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Quality WASH training is only given to state level officials while training at lower levels is sub-standard and sparse. Read more...
The unprecedented flood of August 2018 has put Kerala on the spot. Integrated water resources management will have to be a key pillar in managing the recurrent floods and droughts. Read more...
Budget cuts could prevent the country becoming open defecation free by 2019. Read more...
Checking the facts and assumptions about menstrual hygiene in developing countries. Read more...
Meeting Sustainable Development Goal 6 requires solutions that focus on integrated rather than sectoral approaches. Read more...
You may have heard of the Lord of the Rings, but in Bihar, India, that name is taking on a whole new meaning. I recently joined a field visit to this part of the world to see how cement ring businesses are changing the face of rural sanitation. Read more...
What we learnt from using the Faecal Waste Flow Calculator in India. Read more...
Indian sanitation entrepreneur Mayank Midha one year later. Read more...
Big data analytics is a new window of opportunity for the Indian water sector. Read more...
We need to move beyond the easy option of coercion, humiliation and threats to stop open defecation. Read more...
How and why businesses in the Safe Water 2 programme do their monitoring. Read more...
Can leadership development training for public agency staff lead to improved utility performance and community-level service? Read more...
"Human beings are being used to plug the gaps in failing sanitation systems" – Bezwada Wilson. Read more...
Creating access to safe water in India through women-led service delivery models. Read more...
Report of a WASH Dialogue on faecal sludge and septage management Read more...
How a story about an Indian sanitation entrepreneur became a hit. Read more...
An interview with sanitation entrepreneur Mayank Midha. Read more...
An interview with Dr. Ritesh Kumar of Wetlands International South Asia. Read more...
On the global carbon market big companies like Coca-Cola reduce their carbon footprint by investing in safe water projects that reduce CO2 emissions. Read more...
With rapid urbanization and the development of large infrastructure in Delhi, came the demolition and resettlement of unauthorised slums/colonies within the city. Read more...