15 September 2023 By Dr Ruth Kattumuri and Brenda Wagaba The United Nations report (United Nations, 2023) is part of the global stocktake for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) toward achieving these goals by 2030. This report indicates there has been adequate progress with SDG 6 to ‘ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation…
DetailsBy Geeta Pandey and Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Campaigner and social reformer Bindeshwar Pathak who died on Tuesday, aged 80, was a man who revolutionised the concept of toilets in India. In the early 1970s, he made a cheap twin-pit toilet – a design which has since been used to build clean toilets in…
DetailsBindeshwar Pathak, ‘Toilet Man’ Sulabh Shauchalaya is now synonymous with community toilets in India. And Bindeshwar Pathak, who passed away recently, took one to every nook and corner of the country Aug 20, 2023 10:39 AM (IST) I HAD heard of Sulabh Shauchalayas before I got to know of Bindeshwar Pathak. These toilets were already very…
DetailsDrSutirtha Sahariah In life, if you have not learnt to help others, you have learnt to pray yet” — Bindeshwar Pathak (1943–2023) by Sutirtha Sahariah “Ask not what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for the country”, the famous John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address that inspired generations to see the…
DetailsObituary | Cleanliness, godliness Bindeshwar Pathak realised that India’s future depended on toilets The social reformer and revolutioniser of national sanitation died on August 15th, aged 80 Aug 24th 2023 It all began with a dare. Bindeshwar Pathak, then seven or so, wondered why the thin little woman who came through the back door sometimes, selling…
DetailsBindeshwar Pathak (1943‑2023): Before Swachh Bharat, there was Sulabh INDIA Aug 26-Sept 1, 2023 By Pam Kwatra Deeply shocked to know about this heartbreaking news about Dr Pathak Ji. With utmost respect and gratitude, my heartfelt tribute to this most noble soul I had the pleasure of meeting him around 25 years ago. When he…
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