Living with asthma in Delhi

Kaushik Das Gupta, one of the participants in the CSE study, wonders if the government will ever announce a ‘clean air package’ for …

Interactive map to monitor gaps in sanitation launched

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

Swachh Bharat Mission misses out on sludge management

Official representing India at third international faecal sludge management conference fails to provide satisfactory answer

World Toilet Day: India now aims to build one toilet every two seconds

The country needs to play a major role in reducing open defecation

The travails of building a toilet – is this the road to a Swachh Bharat?

For poor and marginalized sections, building a toilet still entails a lot of red tape and costs

PMO orders huge cuts in social sector spending for 2015-16

Employment guarantee, rural road and sanitation schemes among those likely to be affected

Nadia in West Bengal goes Churu way, achieves open defecation-free tag

Nadia’s campaign, termed “Sabar Souchagar” (toilets for all) was an entirely community-driven idea

Swachh Bharat cess: A few states may not agree on it

Except Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand, no other state has directly agreed to the central proposal

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

Lagos seals off houses sans standard toilets

Sanitation for all is one of the Sustainable Development Goals envisaged by the United Nations for a better future

In the Parliament on March 11, 2016

Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues

Usage of toilets in India is over 95 per cent, reveals new NSSO survey

This finding is, however, from a two-month rapid survey, considered too short by experts

How to reinvent the sanitation wheel

The city “shit-flow” diagram shows that the situation is grim as all cities either do not treat or safely dispose the bulk of the …

Unused toilets prompt Haryana to tweak Swachh Bharat Mission

State adds 'cleanliness' as important prerequisite for receiving subsidy

Inaugural issue of Down To Earth Hindi exposes poor progress of Swachh Bharat Mission

Besides pointing out the associated risks of poor sanitation, the analysis also shows the enormous challenge before the NDA government

Not yet clean

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

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

Rural Kerala declared open defecation-free

All city areas are expected to become ODF by January 1 and a majority of municipalities have already achieved the target

Tying up with sanitation ecosystems

It is imperative to reimagine the role of the corporate beyond funding and infrastructure creation to achieve a sustainable sanitation ecosystem

Budget focuses on Gramin Swachh Bharat, clean railways

Swachh Bharat Gramin allocated almost 55 per cent higher funds; by 2019 all coaches of Indian Railways to be fitted with bio toilets 

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

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

Despite Centre's advisory, people are still intimidated into ending open defecation

In Rajasthan last month, local district administration arrested locals for defecating in the open and ordered discontinuation of electricity …

Swachh Bharat Mission yet to create systems that support waste segregation, processing

The Swachh Bharat Mission Urban completes three years on October 2, 2017, but has the mission gone beyond brooms and sticks? How far country has …

Bio-toilets in trains not effective; they are no better than septic tanks: IIT Madras

About 93,537 bio-digesters have been installed in trains so far at a cost of Rs 1,305 crore