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November 6, 2022 In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)
September 26, 2022 This study found that the sanitary quality of neighbourhood drains, in addition to toilets, affected sanitation and hygiene and incidences of ill-health in rural households.
Dirty drainages, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
September 9, 2022 Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
August 19, 2022 Better access to clean water coupled with health education to bring about changes in behaviour are critical to prevent exposure to dangerous cholera bacteria that lurk in untreated waters.
The hidden threat of cholera in India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
July 20, 2022 This study found a high concentration of trihalomethanes (THMs) in water treatment plants in Delhi that were associated with increased risk of cancer.
What's in your tap water (Image Source: India Water Portal)
July 5, 2022 Studies reveal that children are the most vulnerable to the health risks associated with groundwater contamination due to nitrate and fluoride, highlighting the need for urgent remedial measures.
POisoned waters, dangerous outcomes (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Green Sanitation Foundation: an NGO in Kolkata develops biotoilets a unique toilet technology
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Biotoilets are biological toilets, named so because they convert human waste into non toxic, non contaminating water compatible with environmental standards, through application of multi strain bacteria culture, using aerobic forms of bacteria.

Report on Greening of the NRDWP News and Policy Update from India WASH Forum eNewsletterDec 2012
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

WASHGender in WASH: Misplaced perspective in WASH sector

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra : The Yatra my launch pad
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Gulshan Thakur, 22, originally from district Palwal in Haryana, a graduate in Programming from Delhi University now lives and works in the country’s capital, Delhi. A little over two months back he joined Lalit Arts and Studios Pvt. Ltd , an event group based in Delhi with a dream of making it big in the line of event management business.

National conference by IRRAD and UNICEF on women led water management Strategies towards water sustainability in rural India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) and UNICEF India hosted this  National Conference on Women-led Water Management .

Zen and the art of wise water management Rainwater Clubs youtube channel crosses 1 million views
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Those readers who got the insider joke in the title need no introduction to the rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation evangelist that is zenrainman.

Nirmal Bharat Yatra Indias biggest ever sanitation and hygiene mela reaches its halfway point Organizers reveal exciting new formats for the last three stops
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

After 1,000 kms on the road crossing three states, organizers reveal exciting new formats for the last three stops of the Yatra

Sewagram, Maharashtra (Oct 3-5)

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra Segregation the culprit Menstrual hygiene training of teachers at Gorakhpur
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Boys sit here, girls sit there. A rule I grew up to as well, it seemed the easiest thing to do, back in school. Girls talk more and boys are irritating, who wants to sit with them anyway. We did talk to them. We had crushes on them and vice-versa.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Uttar Pradesh Training of teachers at Gorakhpur Block Resource Centre
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Women folk

Women folk in Gorakhpur village

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Indore The dirty picture Improving sanitation and hygiene in India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The first thing that struck me when I reached the venue of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra in Indore, Madhya Pradesh was the vibrant colours that brought the entire event to life, even before visitors started streaming in.

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