Toilets and Urinals
Opportunity: Opening for CEO in a start-up on affordable nano technology based bio-toilets
Posted on 30 Jan, 2016 09:39 AMThakar Equipment Company, New Delhi (TECO) is looking for a CEO for its Start-up initiative on affordable bio and nano technology based pre fabricated ready to assemble at site toilets. The company has a protoype in use since April 2015. Twenty more units are in use in Rajasthan since September 2015.
Manual scavengers' deaths raise questions about the accuracy of Tamil Nadu government's data
Posted on 25 Jan, 2016 11:21 PMFour manual scavengers die after inhaling poisonous gases in Chennai
Despite the 2014 Supreme Court ban on manual scavenging, the practice still continues in many pockets.
Press release: National Sustainable Water & Sanitation Summit 2016
Posted on 20 Jan, 2016 12:52 AMDay 1:
Chennai residents can now avail a subsidy of Rs. 8000 to construct toilets
Posted on 18 Jan, 2016 09:50 PMChennai Corporation to extend an assistance of Rs. 8000 for constructing household toilets
Corporation of Chennai has decided to extend a subsidy of Rs. 8000 to help residents construct a toilet at home.
Defunct Delhi power plant could soon turn into a waste-to-energy unit
Posted on 04 Jan, 2016 09:48 AMDelhi government mulls converting the defunct Rajghat power unit into a waste-to-energy plant
The Delhi government is looking for ways to utilize the machinery that lies unused in the now defunct Rajghat Thermal Power Plant and is seriously consid
Sanitation interventions: A threat to drinking water supplies in rural India?
Posted on 03 Jan, 2016 11:05 PMInadequate separation of excreta from human contact can lead to a number of health problems. This is a cause for concern in India because as many as 600 million
Right to sanitation now a distinct human right
Posted on 28 Dec, 2015 12:13 PMRight to sanitation recognised as a distinct human right by the United Nations
In a landmark resolution hailed by millions across the globe, the United Nations General Assembly has recognized the right to sanitation as a distinct human right alongsid
Swachh Bharat receives a $1.5 billion boost from the World Bank
Posted on 21 Dec, 2015 11:43 AMThe World Bank approves $1.5 billion loan to boost the Swachh Bharat Mission
The World Bank's International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has approved a $1.5 billion loan to boost th
Understanding the connect between caste and sanitation
Posted on 05 Dec, 2015 11:14 PMOf the one billion people defecating out in the open globally, 66% live in India of which as high as 92% live in rural areas.