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August 10, 2024
Changing waterscapes trigger the spread of Zika in urban India 
While citizens need to play their part to prevent diseases such as Zika, municipal bodies/urban area authorities need to pull their socks up and set right the poor governance mechanisms that are slowly turning cities into hotbeds of diseases, filth and mismanagement.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, the culprit for causing Zika (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
July 28, 2024
Tap into the numbers: Budget insights on WASH
The budget allocation for the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation reflects a steady upward trajectory, underscoring the importance of scaling financial commitments to meet the growing demands of the WASH sector.
Child drinking water from handpump in Guna, Madhya Pradesh (Image: Anil Gulati, India Water Portal Flickr)
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)
MoEF revalidates POSCOs project while rejects Vedantas proposal
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

MoEF revalidates POSCO's clearance

Environment ministry revalidates environmental clearance of POSCO's steel project in Odisha, though a major hurdle of National Green Tribunal's decision on the project, lies ahead.
Rural job scheme to help clean up villages
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

MGNREGS to help build toilets in villages

Rural sanitation works included under the list of jobs that can be done under MGNREGS in collaboration with Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan.
Kerala wants yet another review of the Western Ghats report
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Kerala demands review of the Western Ghats order
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
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