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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)
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)
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)
December 2, 2021
The loo loop
Public toilets and choice of work for women
Separation between women and men’s toilets (Image: Rajesh Pamnani; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
July 6, 2021
Billions lack access to WASH services
If trends persist, billions will be left without critical, life-saving WASH services, says a SDG monitoring report
Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)
May 11, 2021
Bathing spaces for women - crucial for WASH!
Bathing spaces and not toilets alone, aid women in maintaining health and hygiene. It is time the Swachh Bharat Mission pays attention to bathing spaces as well!
A temperory bathing space with no water and privacy in a fishing village in Tamil Nadu (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Managing faecal sludge the app way
Making use of the latest mobile app technologies can help ULBs manage faecal sludge transportation better.
Navamani Ramasamy
Posted on 07 Aug, 2017 04:31 PM

Faecal sludge management or FSM is a management system that safely collects, transports, and treats faecal sludge (also called septage) from pit latrines, septic tanks or other onsite sanitation facilities (OSSF).
Using mobile technologies is the way forward in faecal sludge management. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Is your child’s shit affecting your health?
Considering children’s faeces can be more harmful than that of adults in some cases, better management is needed to avoid diseases.
Niladri Chakraborti
Posted on 27 Jul, 2017 02:21 PM

It was September 2008. It took me almost two-and-a-half hours to reach G-plot, one of the remotest islands among the deltoid labyrinth of Sundarbans. My colleague, a native of G-plot, was waiting to receive me at the jetty.
The management of children's faeces is not given importance resulting in many diseases. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Blind spots in WASH
Many gaps in the various WASH programmes need to be fixed to ensure the ultimate goal of sustainable access to water and sanitation for all by 2030.
Nirat Bhatnagar
Vibhor Goyal
Posted on 08 Jul, 2017 07:48 PM

The current set of government programmes such as Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) have gone a long way in improving access to water and sanitation services in India.
Drinking water situation in India continues to be grim. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
The dirty picture
A hard-hitting documentary film ‘Kakkoos’ looks at the politics behind the banned practice of manual scavenging and how the civil society connives to keep it alive.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 12 May, 2017 11:27 AM

Kakkoos, a compelling documentary film on manual scavenging in Tamil Nadu is all about showing the practice as it is without any filter.
Manual scavenging is a caste issue. (Image: Divya Bharathi, Facebook)
Swachh Survekshan 2017: Indore is India’s cleanest city
Posted on 08 May, 2017 11:28 PM

Indore and Bhopal declared India’s cleanest cities
Ministries to prepare two-year action plans for Swachh Bharat
Posted on 02 May, 2017 01:20 AM

PMO directs Ministries to prepare two-year action plans for Swachh Bharat implementation
Open defecation continues in rural India despite increased toilet construction
Posted on 24 Apr, 2017 10:32 AM

Despite increased toilet construction, open defecation lives on in rural India
Uttarakhand to be open defecation free soon
Posted on 16 Apr, 2017 09:45 PM

Uttarakhand all set to become open defecation free by May
Where would she go when nature calls?
Toilet remains a luxury for most women in the developing world.
Niharika Singh
Posted on 15 Apr, 2017 11:43 AM

“Ikde Aa. Mi Tula Dakhavato.”

“Come here. I will show you” ‘Ajji’ (grandma) grabbed my hand firmly as she led me towards her humble dwelling. Her house was in shambles and a ghost of a toilet superstructure adjoined it.

Rokade and ajji live in a remote village in Marathwada’s Osmanabad district. Photo: Niharika Singh
Transgenders can now use public toilets of their choice
Posted on 09 Apr, 2017 10:42 AM

Centre issues guidelines allowing transgender people to use public toilets of their choice
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