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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)
September 26, 2022
Dirty drains 'drain' health
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)
February 10, 2022
Budgetary provisions for drinking water supply continue to get priority
Budget for sanitation sees a decline
Jal Jeevan Mission has picked up pace after two years (Image: Anita Martinz, Wikimedia Commons, CC-A-2.0 Generic)
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)
April 17, 2021
Skilling and engaging first mile actors to enable local water management: Context, opportunities, and engagement possibilities
Based on conversations with Dr Tushaar Shah and Mr Ved Arya
There is an urgency to create a database of such skilled persons and engage them in future programs or on a long-term basis through different engagement models. (Image: ForWater Partners)
For one crore people, Bengaluru has 600 toilets
Posted on 26 Sep, 2016 09:31 PM

Just 600 public toilets for Bengaluru's one crore populace
Delhi corporations fail to utilise SBM fund
Posted on 19 Sep, 2016 12:14 PM
Swachh Bharat funds remain unused by Delhi's municipal corporations
Three municipal corporations of Delhi have failed to properly utilise funds allotted under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) to improve their environs, a Centre for
Mapping the Swachh Bharat Mission process: A study of three states
Posted on 15 Sep, 2016 12:00 PM

To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2 October, 2014. Following this, guidelines for the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) were issued by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India (GoI).
More than just toilets needed to clean India
Posted on 12 Sep, 2016 01:42 PM
Behaviour change and not just toilets needed for Swachh Bharat
A study conducted by the Global Sanitation Fund in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha and Maharashtra has revealed that a number of
Asli Tarakki in the NCR
Posted on 05 Sep, 2016 11:19 PM
Campaign launched to improve sanitation in the NCR 
The ministry of urban development has launched a new awareness campaign–Asli tarakki–aimed at improving sanitation in six cities in the national cap
Dignity and self-respect to drive Swachh Bharat
Posted on 29 Aug, 2016 01:14 PM
Government mulls making 'dignity and self-respect' the focal points of Swachh Bharat 
Maharashtra to use treated water better
Posted on 22 Aug, 2016 09:11 AM
Civic bodies across Maharashtra to treat and utilise STP water better
Following an unforgiving summer, civic corporations across Maharashtra have planned to use treated water from Common Effluent Treatment Pla
No public toilets for transgenders in the country
Posted on 15 Aug, 2016 12:58 AM

Transgenders continue to wait for gender-neutral public toilets in India
Improvised septic tanks to deal with groundwater pollution
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 09:04 AM
Badly constructed, ill-maintained latrines contaminate Namakkal's groundwater
Sewage seeping into the ground from septic tanks has remained a serious concern in Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district for a while.
Renewed sense of urgency in Swachh Bharat implementation
Posted on 01 Aug, 2016 08:47 AM
Prime minister’s review meeting instills urgency in Swachh Bharat implementation in rural areas
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