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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)
September 26, 2022 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 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 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)
Andhra coast reels under cyclone Helen
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Andhra coast reels under cyclone Helen

Dont have toilet cant contest polls
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Don't have toilet, can't contest polls

Locals oppose power projects on Siang river in Arunachal
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Locals oppose power projects on Siang river

Expecting a large-scale submergence of their cultivable land, indigenous people demand immediate cancellation of the three mega power projects proposed on Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh.

Inadequate sanitation cost India 538 billion USD in 2006
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Inadequate sanitation cost India 53.8 billion USD in 2006

Lack of toilets in India have an economic impact equivalent to about 6.4% of the country's GDP in 2006, reports the Water and Sanitation Programme.

UNICEF launches 'Take Poo to the Loo' campaign
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

UNICEF's digital media campaign against open defecation

UNICEF launches a three-month long campaign 'Take Poo to the Loo' to raise awareness against defecation in open among the youth.

Toilet talk: World Toilet Day 2013
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

It's completely personal, it's our 'me-time', it's when we are shut off from the world (at least physically), it's when we solve many confusing problems -- yes, it's toilet time! Unfortunately, this is only from an urban perspective. The opposite is true in a rural setting with women having to bear the biggest brunt of the lack of covered toilets. 

Environment Ministry withdraws controversial amendment
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Environment Ministry withdraws amendment to waste rules

Phailin rain increases Andhra groundwater levels
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Phailin increases Andhra groundwater levels

MoEF withdraws proposed amendments on soil waste management
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

MoEF left with no choice but to withdraw

NGT slams MoEF on idol immersions
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

NGT slams MoEF on idol immersions

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