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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)
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra -Stop 2 - Teaching the teachers at Indore, Madhya Pradesh
“A teacher affects eternity- He can never tell where his influence stops.” - Henry Adams
Aneesha Menon
Posted on 12 Oct, 2012 10:22 PM

Teachers play a major role in the development of our society. They inspire, motivate and pass on knowledge. To gain knowledge they go for various trainings. It’s very difficult to find teachers who know that there is a place for tradition but there is also a place for new ways, new ideas, new systems, and new approaches. But the teachers in Indore proved us wrong.
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra - Wardha - The week that was
The week at Wardha, Nagpur
Vaishalli Chandra
Posted on 12 Oct, 2012 08:33 PM

September 30th - The skies poured out the day we were to leave for Nagpur. The morning shower felt like a blessing. Thankful, but sceptical of the weather, our biggest concern was whether the rains would follow us. In Nagpur, the moment we stepped out the heat hit us. Clear skies welcomed us and for that we were grateful.
"Plastic trash fish to highlight coastal pollution at Hyderabad CBD COP" - Roundup of the week's news (1 - 7 October, 2012)
The news this week informs of coastal pollution in Hyderabad, garbage crisis in Bangalore, reports of dengue and train biotoilets installation in Delhi
Rina Mukherjee
Posted on 09 Oct, 2012 04:10 PM

Plastic trash fish to highlight coastal pollution at Hyderabad CBD COP
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra - My Yatra Your Yatra Our Yatra - Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister, Rural Development inaugurates the event from Bapu’s Wardha
This article describes the details of the inauguration of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Wardha
Urmila Chanam
Posted on 08 Oct, 2012 11:47 AM

5 Oct 2012, Helipad Ground, Wardha, Maharashtra.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra (The Great WASH Yatra) - A travelling carnival over 6 weeks spreading awareness on sanitation & hygiene in India
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra, also called the The Great WASH Yatra aims to promote awareness and enact behavioural change around sanitation and hygiene in India
Priya Desai
Posted on 24 Sep, 2012 02:38 PM

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra, also called the The Great WASH Yatra is a multichannel, mega-campaign that harnesses the positive power of Cricket and Bollywood to promote awareness and enact behavioural change around sanitation and hygie
Gharacha Dagina - Toilets as the jewels of the household, a film promoting two-pit toilets in rural India
How should your village be?Like a sparkling mirror!
How should ones life be?
Like fresh healthy productive seeds!
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS)
Posted on 18 Sep, 2012 02:50 PM

Using analogies that resonate with the rural mind, this Marathi film by  the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Government of Maharashtra) makes a convincing argument for toilet construction and use.The film's content has been guided by Mr.
Report on the "National level workshop on appropriate toilet technologies", organised by Gramalaya, Arghyam and UNICEF at Trichy, Tamil Nadu, between 9-11 May 2012
This article by Aarti Kelkar - Khambete describes the proceedings of a workshop organised by Gramalaya, Arghyam and UNICEF that focused on appropriate and low cost toilet technologies
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 02 Sep, 2012 07:00 PM

Current evidence has shown that a large population of people in India practice open defecation and do not use toilets even when available.
Water woes of Bawana and Bhalswa slums in Delhi - Women pay the heaviest price for poor water supply and sanitation facilities- An article in India Water Review
This article sheds light on the deplorable conditions related to water and sanitation that women in the slum areas of Bawana and Bhalswa in Delhi have to face every day
Aditi BIshnoi
Posted on 29 Aug, 2012 06:31 PM

The current global water crisis is preventing water from reaching slum dwellers. The condition of women under such a grim situation is deteriorating further as they continue to fetch water for various domestic purposes.
Ward level data on insanitary latrines collected during census (2011) of Odisha state- Report by Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Odisha
This document provides ward level data on insanitary latrines in urban areas of the state of Odisha
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government of Odisha
Posted on 18 Aug, 2012 05:05 PM

This document by Department of Housing & Urban development, Government of Odisha, provides ward level data on insanitary latrines in urban areas of the state.
Water sanitation and hygiene advocacy and communication strategy framework (2012-2017)- A draft document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
This document is a framework to guide the execution of advocacy and communication efforts related to toilet construction
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Posted on 15 Aug, 2012 10:24 AM

This document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is a draft of the WASH advocacy and communication strategy 2012-2017.
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