Rural Water and Sanitation

Top News

Bundelkhand's water crisis has put women on the frontline

DTE Staff

30 Apr 2025

2 min read

Kundi — timeless sanctuaries of rainwater in the heart of desert

DTE Staff

25 Feb 2025

2 min read

Union Budget 2025: Jal Jeevan Mission and Sanitation

DTE Staff

04 Feb 2025

1 min read

Community toilets at Shahbad Dairy before and after

Community-led sanitation revolution transforms lives in a Delhi locality

Nandita Banerji

18 Oct 2024

3 min read

Why India needs to incentivise water reuse

Anshuman

18 Oct 2024

4 min read

There are challenges and opportunities in India’s 2024 liquid waste management rules

Faraz Ahmad

15 Oct 2024

6 min read

Arsenic kills by stealth in India’s villages

Mimi Roy

15 Oct 2024

4 min read

On Gandhi Jayanti 2024, a critical appraisal of 10 Years of SBM Gramin and 5 Years of ODF Rural India

Deepak Sanan

02 Oct 2024

2 min read

State of Africa’s Environment: Death rate due to unsafe water sources 1,000-fold of that in developed countries

DTE Staff

16 Sep 2024

5 min read

Effective implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission can help foster capability of rural local bodies

Gopal Naik

14 Jun 2024

4 min read

The use of biosolids sourced from faecal sludge as organic fertiliser positively influences germination rates and significantly enhances the growth and yield of plants (Photographs: Atun Roy Choudhury)

Worthy alternative

Neha Singh

22 Jan 2024

3 min read

Wall paintings at Baldia Bandh village in Odisha's Dhenkanal district to make people aware of safe sanitation. Village residents now send their faecal sludge to an urban treatment plant (Photograph: Swati Bhatia)

Urban ladder: How ODF India tries to manage faecal sludge

Swati Bhatia

14 Mar 2022

7 min read

Dry urine has great benefits for farmers: Scientist explains reuse techniques

Shivangi Aggarwal

04 Mar 2022

4 min read

CSE-trained professionals prepare India’s first rural water and sanitation safety plan

Jyoti Parsad

01 Mar 2022

4 min read

Union Budget 2022-23: Why rural Swachh Bharat Mission needs to be back in focus

Sushmita Sengupta

25 Jan 2022

3 min read

What a waste: Reviving India’s sanitation systems

Mahesh Nathan

10 Jan 2022

4 min read

A screen grab of Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with 'Paani Samiti' members on Gandhi Jayanti

PM Modi launches Jal Jeevan Mission App on Gandhi Jayanti

Shivangi Aggarwal

02 Oct 2021

2 min read

Is India really open-defecation-free? Here’s what numbers say

Shivangi Aggarwal

13 Jul 2021

4 min read

India responsible for largest drop in open defecation since 2015: WASH report

Shivangi Aggarwal

02 Jul 2021

3 min read

Access to drinking water, sanitation improve across states, urban-rural divide remains: NFHS-5

Ritika Banerjee

22 Dec 2020

3 min read

Bihar elections 2020: Who is talking about safai karmacharis?

Pragya Akhilesh

06 Nov 2020

4 min read

Banning manual scavenging in India: A long, complex passage

Pragya Akhilesh

18 Sep 2020

7 min read

Clean public toilets: A matter of national honour

Ashish Jain

01 Sep 2020

3 min read

Mainstreaming co-treatment of faecal sludge for reducing pollution in Ganga

Rahul Mankotia

04 Aug 2020

5 min read

Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar need alternative sanitation system

Eklavya Prasad

27 Jul 2020

7 min read

Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II guidelines released

Sushmita Sengupta

08 Jun 2020

2 min read

Court orders water supply scheme for Khurpatal

Sushmita Sengupta

15 Sep 2011

3 min read

This twin-pit toilet was constructed in May 2017 using concrete rings under SBM in Maithani block of Bihar's Begusarai district. Photo: Vikas Choudhary

Swachh Bharat Mission: Let the toilet revolution live long

Snigdha Das

30 Sep 2019

7 min read

Excreta as resource: Looking at recovery, reuse of faecal sludge in UP

Ekta Gupta

28 May 2020

5 min read

Rural Water and Sanitation

Top News

Bundelkhand's water crisis has put women on the frontline

Kundi — timeless sanctuaries of rainwater in the heart of desert

Union Budget 2025: Jal Jeevan Mission and Sanitation

News

Community-led sanitation revolution transforms lives in a Delhi locality

Why India needs to incentivise water reuse

There are challenges and opportunities in India’s 2024 liquid waste management rules

Arsenic kills by stealth in India’s villages

On Gandhi Jayanti 2024, a critical appraisal of 10 Years of SBM Gramin and 5 Years of ODF Rural India

State of Africa’s Environment: Death rate due to unsafe water sources 1,000-fold of that in developed countries

Effective implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission can help foster capability of rural local bodies

Worthy alternative

Urban ladder: How ODF India tries to manage faecal sludge

Dry urine has great benefits for farmers: Scientist explains reuse techniques

CSE-trained professionals prepare India’s first rural water and sanitation safety plan

Union Budget 2022-23: Why rural Swachh Bharat Mission needs to be back in focus

Interviews

What a waste: Reviving India’s sanitation systems

PM Modi launches Jal Jeevan Mission App on Gandhi Jayanti

Is India really open-defecation-free? Here’s what numbers say

India responsible for largest drop in open defecation since 2015: WASH report

Access to drinking water, sanitation improve across states, urban-rural divide remains: NFHS-5

Bihar elections 2020: Who is talking about safai karmacharis?

Blogs

Banning manual scavenging in India: A long, complex passage

Clean public toilets: A matter of national honour

Mainstreaming co-treatment of faecal sludge for reducing pollution in Ganga

Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar need alternative sanitation system

Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II guidelines released

Court orders water supply scheme for Khurpatal

Swachh Bharat Mission: Let the toilet revolution live long

Excreta as resource: Looking at recovery, reuse of faecal sludge in UP