Sanitary by 2010

Participatory survey gives Bangladesh the confidence to prepone sanitation coverage target

In a corner of Bangladesh, manual scavenging is impacting a treatment plant’s sustainability

Manual scavenging is still the mainstay of faecal sludge management in Lalmonirhat near the Indian border; the town’s FSTP is not able to …

Leprosy, scabies and yaws — Togo’s neglected tropical skin diseases need attention

Stigma & absenteeism associated with skin diseases should encourage health authorities make the treatment of these diseases free of charge

Victims of climate change: This year, 135 people may die every day due to drought in Somalia

Consecutive years of failed rains may have caused this longest, most severe drought in the country’s history

Making life lighter: How improving rural laundry can be key to better hygiene, dignity

This critical issue deserves more attention and action to help lift the burden of domestic work on women and girls and improve the quality of …

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

The Brahamandiha water and sanitation safety plan was launched on March 15, 2021 for the Brahmandiha Gram Panchayat of Bankura …

E-fasting can minimise e-waste

Turning off notifications, turning our phone off while working and setting limits for the amount of time we spend on technology on a daily basis …

This International E-Waste Day, give your used electronic devices for recycling, urges non-profit

Give used electronic devices forv recycling , says international non-profit even as weight of e-waste generated this year surpasses that of China&…

How Delhi Master Plan 2041 misses the bus in every aspect

The draft Delhi Master Plan 2041 in its current form, lacks substance, basic data and numbers worth of a Master Plan on a range of issues, from …

COVID-19: What it is to ‘work from home’ for women waste-pickers

Most housing units in Bhalaswa village have not been upgraded to support informal waste work. This impacts women’s productivity, …

Fast track work on ODF+ and ODF++: Parliamentary panel to govt

Less than 30% of cities certified as ODF+ under Phase 2 of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban-2), the panel’s report found

Swachh Bharat Mission: Need focus on citywide sanitation, clean Ganga

Safe and equitable access to sanitation and ensuring behavioural change necessary for sustenance

Swachh Bharat Mission: Haryana’s race for ODF tag pushed people in debt traps

Villagers were forced to construct toilets, but were not given subsidy promised under SBM

Union Budget 2019-20: Gush of funds for piped water

The government allocated Rs 9,150.36 crore for National Rural Drinking Water Programme — increase of 69% from last year

"Swachh Bharat Mission echoes sterilisation campaign of 70s"

A new book exposes the lacunae in the way India manages its waste and recommends changes in practices and attitudes toward waste. Robin Jeffrey …

More than 50% rural households across 5 states are still without toilets

The low performance of these 5 states can prevent India from achieving 100 % toilet coverage by October 2019

Government still chasing toilets, but that won’t solve sanitation issues: experts

The government is still correlating the number of toilets built with open defecation-free status of villages

Toilet-rich, water-poor

Santosh Devi, a former sarpanch, says attaining total sanitation for her village was easier than ensuring clean and sweet water

Breaching the threshold

How do we sustain our consumption patterns? And how can we feed the 1.2 billion living in poverty?

The ground for grassroots technology

A Delhi-based agency has improved the standard of living of a Himachal Pradesh village by providing it simple devices at subsidised rates

Stink over missing toilets: ministry initiates probe

CAG audit may be sought if states fail to disclose correct information, says secretary for drinking water and sanitation

Mission possible

The Centre gives India just about eight years to free its villages of open defecation. This seems unlikely. But the states of Sikkim, Haryana and …

Millions still lack access to essential health services, says WHO report

Lack of universal health coverage pushed people into extreme poverty in 37 countries

Interactive map to monitor gaps in sanitation launched

The map will help monitor the progress in the construction of toilets in all districts

Centre gears up to launch revamped sanitation mission

Corporate houses will have a major role in Swacchh Bharat Abhiyan which aims at achieving total sanitation by 2019