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December 13, 2022
Mobilising communities for WASH
WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)
October 15, 2022
Evaluating WaSH conditions spatially at the panchayat level
Synthesis of water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) spatial pattern in rural India: an integrated interpretation of WaSH practices
People in rural areas lack potable water, and use unsafe sanitation and hygiene facilities (Image: Sebastian Dahl)
December 2, 2021
The loo loop
Public toilets and choice of work for women
Separation between women and men’s toilets (Image: Rajesh Pamnani; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
October 15, 2021
Hand hygiene, a public policy issue
Interventions to promote hand hygiene should be designed based on an understanding of what people care about, says report on ‘State of the world’s hand hygiene’
Girls learn the value of hand-washing (Image: Kristen Kelleher, USAID, Pixnio)
October 4, 2021
Understanding the thinking behind IEC in large programs
Lessons from the Swachh Bharat Mission experience
Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)
July 6, 2021
Billions lack access to WASH services
If trends persist, billions will be left without critical, life-saving WASH services, says a SDG monitoring report
Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)
House of solutions
Rahul Banerjee, a scientist and researcher, has created sustainable and environmentally friendly home-based solutions to manage his own water supply and sanitation issues in Indore.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 25 Jul, 2014 06:30 PM

Many 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.
Rahul Banerjee's sustainable house at Indore
Budget 2014: A water perspective
How much money has been allocated to the different aspects of water like watershed development, Ganga rejuvenation, inland navigation etc? Experts comment on the implications and the proposed actions.
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 25 Jul, 2014 01:33 PM

The 2014 Union Budget is being hailed as both challenging and decisive. Various important water issues such as rivers, watershed and safe drinking water have been addressed, money earmarked and plans and programmes announced. 
Water Budget 2014 (Source: Sourabh Phadke)
31% of Bangalore's groundwater not drinkable
Garbage dumping in lakes has upped nitrate levels and also caused a decline in groundwater quality. While urbanisation is the main cause, civic agencies failure and citizens apathy are also to blame.
Prarthana Vishal
Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 01:44 PM

"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.
Lakes or dumping place for the construction debris
Centre's 100 day plan: Construct one toilet per second
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 Jul, 2014 08:00 AM

Centre all set to construct 5.2 million toilets by August 31
Toilet built under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
Poor sanitation brings down enrollment of girls in schools
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 01:10 PM

Dip in enrollment of female students due to poor sanitation in schools
Girls toilet in a school
Water allocation to stay the same for Telangana and Andhra
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 11:08 AM

Telangana formed but no change in water allocation
Telangana boundaries (Source: Aditya Madhav)
CSE tells new govt to reinvent strategy for river clean-up
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 11:07 AM

Apply new strategy for cleaning rivers: CSE
Ganga at Gadmukteshwar
Opening for "Director (Water and Sanitation)", TARU Leading Edge Private Limited, New Delhi
Opening for "Director (Water and Sanitation)", TARU Leading Edge Private Limited, New Delhi
Posted on 04 Jun, 2014 06:12 PM

The Position: The Director- Water and Sanitation- will be based in the company's Gurgaon office.
Ganga rejuvenation priority for new Water Ministry
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 02 Jun, 2014 02:21 PM

New Water Ministry headed by Uma Bharti prioritizes Ganga rejuvenation
Ganga at Haridwar (Source: Barry Silver)
Simple ways to achieve water sufficiency
Rainwater harvesting is the easiest way to address the growing water scarcity that we are facing. Read on to find out what you can do at your home, office or apartment community.
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 27 May, 2014 09:18 PM

Fresh water found on land has only two primary sources - melting of ice, and rain. Harvesting rain is crucial for sustaining both the surface and sub-soil water sources.
Recharge well constructed in Chennai
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