Recognizing the need of knowledge and information in the sector of water and sanitation programme, Gujarat-based NGO Utthan set up a People's Learning Centre for Water & Sanitation (PLC-Watsan) which has been raising grass root level awareness and also facilitating lateral spread of information since 2006.

The case study highlights the role of a People's Learning Centre for Water & Sanitation (PLC-Watsan) in generating knowledge and imparting requisite training to the local community is evident in these reactions from residents of the project villages in Bhavnagar district of Saurashtra region of Gujarat - a western state of India.

"Sanitation for all by 2012 and Drinking Water Security in Rural India" is a presentation of the output of the review and discussion done by the National Advisory Council (NAC), on the rural drinking water supply and sanitation situation in country, a mandate that is implemented currently through the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, managed by the Department of Drinking Water Supply, under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.

“Low-cost toilets put Bengal on path to total sanitation", is an article by Nitya Jacob have been made available on the website of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), highlights that due to Low-cost toilets all households now have toilets in East Medinipur District in West Bengal which helped to achieve its target of total sanitation in September 2006.