75 years of people’s power: Jharkhand district modifies leach pits to tackle grey water

Pits in Sahibganj district raised to counteract frequent floods, shallow groundwater

Half of world’s healthcare facilities lack basic hygiene services, nearly 4 billion people at risk

Every year, a whopping 670,000 newborns lose their lives to sepsis

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

A lot needs to be done to ensure faecal sludge is treated before reaching water source

Swachh Bharat Mission: Sustenance is the mantra

Changing a habit requires time, effort and constant motivation

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

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

Children: victims of war and poverty

Not yet clean

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

Simply put: No basic facilities, no vote

A clean act

India's missing toilets

Government unable to determine exactly how many households don't have toilets

Simply put: NSSO on ODF

Swachh Bharat Mission: Sustaining ODF a multi-faceted process

Bangladesh took 15 years to become ODF, while Thailand took 40

Zap the bacteria

BANGLADESH

Non-sewered sanitation system in Odisha | DTE Water series

Odisha’s Faecal Sludge and Septage Management has become a model for other states to replicate

From the blurbs

Designer toilets

Toilet trouble

Unhygienic solution

Antibacterial ingredients in soap may be encouraging the growth of bacteria

Soap scheme doesn't wash

Local people of Kerala upset over being sermonised on hygiene

No death due to manual scavenging; 941 died while cleaning sewers: Union minister

As many as 58,098 were working as manual scavengers in India as of 2018

Fetching water from miles away increases risk of death: UK study

'Children of women who fetch water in this manner are especially disadvantaged'

Toilet inside, defecation outside: Govt missing the mark?

Toilets are being constructed at a high rate, but their usage remains a problem

Globally, one in four children is stunted

India is home to the largest number of stunted children in the world