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: 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
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
Amul takes hygiene a step forward
At Anand, the dairy cooperative movement’s birthplace, no one will defecate in the open. RAHUL KUMAR, Amul Dairy’s managing director, …
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 …
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
India does need toilets more than temples
Modi’s toilet remark has sparked a political row, but no one is paying attention to India’s sanitation challenge
Manual scavenging: Non-existent for govt, yet people die 30-ft under ground
The recent deaths of five manual scavengers again raises the question of how far will India let this problem go
East Africa 77 years behind schedule for achieving universal access to sanitation
At current rate of progress, universal access to safely-managed sanitation, aim of the Sustainable Development Goals won’t be achieved …
In Parliament on March 9, 2017
From illegal mining, Ganga's pollutant and their regulation, to the disposal of solid waste, many environment-related issues were raised in the …
Water-sensitive innovations to transform health of slums and environment
A five-year project announced today will implement an innovative water-sensitive approach tailored to informal settlements. The goal is to …
Gandhian Sanitation: Political will, proactive sarpanch changed the sanitation scene in Mariyapuram
The village sarpanch formed self-help and youth groups to motivate the village residents; the Panchayat constructed 192 individual and nine …
COVID-19: Basic hygiene services lacking in sub-Saharan Africa
Amid the pandemic, it is very much essential to particularly focus on increasing access to water, sanitation and hygiene
Niligiris' journey to being ODF led to it embracing organic farming
The hill district witnesses a successful example of closing the nutrient loop in a sustainable way
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 20, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Findings of annual rural sanitation survey questionable
The claim of 96.5 per cent rural households having access to toilets with potential usage is somewhat doubtful, especially in a scenario where …
Dalit activists, leaders decry Prime Minister’s ‘Christ-like’ act
It is just a gimmick to fool Dalits whereas their real problems are unaddressed, they say
10 good news we got in 2018
As this year nears its end, here’s a look at stories by Down To Earth that brought some relief to an otherwise climate change-ravaged period