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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)
October 20, 2023
Building community expertise in planning, designing, and overseeing WASH systems
A holistic approach to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) initiatives
Shantilata uses a cloth to filter out the high iron content in the salty water, filled from a hand pump, in the village Sitapur on the outskirts of Bhadrak, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)
July 12, 2023
Saamuhika Shakti: Empowering Bangalore waste pickers to live dignified lives
A collective impact effort, the first of its type in India that provides informal waste pickers a chance to live safe and dignified lives, with particular emphasis on gender and equity.
Waste pickers and sorters working hard to extract recyclable value from the waste we throw out (Image: Vinod Sebastian/ Saamuhika Shakti)
June 26, 2023
Social innovation in urban sanitation in India: Meeting unmet needs
While governmental efforts have contributed greatly to improving urban sanitation in the country and are much discussed in literature, systematic documentation and critical analysis of efforts made by nongovernmental institutions continues to be invisible in the discourse on sanitation and needs to be acknowledged, argues this book.
Urban sanitation, a growing challenge in India (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr photos)
April 22, 2023
Cities urgently need to step up climate action
Bangalore hosts conference to help cities mainstream climate actions
Cities continue to face daunting capacity constraints as they pursue urgently needed climate action (Image: Nimit Nagpal, Wikipedia Commons)
February 7, 2023
Budget 2023-24: Drinking water supply and sanitation continues to get priority
Budgetary allocations for urban sanitation get an impetus, but Swachh Bharat Mission – Rural (SBM-R) records no change in its budgetary allocation
An amount of Rs 1840 crore has been approved to effecvely implement Water Security Plans through convergence of ongoing/new schemes (Image: Pavitra K B Rao, Wikimedia Commons)
Delhi prone to floods: IPCC
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Delhi prone to floods: IPCC
Himalayan glaciers may thin down by 2100
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Himalayan glaciers could lose two-third mass by 2100
Abolish manual scavenging: SC
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Abolish manual scavenging: SC
Thermal power plants Indias biggest water guzzling industry
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Thermal power plants India's biggest water guzzling industry
India will be the hotspot of water crisis by 2025: UN
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

India will be the hotspot of water crisis by 2025: UN
IPCC alarms India of a severe water shortage
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

IPCC releases its climate change report, alarms India of severe water shortage
The water and energy nexus
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Water and energy nexus

A report released by the United Nations in Tokyo this World Water Day says places where people do not have adequate access to water largely coincide with those where people have no electric power
Bombay HC orders ban on wetland reclamation
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Bombay HC orders ban on wetland reclamation
The importance of transparency and data management
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

On 22nd March 2014, Raipur celebrated World Water Day with senior government officials and officials from NGOs and other organisations presenting on the importance of NGOs in disseminating information to the people. They also highlighted the discrepancies in data collected between organisations and the need to improve on this if they were to make a difference to society. 
Find source of uranium contamination in Punjab: Experts
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Need to find source of uranium contamination in Punjab: Experts 
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