In July of 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognised the right to water and sanitation as a fundamental human right. However, 12 years later, all investments made in the sector have largely been proven insufficient to guarantee access to safe drinking water to approximately 844 million and sanitation to about 2.3 billion people. Water…
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Is the hope still alive?
“For in India, a man is not a scavenger because of his work. He is a scavenger because of his birth, irrespective of the question of whether he does scavenging or not” —- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar It’s been several years and in spite of innumerable questions being raised to put an end to the inhumane…
Water 2 Home
Jal Jeevan Mission(JJM) – An Union government mission aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India. It can improve the quantity of good quality water for the long term at an affordable price. The Jal Jeevan Mission will be based on a…
SUJAL- DRINK FROM TAP MISSION
The ‘Drink from tap mission’ initiative was undertaken by the Government of Odisha and launched on the 13th of October in 2020. This initiative aims to improve the quality of drinking water without requiring further filtration. The Government of Odisha plans to cover 15 urban cities under this project and directly benefit the 15 lakh…
The Missed Punch
Vehicles were buzzing and horns were blowing all over. There were several huts on the side of the road, and in one of the houses lived a girl named KayalVizhi. She is training for an interstate boxing championship scheduled for the month after. And suddenly, her boxing gloves got torn. She had to buy a new…
Pipeline Management
Pipelines are expensive assets and inspection of these assets is an integral part of the pipeline integrity management to ensure that there is no evidence of deformations, leaks, weld cracks, corrosion or any other defects. Many industries rely heavily on pipelines for transporting of water, crude oil, petroleum, natural gas and other products. These industries…
NON REVENUE WATER
The fundamental challenge for all water supplies authorities in India is to have a more extensive region for water contamination & loss of water resources. Non Revenue Water(NRW) is defined as the difference of water put into the distribution system and the amount billed to consumers. Suppose 1000 MLD(Millions of litres per day) of water…
Endobot’s Vlog
Hi I am Endobot(a robot), a traveller from Solinas Integrity. (P.S: Only in pipelines) Today, I am going to share one of my scariest travel experiences with you all. Let me begin with introducing my support system during my travel. Torchlight, 360 view camera, Laptop for sharing the videos., Extended wire(400mts) and A controller. On…
Broken glasses!
BROKEN GLASSES – An empathetic act that turned into a nightmare! If I say you are also contributing to the sad plight of manual scavengers, how would you feel? News of manual scavenging, the deaths, the plight of their lives, the lifelong impact – we have heard and known enough. But here is a question!…
Solinas approach to eliminate Manual Scavenging
Taking a socio-technological approach to solve this problem could provide us a potential solution. Firstly we need to understand the problem of cleaning fundamentally and then look at technological solutions. Moreover we need to work on ground with people and empower them to leverage these technologies for themselves, thereby contributing to their financial well being. …
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