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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)
December 2, 2021
The loo loop
Public toilets and choice of work for women
Separation between women and men’s toilets (Image: Rajesh Pamnani; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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)
May 11, 2021
Bathing spaces for women - crucial for WASH!
Bathing spaces and not toilets alone, aid women in maintaining health and hygiene. It is time the Swachh Bharat Mission pays attention to bathing spaces as well!
A temperory bathing space with no water and privacy in a fishing village in Tamil Nadu (Image Source: India Water Portal)
December 20, 2020
Putting faecal sludge management on track
The cost and revenue projections for both on-demand and scheduled desludging scenarios were elaborated upon in the faecal sludge management plan for Dhen­kanal Municipality.
Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant at Dhenkanal, Odisha
December 18, 2020
Faecal sludge management policy environment for small towns: Taking a wider view
Project Nirmal helped Odisha to become a front runner among states with a comprehensive policy framework on faecal sludge management.
Odisha is trying to fa­cilitate adoption of FSM by Urban Local Bodies so that sewage, septage/ faecal sludge, and liquid waste is safely managed, treated, and dis­posed. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)
Strict action against polluters throwing puja waste in the Yamuna
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 21 Sep, 2015 10:19 PM

Delhi Government gets strict towards Yamuna pollution 
Garbage piled high near the Yamuna river (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Open defecation free' status of villages to be verified by state governments
Posted on 21 Sep, 2015 09:29 AM
'Open defecation free' status of villages to be verified by state governments
 
In a bid to take the Swachh Bharat’s sustainability quotient a step higher, the centre has asked state governments to verify the ‘Ope
Piped water scheme changes the lives of Odisha villagers
Bandhabhuin village went from having 1 handpump for 400 people to 7, toilet facilities in 55% of the houses and had an overall improvement in its social and economic fabric.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 19 Sep, 2015 05:55 PM

In India, about Rs.70,000 crore 
Anup Munda showing his functional toilet at Bandha Bhuin
WATSAN programmes and local governance
Posted on 17 Sep, 2015 10:28 AM

The 73rd Constitution Amendment Act, 1992 was a landmark legislation that changed the way local self governing institutions functioned across the country. With the devolution of powers to Gram Panchayats at the village and Zilla Parishads at the district level, programmes relating to water and sanitation came under the local government’s purview.
Fact Checker's random school survey casts serious doubts about the government's 100% toilet coverage claim
Posted on 14 Sep, 2015 10:06 AM
Fact Checker's random school survey casts serious doubts about the government's 100% toilet coverage claim
 
A random check carried out by Fact Checker has revealed that many schools in some of India’s backward districts still remain without toilets
Direct discharge of human waste from railway coaches onto the tracks makes the National Green Tribunal very unhappy
Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 10:16 AM
National Green Tribunal unhappy with Railways’ practice of discharging waste directly onto the tracks
 
To pee or not to pee: A question women may not need to ask any more
Women may finally have the freedom to pee anywhere, without having to analyse the extent of a public toilet's hygiene. Read, all ye women, before your next pee break!
Amrtha Kasturi Rangan
Posted on 29 Aug, 2015 01:23 PM

Scenario 1: You go to a cinema and it's cold.
The disposable stand and pee device (Source: Priya Desai)
Water poverty in Mumbai slum
Water service delivery failures can negatively impact household economy, employment, education, quality of life, social relationships, community cohesion, and people’s sense of political inclusion.
Ramnath Subbaraman
Laura Nolan
Kiran Sawant
Shrutika Shitole
Tejal Shitole
Mahesh Nanarkar
Anita Patil-Deshmukh
David E. Bloom
Posted on 27 Aug, 2015 01:42 PM

One characteristic of most Indian slums is their inadequate access to water, which has a serious impact on the health of its residents. Most of the research on water service delivery in slums until recently has focused on water quality and health outcomes, especially diarrhoeal illnesses.
An illegal settlement (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Okhla Bird Sanctuary takes a backseat to real estate development in Noida
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:20 PM

Centre approves bringing down protected zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary from 10 km to 1
Okhla Bird Sanctuary (Source: Amit Pratap via Wikipedia)
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Roundtable Conference will includes a book launch of 'Is it really clean? Creating a WASH Index'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PM

About the conference
Roundtable Conference and Book Launch
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