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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)
BJP should learn from Congress defeat Environmentalists
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

BJP should learn from Congress' defeat: Environmentalists
Will the Rs 392 crore fund help Raipurs growing slums
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

"The life of the people living in slums in any part of the country is a curse", says Rohit Jagat, a 30 year old resident of Shakti Nagar slum in Raipur. 
Bangalore water mafia goes innovative to evade law
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Bangalore water mafia goes innovative to evade law
Himachal villages to carry out own EIA
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Himachal villages to carry out own EIA
60 rural homes get contaminated drinking water
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Drinking water in more than half rural homes contaminated
Garudeshwar dam for a statue or for people
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Garudeshwar dam: for a statue or for people?
Dont promote water privatization NGOs urge World Bank
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

NGOs urge World Bank not to promote water privatization
Fly ash laden water from power plant spills into MP village
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Fly ash laden water from power plant contaminates water in MP village
Steep fall in water table worries Tamil Nadu
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Steep fall in water table worries Tamil Nadu
Deltas sinking thanks to dams
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Deltas sinking, thanks to dams
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