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How Can Manual Scavenging End in India? The ‘Hope Machine’ Has The Answer!
Even though the Parliament enacted a law prohibiting manual scavenging nearly 25 years ago, this patently illegal practice (and a vile form of caste discrimination) continues to thrive in many cities,...
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This Toilet Has No Flush & Runs on Worms! Here’s How ‘Tiger’ Can Transform...
To solve India’s sanitation crisis, we need innovative solutions that are cost-effective and feasible for last-mile connectivity. It was in 1986 when the Indian government launched the Central Rural...
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Orange Peels Keep Toilets Clean: Jharkhand Man Invents Eco-Friendly Solution
When you relish an orange, what do you do with the peels? Throw them in the dustbin, right? But what if we told you that these peels are changing the face of community toilets in Jamshedpur? Thanks to...
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Bareilly Man Creates Pad Bank for Women, Distributes 12000 Pads Free of Cost!
When Chitransh was in school, he was just as curious as most boys his age, when he saw ads on TV about sanitary pads or when girls and women spoke in hushed whispers about the ‘P’ word. And while the...
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Coming Soon: The ‘SEPoy’ of IIT Madras That Could End Manual Scavenging
Though the Law prohibits manual scavenging, the practice continues unabated. For the most part, those working as manual scavengers remain undocumented, underpaid and exploited. This is a stigmatised...
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In Guwahati, Toilets of All Hotels to Be ‘Public’; Will Be Free For Women & Kids
Neena runs a copper utensils stall in Fancy Bazaar, a popular tourist market place in Guwahati, Assam bustling with local and traditional products like Assamese saris, bamboo pickles, tribal jewellery,...
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Shocked by Stench of Toilets in Govt Schools, 80-Year-Olds Restore Them...
Padmanabha Arkalgudand and Venkatasubba Rao aged 83 years and 81 respectively, are not your usual retirees who are used to spending relaxing days at home. They are community activists who can give the...
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They Lost Their IAF Son to a Crash. Now They Provide Free Schooling to 350...
When Group Captain (retd) Sharad Tewari and his wife Savita, a social activist, received news that their son, Squadron Leader Shishir Tewari, had lost his life in the Mi-17 V5 crash in Arunachal...
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How 200+ Women Across 21 States Built 400+ Toilets in Half the Usual Time!
According to UNICEF, the highest number of people in the world (around 620 million) who practice open defecation, reside in India. And the hazards of open defecation and poor sanitation facilities are...
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Free Toilets & Drinking Water: This Trio’s Innovation Has Impacted 5000+ Lives
Before the crack of dawn, Sonamani Devi, a resident of Dumdi village in Jharkhand, would venture out with her three daughters in the dark. She had no other choice. In the absence of toilets, they had...
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This Man’s Vision Made 2.5 Lakh Households Healthier with Low-Cost Water...
We may not realise it, but water as a resource is slowly and steadily becoming elusive. Several states have faced back-to-back droughts, resulting in villages being declared ‘severely...
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How a Couple Installed 798 Self-Cleaning ‘Smart’ Toilets Across India
Used a public toilet recently? What was the experience like? One of the biggest issues that one faces while using public facilities is that more often than not, they are extremely dirty. But what if...
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Here’s How This NGO Helped Build 10 Lakh Toilets, Produce 543.5 Tonnes of...
“Because we live close to the forest, defecating in the open can be very dangerous for us. There have been so many instances where someone’s been attacked by wild boars or cheetahs when they go out to...
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Pune Duo Convert Old Buses Into Ladies’ Toilets That Have Been Used Over 1...
How often have you had to hold in your pee in the absence of clean toilets? I have completely lost track of the times I have been in such a situation. Sonam Nandawar, a resident of Baner in Pune, faced...
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70-YO Trichy Man Helps Install 1 Lakh Water-Less Toilets, Provides Manure For...
Located about 42 km away from the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu lies the Musiri Panchayat town. Being situated on the banks of the Kaveri river, the abundance of water makes the land fertile...
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Newlywed Woman Finds No Toilet in Husband’s Village, Builds 250 Toilets in a...
Growing up in Dakshinpuri, Delhi, Komal Hadala had never imagined in her wildest dreams that a house without a toilet could exist. However, when fate brought her to Nithora, Uttar Pradesh after...
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Daughter Furthers Padma-Winning Dad’s Legacy, duo Install 1000 Biogas Toilets!
In the early 50s, thanks to his aggressive efforts towards eradicating the problem of Open Defecation (OD) in Dehu, a village in Pune’s Maharashtra’s district, Dr Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar was called ‘ Dr...
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Get Your Car, Bike Sanitised For Free at Petrol Pumps. Here’s How
When co-founders of Bengaluru-based Ontrack, a bike rental company, Harshit Sonthalia and Vansh Jain started sanitising their company bikes, they couldn’t help but think of the hundreds of vehicles on...
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How Did Places With No Fixed Water Supply Wash Hands Against COVID-19? Here’s...
Hot, extended summers are typical in many parts of India. In the hottest parts of the country, one can find interesting and funny expressions for the summer heat — ‘summer, more-summer and...
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NIT Warangal’s Innovation Could Help Sanitise Household Items Without Chemicals
OThe National Institute of Technology, Warangal recently launched the prototype model of a chemical-free sterilisation system named OzoNIT. The device is a reassembled refrigerator, fitted with an...
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