Reservation in toilets?
World Toilet Day: India's dismal score
Capacity building key to mainstreaming onsite sanitation management
CSE’s School of Water and Waste aims to establish policy principles, innovative technologies and implementation strategies for citywide …
‘Strong local government needed to achieve universal access to water and sanitation’
Leading organisations come together to ensure global water and sanitation needs by 2030
How CSE trained professionals to address sanitation problems in India and abroad
Here are some inspiring stories of how alumni from CSE’s School of Water and Waste workshops used their acquired knowledge to attend to …
World Toilet Day: So far, we have overlooked sanitation in the climate resilience discourse
Safe and inclusive sanitation solutions can play a pivotal role in safeguarding against risks imposed by climate change
The dirty truth
On the occasion of the World Toilet Day, we present some stark truths about sanitation challenges in India, including the progress report of the …
Treat sanitation as public good: UN at launch of hygiene fund
The initiative aims to accelerate funding to countries with the heaviest burden of diseases stemming from lack of sanitation services
World Bank approves $ 1.5 billion loan for rural sanitation programme
The project will result in bringing significant health benefits to the poor and the vulnerable sections living in rural areas
Simply Put: Sanitisation amid COVID-19
Does government really want sustainable sanitation for rural areas?
Repeated discussions over expensive and not-so-feasible technologies have led to disappointment within experts and industry
Swachh Bharat Mission to be a continuing challenge
The fight for open defecation-free status is far from over
An environment engineer shows how sanitation safety planning helped Kochi Municipal Corp
Nearly 4.2 bln people do not have access to safe sanitation; sanitation safety planning is a risk-based technique that can help mitigate health …
What a waste: Reviving India’s sanitation systems
Indians often confuse toilets with sanitation; but they are mere repositories to receive waste
Nigeria needs a more effective sanitation strategy. Here are some ideas
Almost one in four Nigerians – around 50 million people – defecate in open areas
Sanitation workers deserve an inclusive ecosystem — here are 5 best practices for their safety and dignity
Urban India has an estimated 2 million sanitation workers
How big a challenge is sustaining India's open-defecation free status
Half the public places do not manage waste water and litter
A government survey of 16 states in India finds that 51% and 53% public spaces in hills and plains respectively have unhygienic surroundings
Down To Earth wins Indian Sanitation Coalition-FICCI award for its coverage on sanitation
Besides sustained campaigns on sanitation, Down To Earth has been exploring the connection between sanitation and health in order to trigger a …
Manual scavenging has gone underground in India: WHO
Most undesirable, high-risk jobs typically subcontracted to temporary, informal workers based on their caste, says new report
India needs to adopt nature-friendly sanitation technologies
Making design changes in toilets that conserve water and do not create sewage is the key to ecological sanitation
Can’t use a stinky public toilet? Expect a solution soon
A research aimed at increasing toilet use in countries has revealed striking observations
Court bars slum-dwellers defecating in the open
Residents of Delhi's slums find themselves in a Catch-22 situation. Public conveniences in the Capital are woefully inadequate, but when they are …
How to make citywide sanitation plans: Bangladesh man shows the way
City sanitation planning provides a sound data base for practical decision-making on city sanitation
Exploring the ‘public’ in public sanitation services
A look into whether our toilet infrastructures promote gender inclusion or exclusion