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Urban Sanitation
Toilet torture: Women and their woes in the slums of Mumbai
Posted on 02 Jan, 2015 01:15 PMWhile the burden of bad sanitation affect men and women, its consequences are far worse for the latter. Bad sanitation results not only in poor health but also greatly limits women’s mobility and freedom affecting their safety and impeding them from living a dignified life.
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Sulabh International welcomes the Prime Minister's call for a Swachh Bharat
Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 11:42 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/reinvent-the-toilet-challenge-india-fair__.jpg?itok=QrPJk0Yr)
Addressing the hygiene needs of pubescent kids
Posted on 29 Dec, 2014 11:53 AMThe rights and needs of the fairer sex being overlooked by a male dominated society is not something that is unheard of. Access to education, health services and sanitation are given a cold shoulder when it concerns women.
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‘Thelima’: Simplifying water, sanitation and hygiene for children
Posted on 20 Dec, 2014 10:38 AM2008 saw the coming together of various missions that coordinated and monitored sanitation projects in Kerala’s rural and urban areas. The Suchitwa Mission was conceived to aid and advice local self government institutions in matters relating to sanitation and also to monitor the implementation and progress of the Total Sanitation Campaign in the state.
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India Philanthropy Initiative gears up to unclutter the country's sanitation concerns
Posted on 11 Dec, 2014 11:25 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3rohini9-9546-edit.jpg?itok=C3wPhyEi)
SC rebukes Central and State Pollution Control Boards over Ganga pollution
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMPollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC
Assam Government issued notice over dumping of waste in Deepor Beel
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMNGT takes notice of waste dumping in Assam's Deepor Beel
House of solutions
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMMany scientists and researchers have been trying to find solutions to problems related to urban water supply, wastewater management and reduction of energy use in urban areas but very few have succeeded. Rahul Banerjee is one who has.
31% of Bangalores groundwater not drinkable
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM"Growing garbage menace ups nitrate content in lakes", said a recent headline in the Deccan Herald that highlighted a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on illegal dumping sites situated near water bodies in Bangalore.
Water allocation to stay the same for Telangana and Andhra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMTelangana formed but no change in water allocation