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Toilets and Urinals
Call for Abstracts: The 10th Annual Global Water Alliance Conference
Posted on 19 Sep, 2016 04:17 PMThe Tenth Annual Global Water Alliance Conference, with the theme“Role of Locals in Implementing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sustainable Development Goals, 2015-2030” is to be held in Kolkata, India from January 4-7, 2017 (Site visits January 5-6).The focus of the co
Delhi corporations fail to utilise SBM fund
Posted on 19 Sep, 2016 12:14 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/delhi-garbage_1cb1eab6-84c0-11e5-b16a-72c3890db210.jpg?itok=bPI0mh4R)
Mapping the Swachh Bharat Mission process: A study of three states
Posted on 15 Sep, 2016 12:00 PMTo accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2 October, 2014. Following this, guidelines for the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) were issued by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India (GoI).
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More than just toilets needed to clean India
Posted on 12 Sep, 2016 01:42 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a-community-discussion-in-progress.jpg?itok=5Y1z54rC)
WASH away diarrhoea
Posted on 09 Sep, 2016 05:35 PMDiarrhoeal diseases are a leading cause for childhood mortality and morbidity worldwide. India registers the third highest proportion of child deaths caused by diarrhoea in South Asia [1]. According to Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, 2012, diarrhoeal diseases are the most prevalent of all water-related diseases in India [2].
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Asli Tarakki in the NCR
Posted on 05 Sep, 2016 11:19 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/swachh-Reu-L.jpg?itok=ufCJF2zs)
Dignity and self-respect to drive Swachh Bharat
Posted on 29 Aug, 2016 01:14 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9065802504_edf977b46b_z.jpg?itok=0G-Q9Wwu)
Manual scavenging: The caste connection
Posted on 24 Aug, 2016 09:07 PMManual scavenging has been glorified since the time of Mahatma Gandhi. It hasn’t changed now with prime minister Narendra Modi describing it as an “experience in spirituality”. Manual scavenging is dehumanising. And despite the laws created to abolish it, the news of manual scavenging and manual scavengers dying in sewers and septic tanks are not unheard of.
![A manual scavenger at work. (Source: Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manual_scavengers_0_0.jpg?itok=M7D42-e1)
Maharashtra to use treated water better
Posted on 22 Aug, 2016 09:11 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9558429523_2bcb7c0a27_z_0.jpg?itok=zla9JcFY)
Notes from Swachh Madhya Pradesh campaign
Posted on 21 Aug, 2016 09:56 PMAjit Tiwari is Deputy Commissioner, Swachh Bharat Mission, Madhy
![Sudam Khade, collector, Sehore, felicitates a woman from the community for their efforts in ending open defecation.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/picture4.jpg?itok=9irNjjG5)