Urban Sanitation

Haryana government has decided to replace subsidy culture for toilet construction with incentives to encourage people to take ownership of th

Slum dwellers in the national capital will soon be able to lodge complaints related to community toilets using a mobile app.

A year-long study conducted by the NGO Pukar has revealed the ridicule and harassment the transgender community faces everyday while trying to access public toilets in Mumb

 

A proposal to outsource the upkeep of the public convenience facilities has been passed by the standing committee of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).

Leaders of Mahila Milan collective in Mumbai understand the importance good sanitation and have taken it upon themselves to ensure that women in slums have a hy

For centuries, women have fashioned receptacles from locally available absorbants to soak up menstrual discharge. Softened papyrus was used by women in ancient Egypt, while in other parts, materials like wool, paper, vegetable fiber, grass, animal skin, and moss were used to create makeshift tampons and pads [1].

With India contributing 60% to the world’s open defection, the World Bank has estimated that the country’s sanitation deficit leads to losses worth roughly