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

Marvel at toilets

Environment again not given priority in Delhi Budget for 2020-21

Only Rs 52 crore our of a total Rs 65 thousand crore allotted for city’s air pollution epidemic

Emerging alternatives

A novel project in Kerala tries to introduce a sanitation technology that promises a cleaner and healthier environment

People do pay for latrines

Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar need alternative sanitation system

Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique toilets, built on elevation, can show the way ahead

Excreta as resource: Looking at recovery, reuse of faecal sludge in UP

A critical link in faecal sludge and septage management value chain is reuse of by-products generated, which include treated water as well as …

Where do Indians defecate?

Half of India's population defecates in the open. In all probability, they will continue to do so for the next 10 years

Thumbs down

Bioremediation works

Appetite for sewage

Bacteria feed on pollutants in sewage, kill odour, but are they a complete solution?

India’s sanitation economy to double by 2021

It would be worth $62 billion in three years and the credit would go to Swachh Bharat Mission, say speakers at 18th World Toilet Summit

Lack of toilets, how much it costs India

Inadequate sanitation has economic impacts across sectors like health and tourism; cost the country 53.8 billion USD in 2006

Govt shifts focus to sustaining sanitation coverage

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation prepares a rural sanitation strategy to maintain open-defecation free status and clear up waste issues

Doubts dog toilet-building campaign

Over half a billion, which is nearly half of the country’s population, defecate in the open

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

Loco loos going green

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

Globally, one in four children is stunted

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

Facts and figures all you need to know about the state of sanitation in India

Children of a lesser god

Cooking with compost