Water & Sanitation

Waste management in the Indian Himalayan Region faces steep financial and logistical hurdles. Sustainable solutions need viable funding and long-term commitment.

Naulas have been used to collect and store water in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region for centuries. With urbanisation and declining groundwater, this is changing.

Informal workers in Delhi spend hours in the sun every day. Low-cost water ATMs protect people from heat exposure and uphold the basic right to water.

Worsening climate stress and infrastructural issues are exacerbating the water crisis across India's cities. How can these barriers be addressed?

In Bundelkhand, the Republic Day theme of ‘Swarim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas’ is being demonstrated through the revival of centuries-old traditional water tanks.

Contamination of their groundwater by a thermal power plant has forced the villagers of Sepakkam to buy RO water daily from a community water purification system.

Local governments are uniquely suited for the collective planning and implementation of sustainable water management.

Rohingya women at a water-scarce camp in Delhi are missing their skill-building classes because of their overdependence on a water tanker that’s never on time.

There is a clear and urgent need for partnerships between multiple stakeholders and actors to ensure water security. A few principles and approaches can make collaborative action effective.

In Maharashtra, poor sanitation facilities make bus depots unsafe for passengers. The lack of implementation of the POSH Act is making this worse.