It may be hard to believe, but it is true. Anyone travelling the length of the rural belt of Delhi that stretches from Badarpur border in South-East Delhi all the way to Narela in the northern periphery of the city, will not find a public toilet along the way. The reason being: all these years no one constructed any.

And while many believe the rural population knows best how to use the fields and forests for answering the call of nature, such an approach has not helped the cause of rural women, for whom not a single public toilet exists.

Inadequate budget, poor maintenance and stakeholders’ apathy towards sustainability of the existing drinking water and sanitation projects in the country has posed a serious challenge to achieving

The largely ADB-funded project will possibly be floated some time later this year

The budget of Alappuzha Municipality for 2013-14, presented by vice-chairman B. Ansari on Tuesday failed to address the region’s pressing drinking water problem.

New Delhi: Facing an acute shortage of sanitation staff, the South corporation is planning to outsource sanitation work to Resident Welfare Associations in the capital.

Pune: A survey conducted by World Bank under its water and sanitation programme for Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has revealed that 53% of the residents surveyed were not satisfied with the timings and duration of water supply.

A total of 5,208 houses were covered by the survey conducted in October-November 2012. The study revealed that only 20% of the people agreed that the timings of water supply at public taps was convenient.

Life in a slum is comparable to life in most urban households in India, according to Census 2011 data on living conditions in slums.

WaterAid and Plan International Pakistan along with other civil society organisations across Pakistan joined hands to launch a yearlong campaign calling for government to keep its promises to impro