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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)
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.
Ranking of Indian cities on Sanitation 2009-2010
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Rank of 400+ Indian Cities on Sanitation
Status of urban water supply sanitation and solid waste management CPHEEO data 2005
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Data provides status of the urban water, sanitation and solid waste management in India. Status of water supply (physical and financial), Status of urban sewerage/sanitation system, Status of low cost sanitation, Status of solid waste management.
Estimates for the use of Improved Sanitation Facilities
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Yearly data on access to improved sanitation. seperate data for rural and urban. information on number of flushed toilets, dry latrines, septic tank, piped sewer system is provided.
Status of Drinking water and sanitation coverage in India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

All-India numbers for rural and urban access to improved and unimproved water supply and sanitation for the years 1990,2000, 2008. The same data is available in a standard format for all countries of the world.
Water and a City A film by Swati Dandekar that narrates the story of water in Bangalore
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Directed and produced by Swati Dandekar, 'Water and a City' traces the journey of water through Bangalore using a succession of haunting ima
Strengthen participatory urban governance to prevent pollution in Ganga at Kanpur and recognise the need to look for decentralized solutions
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

A one day Area Water Partnership Conference was held on 22nd July, 2012 by Shramik Bharti, Kanpur; Society for Action in Community Health (SACH) and Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD), New Delhi at Jajmau, Kanpur, an industrial city on the banks of the Ganga which also happens to be a major centre for leather tanneries, which let out

Factors affecting the successful implementation of the water and sanitation initiatives Case studies from different parts of the country and lessons learnt
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

1. Critical investments for 24x7 water supply: Lessons from Ramachandrapuram village in Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh
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