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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)
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
Himachal villages to carry out own EIA
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Himachal villages to carry out own EIA
60 rural homes get contaminated drinking water
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Drinking water in more than half rural homes contaminated
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