Water & Sanitation

Solving India’s water crisis requires us to take a hard look at how we collect and use data.

India’s water quality and scarcity issues can be tackled using science and community participation. However, to be effective, this needs to be done at scale.

Improved data collection and reporting, appropriate protective gear, and better government policies can help address the problems of sanitation workers.

Poor water governance has cut off several residents from Mumbai's water system, making equal access to all a distant dream.

Under the YSR Jalakala scheme, the Andhra Pradesh government will dig free bore wells to provide small and marginal farmers access to water.

Communities can play an integral role in the management of urban sanitation services, and governments must facilitate this.

Governments in South Asia must renew their focus on equitable access to water and sanitation to build resilient communities.

In the water sector, the focus on fixing demand and supply is taking us away from the real problem: Unnoticed groundwater dependencies in ever-expanding urban India.

‘Waterman of India’, Rajendra Singh, shares insights on how the availability of water improves all aspects of life in India, and why the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to bring about a revolution in the country.

Even though the law requires it, biomedical waste is hardly ever segregated in India. This has a direct impact on the safety and dignity of sanitation workers, especially during the current pandemic.