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August 16, 2024 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 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 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 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 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 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)
Financing and Monitoring Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Gujarat
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This report provides an assessment of financing arrangements of urban water supply and sanitation sector in Gujarat. It gives detail on expenditure by different class of cities in O & M of water and sanitation. It have data on funds allocated under various programmes and schemes for the sector and its uses. It also study the process and channel through which the fund flows.

External Aided Water Supply and Sanitation Projects
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Ministry supports external aided projects in the water supply and sanitation sector. So far 17 projects have been implemented with World Bank/French assistance. The details like project name, cost, donor agency and year of completion are given.

Coverage with Water Supply Sanitation facility in India from 1961 to 2001
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The data of India as an average on coverage of water supply and sanitation in urban and rural areas of the country from 1961 to 2001.

Status of Water Supply Sanitation and Solid Waste Management in Urban Areas
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The report contains the information on status of all class I, class II and Municipal Corporations in water supply, sewarage collection treatment and disposal. It evaluates the system on various parameters like coverage, supply in lpcd, water charges, billing and collection.

Industrial sewage discharges to the coastal waters
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

It is a table giving the total amount of industrial waste and sewerage is discharged in coastal water by 10 states

India assessment 2002 water supply and sanitation
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The report is an overview of status of water supply and sanitation in the country till 2001. It provides information through graph on percentage increase in coverage of water supply and sanitation from 1980 - 2000 as studied by various organisations and surveys. It also give information on investment in the sector in each five year plans.

Housing Condition and Amenities in India 2008-09
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The report provides data on distribution of of households by distance to the source of drinking water, type of bathroom, households having no bathroom by distance of the dwelling from the bathing place, type of use of latrine facility.

Drinking Water Sanitation and Hygiene in India NSS 54th Round January June 1998
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The report provides data on distribution of of households by distance to the source of drinking water, availability of water in all months, type of source, type of bathroom, households having no bathroom by distance of the dwelling from the bathing place, type of use of latrine facility.

Water resources in Jhansi Uttar Pradesh and Tikamgarh districts Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Water resources information of the Bundelkhand region about water demand, availability, supply and accessibility and information on sanitation practices like toilets, personal hygiene, solid waste management, liquid waste disposal and availability of water for sanitation.

Technoeconomic feasibility study of sanitation and sewage management for Pandharpur town Maharashtra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The study provides information on sanitation situation and practices in Pandharpur town of Maharashtra, which is a pilgrimage site. It includes data on number of toilets, their location, population and peak flow, sewage generated annually, treatment system and suggested ways of improvement.

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