स्वच्छ भारत मिशन से साल भर में हर परिवार को हुआ करीब 53,536 रुपए का फायदा

स्वच्छ भारत मिशन से होने वाला लाभ, उसपर 10 वर्षों के दौरान किये खर्च से करीब 4.3 गुना ज्यादा है

Kolkata sewer deaths: Do not improve sewerage and water supply at the cost of sanitation workers

4 lives lost puts many on the dock including local officials as well as state government 

Punjab closer to ODF sustainability with community toilet guidelines

Recommendations not clear on how to treat waste, reuse groundwater   

Swachh Survekshan Gramin reports 62% toilet coverage, surveys 0.72% villages in India

Toilet construction, rather than usage, seems to be the focus of the survey report

Behaviour change at many levels needed to make India open defecation-free

National Consultation on Rural Sanitation calls for triggering mindset change, but lack of credible data on health and sanitation is a challenge

Children: victims of war and poverty

अस्वच्छ सर्वेक्षण

स्वच्छ सर्वेक्षण में उन शहरों को नजरअंदाज किया गया जहां कूड़ा प्रबंधन के टिकाऊ व्यवहार को अपनाया जा रहा है

बायोमास वेस्ट से पूरी हो सकती हैं ऊर्जा और निर्माण संबंधी जरूरतें

वैज्ञानिकों ने बायोमास वेस्ट और उसको जलाने से होने वाले प्रदूषण से निपटने के लिए पर्यावरण के दृष्टिकोण से लाभदायक मार्ग सुझाया है 

जग बीती: तो कहां गए शौचालय?

जग बीती: खुुले में शौच मुक्त भारत, लेकिन...

Cheering for toilets, with caution

The country did successfully build 100 million toilets, but this success must be made sustainable

Swachh Bharat Mission: Sustenance is the mantra

Changing a habit requires time, effort and constant motivation

जग बीती: खुले में शौच मुक्त भारत!

Simply put: Dalit children beaten to death for defecating in open

उत्तराखंड प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड ने होम स्टे के मुद्दे पर सौंपी अपनी रिपोर्ट

रिपोर्ट के अनुसार उत्तराखंड में घर के छह कमरों को होम स्टे के रूप में प्रयोग किया जा रहा है| जहां कचरे का उचित ...

Swachh Bharat is now about toilets built, not change in attitude: Experts

At a book launch in New Delhi, sanitation experts say the scheme has defeated the purpose of community-led total sanitation approach

Coercive measures under Swachh Bharat Mission impinging on people’s freedom

Due to strict deadline of the SBM, the officials are now trying to coerce communities to stop open defecation and passing stringent laws

Not yet clean

Swachh Bharat Mission completes two years, but India is far from achieving its goal.

Drought hinders efforts to make Maharashtra open defecation-free

The drought scenario in Maharashtra forces us to think what will happen to the ambitious plan of making the state 100 per cent Open Defecation-free

Deonar Dump To close

India even behind Somalia when it comes to safely managing sanitation services

The JMP report also shows significant inequalities in basic drinking water and sanitation services within regions

Sanitary insights

January 2, 2017, is the 15th death anniversary of Anil Agarwal, founder of the Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth. This year, …

How true were PM Modi’s claims made during Independence Day speech?

A probing look into his claims reveals that not all that he said is in sync with the official data

Thirty-year journey to ODF

Sanitation programmes remained a mirage until the government shifted focus to information, education and communication

Simply put: No basic facilities, no vote