Despite toilets in place, a quarter of rural population stuck to open defecation

New study on changes in open defecation in rural North India says pace of toilet construction increased under Swachh Bharat Mission, but there …

When Indian women negotiate with local authorities to improve their lives in a slum

Women in a settlement in the north-eastern peri-urban part of Indore learnt that gentle, perseverant negotiation was the best way forward

Dirty air and water increase cradle deaths in India

While absolute level of pollution increases risk, vulnerability is enhanced due to resource poverty

Water stress to increase, but so will water-related jobs, says UN report

According to the report, the lack of sufficiently skilled labour in water and sanitation has contributed to the estimated leakage of 30 per cent …

Plain talk about crap

Book>> The Big Necessity, The Unmentionable World Of Human Waste And Why It Matters • by Rose George • Metropolitan Books • …

Setting standards

The curse of poor sanitation

A bacterial disease kills 42 people in India

A land in turmoil

An assessment of environmental degradation must preclude rebuilding of Afghanistan

"Water is a national resource"

GOURISANKAR GHOSH, executive director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva, Switzerland tells NIDHI JAMWAL that there …

Mystery stricken

Fever killed 277 in Uttar Pradesh. No one knows the cause

Change is for the obdurate

Union Budget 2018: Merely increasing funds for Clean Ganga will not ensure results

A CAG report had said underutilised funds and an absence of a long-term plan affecting rejuvenation of Ganga

सर्कुलर इकॉनमी को बढ़ावा देने आगे आई इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स कंपनियां

हर वर्ष 82.6 फीसदी ई-वेस्ट को ऐसे ही फेंक दिया जाता है, जिसको यदि रिसाइकल किया जाए तो इससे अर्थव्यवस्था को करीब 413,277 करोड़ ...

फेस मास्क से बनेगी सड़कें, कोरोना से उत्पन्न कचरे से मिलेगा छुटकारा : शोध

दो लेन की सड़क के सिर्फ एक किलोमीटर बनाने के लिए रिसाइकल सामग्री में लगभग 30 लाख मास्क का उपयोग होगा

ई-वेस्ट: हमारे घरेलू गैजेट जहर बन कर वापस घर आ रहे हैं

सीपीसीबी रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, पूरे देश में पैदा होने वाले लाखों टन ई-वेस्ट कचरे का महज 3 से 10 फीसदी ही इकठ्ठा किया जाता ...

As told to Parliament (September 16, 2020): No data on sanitation worker deaths amid COVID-19

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Nepal sanitation workers fight COVID-19 unarmed

Nepal sanitation workers continue to clean without gloves, masks and shoes

अब गीले कचरे का भी उपचार, आईआईटी खड़गपुर ने निकाला रास्ता

अब तक सिर्फ सूखे कचरे पर ही ध्यान था। अब विकसित की गई नई प्रकिया में गीले और नम कचरे का भी रिसाइकल होगा। ...

Swachh Bharat Mission: The last push

Over 100 million toilets in five years took a lot of effort; the change is showing now

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: What are the barriers for toilet construction

Ability to raise the initial funds, lack of space in urban slums and lack of awareness is hampering the sanitation programme

Is the world ready to meet the SDG target on sanitation?

A closer look at the report by UNICEF and WHO tells you that this certainly not the case

Lack of access to sanitary products, privacy drives girls away from schools in Zambia

New report says girls prefer to stay home during menstruation for fear of staining their dresses, interacting with and being teased by boys, as …

Govt must get its hands dirty to rescue manual scavengers

Swachh Bharat Mission will end up perpetuating manual scavenging if the authorities fail to implement right toilet technology and manage the huge …

Glaring loopholes in new draft rules for groundwater extraction

The new draft rules for regulation of groundwater are a move towards decentralisation but many key concerns have been overlooked

From health to faith, everything at stake for refugees in Greece

Tens of thousands of these migrants now feel trapped in a country that is least equipped to provide care