Jal Jeevan Mission – Har Ghar Jal, is a decentralized, demand-driven community-managed water supply programme that seeks to empower local village community, which means local village community is to play
2012 has brought welcome news of the progress made in bringing water and sanitation to the many people worldwide still without access to these essential services. The Joint Monitoring Programme between
The Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs, Punjab on July 18, 2022 has issued the Punjab Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2022 to further amend the Punjab Rural Development Act, 1987. The following
The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of a sanitation campaign that combines
Development finance has largely been directed towards centralized systems of wastewater management, which has resulted in large populations being excluded from proper wastewater collection and treatment
Development finance has largely been directed towards centralized systems of wastewater management, which has resulted in large populations being excluded from proper wastewater collection and treatment
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday said his government had augmented the supply of drinking water in 27 towns and 2,796 villages and increased the budget for supply of drinking water and sanitation to Rs.770 crore from Rs.218 crore in 2004-05.
March 2009, target date for rehabilitation of manual scavengers Sanitary latrines for all rural households by 2012 Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar has urged Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and Minister of State for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja to ensure that all dry latrines in rural areas are converted into water seal latrines by March 2009. That is also the target date for rehabilitation of remaining manual scavengers.
This note deals with the problem of manual scavenging in India as a form of caste and occupationbased social exclusion. It tries to explore the causes and reasons for the continuance of this social evil in India with a case study of Ghazipur district in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
The government with help of the World Bank is preparing a project to improve the sustainability of water and sanitation services in rural areas. The proposed project, 'Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and
The natural water supply and sanitation programme initiated by the Indian government is an effort to solve sanitation problems and wastewater disposal in rural areas. In the absence of proper drains,
Harare – Zimbabwe continues to prioritise its citizen’s health as evidenced by the increase in access to improved sources of water and sanitation in the rural areas. Failure to access safe and clean
According to the most recent joint monitoring program report for water and sanitation, sanitation coverage and usage has significantly progressed globally. The use of basic sanitation services has increased
Installation of hand pumps in villages will no longer be encouraged by the Centre as borewell water contains substances like arsenic which are a health hazard. Stating that central government will now
HNB extended the safe drinking water and sanitation project to Gonewa, a village in the Rambewa Divisional Secretariat, about 22 kms from Anuradhapura. The villagers in Gonewa lacked sufficient sanitation facilities and access to fresh water prior to the launch of this project, a media release said.
This article examines and discusses the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) related to sanitation in Unsar Pranti in Muzaffarpur district, in Bihar. The findings are based on fieldwork done during October-November 2008. An NGO called ADTHI PLAN has been working on a sanitation project in the village for the past ten years.
<p> Haryana has set up a Water and Sanitation Mission to address various issues</p> <p> pertaining to rural water supply and sanitation and for effective implementation and monitoring of the related
Rajasthan, which ranks among the bottom five states in the country for open defecation, has something to cheer about. Churu is likely to become the first district in state to be declared open defecation
This document is the culmination of research and discussions on the experiences of civil society organisations implementing sustainable sanitation campaigns in six Indian states. The initiatives featured in the book indicate that a typical campaign spread over three to five years comprises four distinct phases and involves a series of activities described in this book.
Maharashtra is the first state in the country to launch state-wide reforms by empowering communities represented by Village Panchayat and VWSC to plan, design, execute and manage investment in drinking
