Sanitation

Kenya: Half of Kenyans in the Rural Don't Have Toilets - Report

Almost half of Kenyans living in rural areas do not have access to basic sanitation, a new report shows.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2016
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, Open Defecation, Kenya, Rural Sanitation, Africa
Sanitation

Swachhta Status Report 2016

More than half of people in rural areas still go for open defecation finds this survey on 'Swachhta' Status conducted by the NSSO during May-June 2015 covering 3,788 villages and 2,907 urban blocks.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2016
National Sample Survey Office
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, India, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Statistics
Sanitation

Are sanitation interventions a threat to drinking water supplies in rural India? An application of tryptophan-like fluorescence

Open defecation is practised by over 600 million people in India and there is a strong political drive to eliminate this through the provision of on-site sanitation in rural areas. However, there are concerns that the subsequent leaching of excreta from subsurface storage could be adversely impacting underlying groundwater resources upon which rural populations are almost completely dependent for domestic water supply. We investigated this link in four villages undergoing sanitary interventions in Bihar State, India.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2016
J.P.R. Sorensen, A. Sadhu, G. Sampath & et al
Water Research
88
923–932
Tags:
Rural Water Supply, India, Rural Sanitation, Open Defecation, Health Effects, Groundwater Pollution, Drinking Water Quality, Faecal Coliforms, Bihar, Patna (D), Tubewells
Sanitation

No toilets for 27% of rural households in Almora

ALMORA: A recent review of the Uttarakhand government agenda of providing adequate sanitation facilities in rural households in Almora in 2015-16 showed that 27% of the population in the rural area

Publication Date: 
23/12/2015
Arpita Chakrabarty
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Toilets, Rural Sanitation, Almora (D), Population, Bageshwar (D), Sanitation
Sanitation

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Nirmal Gram Status to Villages, 17/12/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Nirmal Gram Status to Villages, 17/12/2015. Number of Gram panchayats awarded Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) during each of the last three years is at Annexure-1. Under the new Swach Bharat Mission (Gramin) launched on 2nd October, 2014, Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) has been closed. State/UT-wise, number of Gram Panchayats identified for making Open Defecation Free during 2015-16 as per Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) prepared by the States/UTs is at Annexure-2.

Publication Date: 
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), India, Statistics, Parliament
Sanitation

Swachh Bharat: industry engagement - scope and example

This report explores the opportunities for investment in sanitation by the private sector, and it profiles 16 initiatives currently being undertaken for the provision of sanitation services and infrastructure, either through corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding, public private partnership (PPP), or independent corporate funding.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2015
Shubhagato Dasgupta, DTV Raghu Ramaswamy, Kimberly Noronha, & et al
Centre for Policy Research
Tags:
Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, Industry, Private Sector, India, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Finance
Sanitation

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on performance audit of Total Sanitation Campaign /Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan

The government could achieve just above half of its pledged target on construction of individual household toilets under the total sanitation campaign in the past five years, accordi

Publication Date: 
08/12/2015
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Rural Sanitation, India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Finance, Health
Sanitation

Financing sanitation for the poor: household level financing to address the sanitation gap in India

Evidence from Water.org’s existing programs demonstrates that finance for sanitation is a significant opportunity for the Government of India, donors, financial institutions, and clients. Sanitation lending works and also leverages funding to achieve greater reach than traditional grant based models.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2015
Water and Sanitation Program
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Sanitation, India, Finance, Water Supply, GDP, NGOs
Sanitation

Supreme Court seeks details of BPL families having toilets in Haryana

The Supreme Court has taken note of one of the minimum criteria that a person must have for contesting panchayat elections in Haryana — a toilet in the house — and asked the state government to fil

Publication Date: 
20/10/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Toilets, Supreme Court, Panchayats, Poverty, Rural Sanitation, Sanitation
Sanitation

Report of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan

Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan recommends Swachh Bharat cess on petrol, diesel and telecom services in this report submitted to the Prime Minister. The group includes Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Manohar Lal, and the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Harish Rawat,Modi.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2015
Government of India
Tags:
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, India, Waste Management, Municipal Solid Waste, Solid Waste

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