Independent state regulators will not be able to solve the deep-rooted water governance crisis in India, says India Country Director Dr. V. Kurian Baby. After a decade of failure, a new approach is needed: a bottom-up process of social and participatory regulation. There are enough successful... Read more...
Sagar is an island at the mouth of the river Ganges where it meets the Bay of Bengal. Every year in January, about half a million pilgrims visit the island to worship at the holy Ganges. The hundreds of mobile toilet units standing on the empty festival terrain during the rest of the year are... Read more...
In association with the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) and the Centre of Excellence for Change Management (CEC), the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is organising a one-day Roundtable dedicated to the theme Sustainable Drinking Water Services at Scale: Everyone... Read more...
Triple-S country study India. Read more...
Community-based service providers need regular, structured support that goes beyond ad hoc technical assistance. Read more...
Nearly half of India's 1.2 billion people have no toilet at home, but more people own a mobile phone, according to the country's latest census data. Only 46.9% of the 246.6 million households have toilets while 49.8% defecate in the open. The remaining 3.2% use public toilets. Read more...