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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)
MoEF revalidates POSCOs project while rejects Vedantas proposal
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

MoEF revalidates POSCO's clearance

Environment ministry revalidates environmental clearance of POSCO's steel project in Odisha, though a major hurdle of National Green Tribunal's decision on the project, lies ahead.
Rural job scheme to help clean up villages
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

MGNREGS to help build toilets in villages

Rural sanitation works included under the list of jobs that can be done under MGNREGS in collaboration with Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan.
Kerala wants yet another review of the Western Ghats report
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Kerala demands review of the Western Ghats order
Moily makes project clearance easy: Delinks power plants and captive mines for clearance
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Environment Ministry delinks clearance of power plants from captive mines
Improved sanitation can reduce diarrhoea cases by 47%
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Improved sanitation can reduce diarrhoea cases by 47%: World Bank
Despite government funding only 30% urban slums have toilets
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Welfare schemes not of much use to urban slums
Water flows freely in Kejriwals Delhi
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Kejriwal frees water in Delhi
Water News 2013 in review
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Kumbh Mela left its trash behind
Drinking water quality worst in Kerala Report
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Kerala scores worst in access to potable water: NSSO
Centre issues guidelines to simplify green clearance process
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Centre issues guidelines to simplify green clearance process
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