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December 13, 2022 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 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 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 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 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 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)
Targets and current status of sanitary infrastructure construction under Total Sanitation Campaign TSC of all districts across India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Targets and current status of sanitary infrastructure construction under Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of all districts across India. This data covers details about household latrines (APL and BPL), school and balwadi toilets, Rural Sanitary Marts. The target to be reached and current status of each district is provided. The data is updated on daily basis.

A Survey of Household Water and Sanitation covering all rural districts of Karnataka
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

A participatory survey that covered 28 districts of Karnataka and 17,200 households across 172 gram panchayats (GPs). The survey covered all aspects of domestic water and sanitation.

Status of water and sanitation in Nirmal Gram Puraskar NGP villages
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Study of 162 NGP villages awarded the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) award in 2004-05 and 2005-06.

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.

Statistics and analysis of Total Sanitation Campaign TSC and Nirmal Gram Puraskar NGP
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The presentation "A decade of TSC - Progress Achieved and Lessons Learnt" has data and graphs on TSC financial allocations, actual expenditures and expenditure efficiency at various levels (household, district, school etc.), how different states and the country as a whole are doing in terms of achieving 100% sanitation, NGP awards etc.

School Sanitation Survey of Mysore
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Survey of school sanitation in seven blocks of Mysore district. The survey analysis aimed at exploring the availability and usage of infrastructure in schools regarding water and sanitation. Further, it also tried to explore the personal hygiene practices prevalent among school children, most importantly the handwashing habit.

Sanitation infrastructure construction at a monthly level for all districts across India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Sanitation infrastructure construction at a monthly level for all districts across India. Data is accessible from 1999 to 2011. Details include Household latrines (APL and BPL), Schools and Anganwadi toilets, Rural Sanitary Marts data.

Basic water supply and sanitation infrastructure for all habitations in Karnataka
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Water supply information (LPCD) and number of water sources of different types such as open wells, bore wells, mini-water supply, piped-water supply, household taps. Sanitation information such as number of Nirmal Gram Yojana latrines, community and household latrines (required and existing) is available for all habitations across Karnataka. Web querying interface.

Baseline sanitation data and implementation status of Total Sanitation Campaign TSC of all habitations across India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Baseline sanitation data and implementation status till March 2009 of Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of all habitations across India. Baseline survey contains information about APL and BPL Household toilets, Anganwadis with and without toilets, etc. TSC data contains details of new sanitation construction under TSC programme.

Minutes of video conference with principal investigators of RD projects funded by Ministry of Drinking Water Sanitation GoI held on 2042012 in conference hall 12th floor Paryavaran bhavan New Delhi A document by Drinking Water Supply
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This document by Department of Drinking Water Supply, is on the minutes of the video conference with principal investigators of Research and Development projects funded by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation (GoI) that was held on 20.4.2012 in Delhi.

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