Water sanitation and hygiene plays very crucial role in public health. Without proper water supply, sanitation, and inadequate hygiene practice leads to infectious diseases. Every year, around 37.7 million people in India get waterborne infections. In 2015, diarrhea killed over 117,000 children under the age of five, accounting for 13% of all under-five mortality in the country and 22% of the global total. Water-related diseases also cause the loss of almost 73 million workdays each year, resulting in an estimated economic loss of approximately $600 million (United Nation in Health, Water and Sanitation | United Nations in India, 2022). The Swachh Bharat Mission and all sanitation-related metrics from NFHS 5 show that sanitation coverage has increased in the county. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Jharkhand are the states with the worst performance, according to the Swachh Bharat Mission. These states alone account for 37% of the Indian population, or 448 million people (NFHS, 5). Diarrhea is India's third biggest cause of death. Odisha will meet the MDG target within the next century. Madhya Pradesh planned to fulfil the goal in 2105, but Odisha did so in 2116 (Bhagat in Rural and urban sanitation in India, 2014. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269702342_Rural_and_Urban_Sanitation_in_India ). The current paper discusses the condition of water supply and sanitation facilities and the hygienic practices among slums population in Bhubaneswar city. Mixed method approach has been used to understand the issues of access to sanitation and hygiene practices in two slums of Bhubaneswar city. The findings suggest that limited duration of piped water supply forces slum dwellers to fetch water from the public hand pump. The handpump water quality is poor due to contamination which makes it unfit for drinking. Respondents said that many times they have to carry drinking water from far off places. Majority of the household don’t have toilet facilities and they practiced open defecation. Those HHs have toilet facility they did not have the running water connectivity in the toilets. They small dimension of the toilets makes it difficult for regular use. Both slum areas do not have drainage facility hence majority of households are forced to drain the waste water on the streets which leads to breeding of mosquito and contamination of water and generate foul smell. People are experiencing various issues due to poor drainage facility. Most of the HHs were not using garbage bin and they throw HHs garbage in open space. Some of the places the garbage bin is damaged. Majority of the people are not using any type soap for handwashing and less awareness about benefits of handwashing practice in preventing certain diseases. Another reason for not washing hands is lack of access to sufficient water for household use. Thus, there is need to provide basic safe drinking and sanitation facilities to all slum dwellers. Spread awareness about benefits of hygienic practices and garbage management at community level.