<p>Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is a widely applied rural behavior change approach for ending open defecation. However, evidence of its impact is unclear. Researchers conducted a systematic review
Toilets are more important in India than temples, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said here on Friday, as he inaugurated a yatra that will travel through states raising awareness about
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has been providing financial and technical assistance to the State Governments in realizing the objectives of safe portal drinking water and open defecation
RANGPUR : Continuous improvement of all health indexes along with increasing mass public awareness has substantially reduced recurrence of waterborne diseases and related deaths in the rural areas, reports
A group of 53 sanitation and hygiene promotion practitioners met in Bangladesh from 29 to 31 January 2008 to mark the start of the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) by sharing and learning from their peers.
Devolution of more powers to panchayats in the management of national rural drinking water mission and the issues of arsenic and shortage of drinking water will figure prominently at the two-day national
Sanitation projects to reduce open defecation, increasing green cover and emphasis on creating assets form the crux of the Narendra Modi-led government's blueprint for redeploying UPA 's flagship social
Residents of Semartoli and Lupungtoli can now hope to light up their homes and have easy access to precious drops of water.
Across the world 663 million people still do not have access to water; the vast majority of them - over half a billion - live in rural areas. In Wild Water, WaterAid’s state of the world’s water report,
The Union Rural Development Ministry will promote
Punjab is the first state to report presence of uranium in drinking water in rural areas with almost 70 per cent samples sent to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) testing positive for presence of the
This working paper attempts to assess some of the more fundamental, water-related components that influence rural livelihoods and can support rural poverty reduction. In this way, it seeks to help decision makers target investments more effectively, ensuring funds get allocated to where there is most need.
A cholera outbreak has ravaged Orissa's tribal-dominated Kalahandi, Koraput and Rayagada districts since early August. The state government says the region has reported 119 deaths so far. About
Dhamra: Showering praise on the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for being versatile, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that besides developing missiles
A total of 6.60 lakh hollow cement blocks, 3.60 lakh concrete cement rings and 30,000 cement bags were utilised for the purpose.A total of 6.60 lakh hollow cement blocks, 3.60 lakh concrete cement rings
MUMBAI: The government will involve citizens in its bid to check depleting ground water levels in the state. It plans to revive critical and over-exploited aquifers across the state in the second phase of Jalswarajya, a rural water supply and sanitation improvement project.
Jairam Ramesh's ministry offers to share half the installation cost for the entire system. Toilets in Indian Railways coaches will soon witness a makeover. The idea is for the conventional open lavatories
New Delhi: In a boost to making rural India free from open defecation, the Centre has increased the grant for construction of a toilet under the Total Sanitation Campaign from Rs 4,600 to Rs 10,000. The
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday presented to Sikkim an award for “extraordinary and innovative” work done by the State’s Rural Management and Development Department. The Prime Minister presented a medal, a scroll and cash award of Rs 5 lakh to DR Nepal, secretary, Rural Management and Development Department, Sikkim, for exemplary performance of civil servants in the organizational category for year 2011–12, said a statement issued by Sikkim’s principal resident commissioner here.
Minister for rural development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has stressed upon the supply of good quality of water and given highest priority to sanitation programmes in the Interntional Sanitation Year. Addressing a press conference about the out come of the recent two-day meeting of the state secretaries in charge of rural drinking water supply and sanitation in the country, he said sustainability of water sources and convergence among various programmes to achieve drinking water security was of the utmost importance.
