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Urban Sanitation
Billions lack access to WASH services
Posted on 06 Jul, 2021 06:40 PMA UNICEF-WHO Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report on drinking water and sanitation indicates that billions of people will lack access safely managed household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services in 2030 unless the rate of progress towards meeting sustainable development goal (SDG) goal quadruples.
![Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/tap-water.jpg?itok=aTJAl17y)
Challenges in planning faecal sludge management systems
Posted on 30 May, 2021 12:02 PMSanitation targets for SDG 6 can only be met if the focus expands from just access to the full cycle of sanitation – access, conveyance, treatment and re-use.
![Empty faecal sludge drying bed (Image: Lars Schoebitz; Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/fssm1_0.jpg?itok=-1vRqtKK)
Swacchagrahis: The frontline workers of India's largest sanitation program
Posted on 13 Apr, 2021 02:04 PMThere is good evidence that frontline workers have proved to be gamechanger in the delivery of services like health and integrated child development services (ICDS).
![Swachhagrahis are the motivators for bringing about behaviour change concerning key sanitation practices in rural India. (Image: SBM)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/Swacchagrahi.jpg?itok=581nv-XB)
India gets its first wetland conservation centre
Posted on 17 Feb, 2021 11:35 AMCountry’s first wetland conservation centre set up on World Wetland Day
![Deepor beel, Assam (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/12217810424_b5fcc4420c_c.jpg?itok=Lj0TvrV-)
Sanitation workers amid the pandemic
Posted on 28 Dec, 2020 01:51 PMSanitation workers are out in full force tasked with disinfecting the public spaces as COVID-19 crisis continues to impact the country on top of other serious challenges faced by our WASH sector.
![Despite the risks and the dire conditions of their work, sanitation workers continued to do their job (Image: C S Sharada Prasad, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/sanitation-worker.jpg?itok=dfeXkY8f)
Land and environmental approvals needed for faecal sludge treatment facilities
Posted on 23 Dec, 2020 04:02 PMDespite an enabling framework for implementation of Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) initiatives, there exists a vacuum concerning specific guidelines/rules for the selection of sites for setting up of Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants (FSTPs).
![The site for the FSTP should be able to accommodate present and anticipated future requirements. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/lead.jpg?itok=ur0nC6bT)
Getting communities engaged in faecal sludge management
Posted on 22 Dec, 2020 05:05 PMGyanchand Mishra, Councillor of Ward 3, is the President of the Ward Sanitation Committee (WSC) and is also a member of the City Sanitation Task Force (CSTF).
![Community engagement structures at the slum level have ensured that the most marginalized and vulnerable sections of a city, that is, the slum communities now have a voice. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/women.jpg?itok=fzkgDn5X)
Strengthening institutional arrangements for faecal sludge management
Posted on 20 Dec, 2020 06:09 PMFaecal Sludge Management (FSM) has close linkages with a variety of development themes such as environment, health and human rights.
![An assessment at the beginning of Project Nirmal indicated the absence of institutional mechanisms for effective coordination and collaboration among the various government departments across state, district and local levels (Image: SuSanA Secretariat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/fstp-susana.jpg?itok=js4nt9xD)
Putting faecal sludge management on track
Posted on 20 Dec, 2020 12:44 PMTo fully leverage the health, well-being and environmental benefits of improved sanitation access provision of safe, economical and sustainable emptying, transportation and treatment facilities for faecal waste become imperative.
![Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant at Dhenkanal, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/fst_plant.jpg?itok=u8HevKlA)
Faecal sludge management policy environment for small towns: Taking a wider view
Posted on 18 Dec, 2020 10:47 AMConsidering the overarching dependence on onsite sanitation systems, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), GoI launched the “National Policy on Faecal Sludge and Septage Management” in February 2017.
![Odisha is trying to facilitate adoption of FSM by Urban Local Bodies so that sewage, septage/ faecal sludge, and liquid waste is safely managed, treated, and disposed. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/san.jpg?itok=yTaEMNTk)