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Stef Smits' in-depth review of the JMP 2021 data on the progress made in 15 countries and discussing the implications towards 2030. Read more...
On 30 June 2020, WaterAid India and the Urban Management Centre held a webinar on the health, safety and livelihood challenges sanitation workers face in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Is hazardous medical waste sufficiently managed? Read more...
Report of a webinar organised by the SuSanA India chapter, WaterAid India, IRC and the India Sanitation Coalition. Read more...
Budget cuts could prevent the country becoming open defecation free by 2019. 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...
We need to move beyond the easy option of coercion, humiliation and threats to stop open defecation. Read more...
"Human beings are being used to plug the gaps in failing sanitation systems" – Bezwada Wilson. 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...
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...
2016 is a crucial year for IRC India. With its strong track record in India, IRC is well positioned to develop and establish a country programme there. Read more...
The India WASH Summit focused on solutions for Swacch Bharat (Clean India mission), to find ways to meet the goal of making India Open Defecation Free by 2019. The Summit drew sector players, government, elected representatives, bilaterals, multilaterals, donors, INGOs, NGOs, academia and the... Read more...
How does India's new large-scale sanitation monitoring effort compare with similar initiatives in Bangladesh and Indonesia? Read more...
The Prime Minister has given a call for ‘Swachh Bharat’ (Clean India) as a mass movement to realise Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean India. To make this campaign a success, it needs to become a bureaucratic priority in addition to a political priority. Read more...
A passionate school teacher took the lead in making his school a model in sanitation. However, the ground in front of the school is an open defecation area. Read more...