What COVID-19 can mean for SDG-11, sustainable cities and communities in India

As urban vulnerabilities are amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of sustainable cities in Sustainable Development Goals needs to be …

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

Punjab closer to ODF sustainability with community toilet guidelines

Recommendations not clear on how to treat waste, reuse groundwater   

In a corner of Bangladesh, manual scavenging is impacting a treatment plant’s sustainability

Manual scavenging is still the mainstay of faecal sludge management in Lalmonirhat near the Indian border; the town’s FSTP is not able to …

Worthy alternative

A new field experiment shows that fertiliser derived from faecal sludge can improve crop yields

Reservation in toilets?

Simply Put: Sanitisation amid COVID-19

Swachh Bharat Mission to be a continuing challenge

The fight for open defecation-free status is far from over

Sanitation workers deserve an inclusive ecosystem — here are 5 best practices for their safety and dignity

Urban India has an estimated 2 million sanitation workers 

How big a challenge is sustaining India's open-defecation free status

Exploring the ‘public’ in public sanitation services

A look into whether our toilet infrastructures promote gender inclusion or exclusion

Big leap ahead for India's sanitation economy

Four-day summit in Pune gathers experts and businesses

Waste in news on May 14

A round-up of what's new in waste and sanitation 

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

Simply put: No basic facilities, no vote

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

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

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