Full Coverage: Water/sanitation

27.06.2007 Recipient of this year’s Nirmal Gram Puruskar for 100% sanitation coverage, this village in Rajasthan’s Alwar region is paving the way for achieving the Millennium Development Goals

27.06.2007 ”Vesi on keskeinen elementti, kun maaseudun oloja halutaan parantaa. Jos veteen ei kiinnitetä huomiota, kehityshanke jää ilmaan”, sanoo Amharan osavaltiossa toteutettavan vesihuolto- ja ympäristöohjelman johtava neuvonantaja Arto Suominen.

24.06.2007 The Indian government’s cash initiatives are sweeping a healthy competition across the country, says Jaipur-based activist Kalyan Singh Kothari. The Nirmal Gram Puruskars are part of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) that hopes to achieve full sanitation coverage in India by 2012.

07.06.2007 LOS ANGELES, Jun 6 (OneWorld) - The Coca-Cola company has been charged with illegally seizing lands communally owned by small farmers and indiscriminately dumping sludge and other industrial hazardous waste onto the surrounding community. This comes as the multinational beverage giant announced a new effort Tuesday to protect rivers on four continents.

06.06.2007 As part of the movement to save the capital’s river Yamuna, a march led by India’s waterman Rajendra Singh raised local awareness on the river’s plight on its way to New Delhi.

05.06.2007 UNICEFin vapaahtoisin voimin toteutettu Janopäiväkatukeräys tuotti yli 140 00 euroa. Keräyksen tuotoilla tuetaan vesi- ja sanitaatiohuoltoa Eritreassa.