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8 years agoFour Years Of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: With Over 9 Crore Toilets, India Inches Towards Becoming ODF
Stepping into its fourth year, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has achieved significant milestones in both the rural and urban front, though it will take more than...
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8 years ago
Northeast India’s Success In Improving Rural Sanitation Yet To Be Replicated In Its Urban Areas
Improvement of sanitation facilities in rural areas has made Northeast India one of the best performing regions in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, though the urban performance...
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8 years ago
A Swachhata Pioneer, Dr Mapuskar’s Legacy Lies In Bringing Sustainable Sanitation In Maharashtra’s Dehu
Long before the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched, Dr Suhas Vithal Mapuskar launched a safe sanitation awareness campaign in Maharashtra’s Dehu, and worked extensively on community-based...
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8 years ago
In Maharashtra’s Melghat, Malnutrition Continues To Pose A Mortal Threat To Children
Despite slight improvement in treating malnutrition in Amravat's Melghat, over 400 children continue to die every year
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8 years ago
With More Than 95 Per Cent Sanitation Coverage, West Bengal Set To Go Open Defecation Free By March 2019
West Bengal’s sanitation drive pre-dates Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and its rural sanitation coverage is one of the highest among eastern zone states in India
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8 years ago
Swachh Report Card: Can Punjab Become ODF By October?
With rural Punjab’s open defecation free status complete, urban parts of the state to join the ODF list by October
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8 years ago
Swachh Report Card: Open Defecation Free Rajasthan Faces Challenge Of Ensuring Hundred Per Cent Toilet Usage
Rural and urban areas in Rajasthan were declared ODF in 2018, but the state will need to ensure all toilets built are actually used by people...
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8 years ago
Amitabh Bachchan Lauds 12-Hour 'Swachh' Cleanathon On NDTV At PM Modi's #SwachhataHiSeva Launch
At the launch of Swachhata Hi Seva by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, actor Amitabh Bachchan praised the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign for spreading the message...
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8 years ago
5 Lakh Community Toilets, 67 Lakh Household Toilets By 2019; Hardeep Singh Puri Promises Big To Improve Delhi’s Sanitation Scenario
Union Minister of Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said that 5 lakh community toilets and 67 lakh individual household toilets will be constructed in Delhi by...
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8 years ago
Jaipur Celebrates As City’s Open Defecation Free Status Gets Official Stamp Of Approval
Over 18,000 individual household toilets and 200 public and community toilets have been built in Jaipur in four years, resulting in the city attaining open defecation...
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8 years ago
Patiala’s Swachh Challenge: City To Construct Community Toilets In 20 Areas, To Go ODF This Month
Patiala will build 20 community toilets this month in three areas of the city and declare itself open defecation free
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8 years ago
Kolkata’s Dhapa Landfill To Get A Relief As Civic Body Clears Construction Of CNG Plant
To unburden Kolkata’s already exhausted Dhapa landfill, the city’s civic body has begun work on manufacturing CNG and bio-fertilisers from wet waste
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8 years ago
In Aurangabad, A Barber Is Sensitising People On Sanitation, Rewarding Them With Free Haircuts For Building Toilets
23-year-old Sumit Pandit’s unique gift for those who construct toilets in their households include free haircuts and beard trimmings
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8 years ago
From Swachh Bharat To Swasth Bharat: How Malegaon Is Moving Towards Becoming Diarrhoea Free
In Maharashtra’s Malegaon, improved sanitation status has ensured that the city is comfortably moving towards becoming diarrhoea free
Birds and Bees Talk Programme Launches Its First Return on Investment Report: Highlights
Meet The Gulabi Didis, 10,000 Plus Community Changemakers Fighting Against Maternal And Infant Mortality
National Transgender Awards 2023: Here Are The Winners
A Pathway From Hygiene To Wellness: Reckitt Launches A Coffee Table Book Focusing On India’s Journey Towards Universal Hygiene
Bengaluru’s Meghana Narayanan Is Helping Daily Wage Workers Avail Medical And Life Insurances
Meghana Narayanan’s project ‘Abhaya’ covers issues related to financial burden, lack of insurance coverage, monetary implications due to unprecedented events,...
Bengaluru’s Aniketh Is On A Mission To Address The Effects Of ‘Perfectionism’ On Youth’s Mental Health
Through his Project Ridere, Aniketh Kalagara works towards raising awareness among young children and their parents about the issue of...
Meet 15-Year-Old Ananya Who Is Raising Menstrual Health Awareness Among Rural Girls
Ananya Malde has formulated a comprehensive curriculum on menstrual health. She conducts awareness sessions among the girls in rural areas...
Meet ‘Appa’ Who Runs A Shelter For HIV Positive Children In Chennai
World AIDS Day 2022: Solomon Raj runs Shelter Trust, a home for the HIV positive people and by the HIV...
Replace Paper-Based Registry, Now Healthcare Is Just A Click Away With ‘Khushi Baby’ App
Khushi Baby works towards providing villages with digital health solutions. Their mission is to monitor and motivate community health, especially...
