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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)
Worn out buses become 'Toilets for Her' in Pune
Posted on 27 Mar, 2017 12:25 AM

Pune municipal corporation converts worn out buses into toilets
No more thirst
A women led initiative ensures access to water in Punawli Kalan village of Jhansi
Mahua Tripathy
Posted on 23 Mar, 2017 12:57 PM

This story is of Punawli Kalan village in Uttar Pradesh, where a community with the support of a women-led federation, solved its water woes by developing a community-owned water supply system.
Water tank in Punawli Kalan village, Jhansi
Karnataka minister proposes legalising manual scavenging
Posted on 20 Mar, 2017 01:00 PM

Karnataka for making manual scavenging legal to get rid of pesky scavenger deaths
Manual scavengers lose life in Bengaluru manhole
Posted on 13 Mar, 2017 02:50 PM

Three manual scavengers die of asphyxiation trying to decongest manhole
Bacteria to keep airport toilets clean in Mumbai
Posted on 05 Mar, 2017 11:27 PM

Bacteria and enzyme-filled green chemicals to clean toilets in Mumbai International Airport's Terminal 2
Bureaucrats remove sludge from twin pit toilets
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 03:35 PM

Officials attempt to end stigma by emptying sludge from twin pit toilets 
Mumbai's crumbling toilets pose health, safety risks
Posted on 20 Feb, 2017 12:18 PM

Crumbling public sanitation infrastructure poses huge existential threat in Mumbai slums
India Sanitation Conclave and the ISC-FICCI sanitation awards, April 27-28, 2017, New Delhi
Posted on 16 Feb, 2017 12:36 PM

The India Sanitation Conclave will be a platform for deliberating on the various themes around corporate engagement in sanitation across India, from policy and regulatory enablers to best practices and business opportunity through the Build-Use-Maintain-Treat value chain.
Delhi's unauthorised colonies face sanitation crises
Posted on 13 Feb, 2017 10:59 AM

Open defecation and exposed drains compound sanitation crisis in Delhi's unauthorised colonies
What WatSan got from the budget
Budget 2017-18: Which social sector schemes and ministries got major shares of the pie? An analysis.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 09 Feb, 2017 12:26 PM

The much-anticipated budget this year treads largely on the path set last year with the rural sector receiving more allocation than its urban counterpart.
Water pots lined up for filling. (Source: McKay Savage, Wikimedia Commons)
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