24x7 makeshift clinics, testing food, water at gatherings: How Karnataka is trying prevent cholera outbreak amid rising heat

State reported 33 cases of cholera this year, most in April; health department to conduct awareness campaigns, ensure supply of medicines, clean water

Fair price: UP now uses a calculator to scientifically fix fee for transporting faecal sludge to treatment plants

The calculator’s flexibility allows for its use across India and even in countries that use trucks to handle faecal waste

Hospital-acquired infections kill thousands, cost sub-Saharan Africa $8.4 billion annually, says WaterAid

Nigeria recorded the highest incidence of HAIs in 2022, followed by Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia and Mali

Swachh Bharat Mission to be a continuing challenge

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

Simply Put: Sanitisation amid COVID-19

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

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

Big leap ahead for India's sanitation economy

Four-day summit in Pune gathers experts and businesses

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: 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'

How a community came together to overcome the ODF challenge in Rajasthan's Thar desert

Learn how Churu built toilets much before the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission

India becomes open-defecation free but many challenges ahead

The challenge now will be mainly be to sustain India's open-defecation free status

Simply put: ODF India

Modi declares India ODF

Sustaining the status the next big challenge

What are the challenges of wastewater treatment in urban India?

Urban water and sanitation, stormwater management are now closely linked with rights and justice concerns; how do Indian cities fare on these fronts?

Sewers are gas chambers where manual scavengers are sent to die: SC

Apex court comes down heavily on govt on the issue of manual scavenging

World Toilet Day: We built latrines for villagers in Sitapur; ‘Aaram Mil Gaya’, they said

Creating access to toilets can help achieve much more than Clean India