Wastewater
Generating demand for sanitation infrastructure
posted 2 months 3 weeks agoRadharamanpada is an unauthorised slum in Angul with 300 houses. The president of the slum sanitation committee Janaki Sahu, a 28-year-old mother of four, runs a street food stall on the main road. There are seven women in the committee of eleven, working on sanitation solution for populations that remain underserved.

New groundwater guidelines prohibit industries and mining in over-exploited zones
posted 3 months 1 week agoRevised guidelines for groundwater use notified

Dhenkanal gears up for better waste management
posted 3 months 2 weeks agoThe UNICEF and the Scaling City Institutions for India (SCI-FI) initiative at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) in collaboration with the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department (PR&DW), Government of Odisha (GoO), and the District Administration, Dhenkanal are making strides towards instituting district wide approach for Solid Liquid Waste Management (SLWM).

The women sanitation champions of Angul
posted 3 months 2 weeks agoSita Behera, the 35-year-old mother of two lives in the Radhamadhavapura unauthorised slum in Angul. She is the President of the Ward Sanitation Committee (WSC) that is leading the work on making the slum open defecation free. Driven by the desire to improve the living conditions for her children and the neighbourhood at large, she prompted 140 families to construct latrines over two years.

Improving city-wide sanitation service delivery in small towns of Odisha
posted 3 months 4 weeks agoTucked away in the slums of Dhenkanal, a small community offers a glimpse of how sanitation solutions have changed hundreds of lives for the better. Till recently, post rains in the absence of proper drainage, the clogged lanes were causing a lot of inconvenience to the residents of Parhatiya Sahi slum.

Empowering, involving local communities crucial for reviving Yamuna: Study
posted 4 months 1 week agoThere aren’t many studies on understanding the socio-economic impact of river pollution, and the handful of those available miss out on capturing the voices of the local communities who are most affected by river pollution.

Next phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban to focus on water treatment
posted 4 months 3 weeks agoSwachh Bharat Mission-Urban: Next phase to focus on water treatment and toilet waste disposal

Online Training: Design and Implementation of DEWATS
posted 4 months 4 weeks agoThe Consortium for DEWATS™ Dissemination (CDD) Society is organising an "Online Training on DEWATS" to impart the knowledge and skills required for planning, designing, implementing, and managing DEWATS™ (Decentralised Wastewater Treatment System).

Building awareness to changing behaviour: A paradigm shift with digital technology
posted 5 months agoUrban India, in the grip of the pandemic

A third of world’s children poisoned by lead: UNICEF
posted 5 months 1 week agoAround 1 in 3 children – up to 800 million globally – have blood lead levels at or above 5 micrograms per decilitre (µg/dL), a level that the World Health Organization and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have stated requires global and regional interventions.
