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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)
No public toilets for transgenders in the country
Posted on 15 Aug, 2016 12:58 AM

Transgenders continue to wait for gender-neutral public toilets in India
Improvised septic tanks to deal with groundwater pollution
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 09:04 AM
Badly constructed, ill-maintained latrines contaminate Namakkal's groundwater
Sewage seeping into the ground from septic tanks has remained a serious concern in Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district for a while.
Bio-loos on track, Railways to clean up its act
Dumping excreta on the rail tracks is not just an abhorrent practice, it also corrodes the tracks. With bio-toilets underway, the Railways hopes to fix it.
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 03 Aug, 2016 10:27 AM

For almost two decades, the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act of 1993 was a paralytic occupant of the statute books. The Act prohibited the construction of dry toilets which required faeces to be removed manually and outlawed manual scavenging.
A rail coach fitted with bio-toilet. (Courtesy: India Railway Info)
Renewed sense of urgency in Swachh Bharat implementation
Posted on 01 Aug, 2016 08:47 AM
Prime minister’s review meeting instills urgency in Swachh Bharat implementation in rural areas
Haryana gets toilets, now to focus on usage
Ranked fourth in toilet coverage, the state starts stressing on behaviour change through incentives.
Manu Moudgil
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:43 AM

Ramkaran Sharma built a new house three years back. From one room and kitchen on a terrace, his family graduated to three rooms, a bigger kitchen and a separate toilet and bathroom. Still, Ramkaran prefers to go out in the fields to relieve himself. “I like to take a long walk.
A toilet constructed is no guarantee that it will be put to use.
Toilet subsidy gives way to incentives in Haryana
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 09:24 AM
Incentives in place of subsidies for toilet construction in Haryana
App way to track toilet demand
The mDemand mobile application pilot seeks to make tracking sanitation needs in rural India easy for the government. It is expected to take us a step closer to Swachh Bharat.
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 22 Jul, 2016 09:22 PM

As part of its efforts to promote rural sanitation, the government, under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), promises a subsidy of Rs 12,000 for the construction of individual household toilets. Households that fall in the below poverty line (BPL) category and select households such as those belonging to SCs/STs and the ones headed by women can avail of this subsidy amount.
Snapshot of the mobile app's dashboard
Mumbai's dabbawallas to spread 'Swachh' message
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 09:40 AM

Urban development ministry ties up with dabbawallas to spread sanitation message
Mobile app to lodge sanitation woes in Delhi slums
Posted on 11 Jul, 2016 09:37 AM
Delhi slum residents to go high tech with their sanitation complaints
Slum dwellers in the national capital will soon be able to lodge complaints related to community toilets using a mobile app.
Safe sanitation for women
Toilet security for women in India is less about the availability of toilets and more about addressing gender disparity.
Kathleen O’Reilly
Posted on 05 Jul, 2016 10:08 PM

According to the recent figures by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF [
Women and toilets (Source: India Water Portal)
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