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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)
Sikkim achieves 100 sanitation under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan scheme
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Sikkim achieves 100% sanitation
The great Indian toilet tracker
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Women patiently wait for the sun to go down, to squat in open fields. Young children do so unabashedly on the roads under the open skies. Well into our 67th year of independence, the sanitation situation hasn't changed much in villages and towns across the nation.
If you dont clean our shit then who will
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

"Swaraj is a meaningless term, if we desire to keep a fifth of India under perpetual subjection, and deliberately deny to them the fruits of national culture". - Mahatma Gandhi
Sikkim is toilet state of India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Sikkim only state in the country with 100% sanitation
Contaminated water caused 13000 deaths in 4 years
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Contaminated water killed 13,000 in last four years
Water for Mumbai a cost to ecology
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Water for Mumbai a cost to ecology

All 12 dams planned to quench Mumbai's thirst fall in the ecologically sensitive region of Western Ghats. Will submerge more than 22,000 hectares.
New crop insurance scheme for Pudukottai TN
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Pudukottai gets crop insurance scheme to mitigate nature's fury
Red Hills reservoir leaks Chennais water supply
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Chennai's drinking water seeps down the drain
Engineers Training on Simplified Sewer System Center for Advanced Sanitation Solutions Bangalore
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Land of water no more
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The name Tripura originated from 'Twi' meaning water and 'Para' meaning land. The indigenous population, which is about 32%, refer to Tripura as Twipra, meaning land of water. However, the state no longer seems to be living up to its name.
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