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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)
Moily makes project clearance easy: Delinks power plants and captive mines for clearance
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Environment Ministry delinks clearance of power plants from captive mines
Improved sanitation can reduce diarrhoea cases by 47%
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Improved sanitation can reduce diarrhoea cases by 47%: World Bank
Despite government funding only 30% urban slums have toilets
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Welfare schemes not of much use to urban slums
Water flows freely in Kejriwals Delhi
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Kejriwal frees water in Delhi
Water News 2013 in review
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Kumbh Mela left its trash behind
Drinking water quality worst in Kerala Report
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Kerala scores worst in access to potable water: NSSO
Centre issues guidelines to simplify green clearance process
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Centre issues guidelines to simplify green clearance process
A peek at the future: Simulating Coonoors water situation
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Nilgiris have undergone an incredible amount of change in the last 10 years. Coonoor, an area well endowed with natural resources, is the second largest tourist destination here. However, over the last year (2012-13), the town has been reeling under a water crisis [1].
Yamuna Nama a book review
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Yamuna Manifesto -or Yamuna Nama- is a bilingual book with passages in both Hindi and English, published as part of the Yamuna Elbe project. In five deceptively short sections, the book takes us from the birth to the river to its future.
Digital tools as a catalyst for change
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Can a mobile or an internet connection improve the visibility and prospects of an organization? Will it help create exposure and result in further outreach?
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