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November 17, 2023 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 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 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 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 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 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)
Performance Assessment System PAS Project at CEPT University Ahmedabad develops a comprehensive database of urban water sanitation data for Gujarat and Maharashtra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Performance Assessment System Project - www.pas.org.in (PAS) Project at CEPT University is a five-year Action Research Project, which works on developing appropriate tools and methods to measure, monitor and improve delivery of water and sanitation services in urban India.

Water woes of Bawana and Bhalswa slums in Delhi Women pay the heaviest price for poor water supply and sanitation facilities An article in India Water Review
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The current global water crisis is preventing water from reaching slum dwellers. The condition of women under such a grim situation is deteriorating further as they continue to fetch water for various domestic purposes.

India Improving urban water supply and sanitation service provision Lessons from business plans for Maharashtra Rajasthan Haryana and international good practices Report by the World Bank
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This report by the World Bank identifies the key elements of a State-wide program for improving water supply and sanitation services and accountability on the basis of

Sanitation Status of 19 cities in Maharashtra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

It is a presentation by Principal Secretary of water supply and sanitation department of Maharashtra on process adopted by the state to encourage cities to prepare City Sanitation Plan. This document includes data on status of 19 cities of Maharashtra on Sanitation, sewage treated and open defecation status.

Performance Benchmarking of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Maharashtra Data Book 200809
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

this Report includes data for 248 urban local bodies (ULB) of Maharashtra collected for the project - Performance Assessment System (PAS). It includes data on key indicators developed on water supply, sanitation and solid waste management. It provides data on service level, coverage, effeciency, finance, cost recovery, ULB capacity and equaity in service delivery.

Performance Benchmarking of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Gujarat Data Book 200809
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

this Report includes data for 166 urban local bodies (ULB) of Gujarat collected for the project - Performance Assessment System (PAS). It includes data on key indicators developed on water supply, sanitation and solid waste management. It provides data on service level, coverage, effeciency, finance, cost recovery, ULB capacity and equaity in service delivery.

Coverage with Water Supply Sanitation facility in India from 1961 to 2001
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The data of India as an average on coverage of water supply and sanitation in urban and rural areas of the country from 1961 to 2001.

Status of Water Supply Sanitation and Solid Waste Management in Urban Areas
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The report contains the information on status of all class I, class II and Municipal Corporations in water supply, sewarage collection treatment and disposal. It evaluates the system on various parameters like coverage, supply in lpcd, water charges, billing and collection.

The section on water from the Punjab States Environment Status Report ESR
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Water chapter includes complete information and data related to water supply and sewerage in Punjab Municipal Corporations, Class I and class II cities. It also provoides data on water quality of all river basins in the state. It also contains information on groundwater source and capacity in each districts.

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