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India

India has made significant advances in water supply and sanitation coverage. However, the clash between tradition and technology in the countryside, accompanied by poverty and gender issues, and the 2004 tsunami aftermath, are proving great challenges. Read about how local nongovernment organizations and village committees face the water problems of India’s urban and rural poor.

Title Date
36 Roofs for 24/7 Water: Harvesting Rainfall in Badlapur 2007/12
A Case of Watershed Development in Andhra Pradesh, India 2002
Access to Water, Access to Education 2007/10
Bangalore Slums Get Bargain Connections 2007/05
Bringing Water Supply and Sanitation Services to Tribal Villages in Orissa the Gram Vikas Way 2006/04
Changing the Sanitation Landscape 2009/02
Gender and Economic Benefits from Domestic Water Supply in Semiarid Areas: A Case Study in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, Western India 2004
India's Management Transfer Scheme Begins Irrigation Reforms 2005/07
Living on City Wastewater 2009/07
Low-Cost Toilets Change the Face of Bhopal’s Slums 2006/06
Pakistan, India Join Hands to Clean Hudiara Drain 2006/03
Picking Up The Pieces: Tamil Nadu Farming After The Tsunami 2005/01
Putting Innovative Financing to the Test 2008/12
Toilet Technology for Human Dignity 2008/04
Village Committee Summons Water Goddess to Raise Awareness 2006/04
Villagers Lend Hand to Revive Historical Legacy 2006/02
Voices of the Invisible: Understanding Gender Equity and Empowerment in the District of Gujarat 2002
Walking for Water 2004
Women Hold Key to Accepting Toilets 2007/09

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