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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)
CSE tells new govt to reinvent strategy for river cleanup
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Apply new strategy for cleaning rivers: CSE
Ganga rejuvenation priority for new Water Ministry
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

New Water Ministry headed by Uma Bharti prioritizes Ganga rejuvenation
Simple ways to achieve water sufficiency
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

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.
Access to clean water and sanitation the ruralurban gap closes
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The rural-urban divide in access to sanitation reduces: UN
Environmentalists wary of Modis green agenda
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Environmentalists wary of Modi's green agenda
BJP should learn from Congress defeat Environmentalists
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

BJP should learn from Congress' defeat: Environmentalists
Will the Rs 392 crore fund help Raipurs growing slums
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

"The life of the people living in slums in any part of the country is a curse", says Rohit Jagat, a 30 year old resident of Shakti Nagar slum in Raipur. 
Bangalore water mafia goes innovative to evade law
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Bangalore water mafia goes innovative to evade law
60 rural homes get contaminated drinking water
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Drinking water in more than half rural homes contaminated
Garudeshwar dam for a statue or for people
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Garudeshwar dam: for a statue or for people?
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