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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 Mission launched on Gandhi Jayanti
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

PM launches the nationwide cleanliness campaign
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is now Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Centre approves reconstituting the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan into Swachh Bharat Mission
Furious Jhelum claims 160 lives
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

J&K reels under the worst flood in 60 years
KenBetwa river link to divert 6000 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Ken-Betwa river link to take away 10% of MP's Panna Tiger Reserve
Increased subsidy for toilet construction
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Higher monetary incentives for toilet construction and delinking sanitation mission from MGNREGS
Ending open defecation requires changing mind SQUAT Survey
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

A recent survey of Sanitation Quality, Use, Access, and Trends (SQUAT Survey) of 3,200 households in over 300 villages in 13 districts of rural Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, conducted by the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.), sheds light on why years of govern
3 major decisions to revive the Ganga within 3 years
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Government identifies 11 states along Ganga for sewer link
Solutions to Indores water problems dont have to be so expensive
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

In the last five decades, Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, has witnessed a substantial increase in urbanisation and industrialisation. Its population has also increased from 5,60,936 in 1971 to 2,167,447 in 2011 (Census 2011).
Sanitation and trees are rural employment guarantee schemes top priorities
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Centre allocates 50% MGNREGA funds to sanitation and green cover
House of solutions
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Many scientists and researchers have been trying to find solutions to problems related to urban water supply, wastewater management and reduction of energy use in urban areas but very few have succeeded. Rahul Banerjee is one who has.
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