can come up in forest lands under SBM
1.14 lakh Indian villages declared open defecation free
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 10:27 AM

1.14 lakh villages have been declared open defecation free so far across the country
HP and Kerala declared open defecation free
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 07:40 AM

Himachal Pradesh becomes the second state in the country to be declared open defecation free
Bhopal to be declared ODF by year end
Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 10:22 AM

Bhopal to be ODF ahead of schedule
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