Half of Delhi’s daily wastewater produce of 3,800 million litres goes into the Yamuna, resulting in the current polluted state of the river
Uttar Pradesh, which plans to become open defecation free by October 2018 has a worrisome sanitation scenario in both its rural and urban areas. But the...
Bengaluru has 8 landfills and 10 composting plants which are proving to be inadequate to handle its daily generate of more than 3,500 tonnes of waste
Five young students take up the challenge of spreading awareness about building toilets. Fighting the age old notions of open defecation and lack of awareness was...
Andhra Pradesh, which has sanitation coverage of 53.96 per cent, can learn from Vizianagaram on how to fast track construction of toilets and simultaneously work towards...
Just 1,000 villages along the banks of the river Ganga remain to be declared open defecation free by the scheduled deadline of December 2017
Nearly 4 crore household toilets have been built under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but it remains to be seen how the rest of the campaign handles...
From banning plastic containers to setting up composting plants, this Bengaluru temple is a leading example of devotion in cleanliness
With nearly 80 per cent sanitation coverage across the state, Maharashtra plans to declare all its urban areas as ODF by October 2017
With a planned budget of Rs. 62,000 crores, the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) plans to construct 1.2 crore household toilets and 2,50,000 public toilets by 2019
India generates an estimated 61,754 million litres of liquid waste per year, against a developed treatment capacity of 22,963 million litres, causing most on India’s untreated...
Kanyakumari aims for total sanitation, not just in terms of toilets built but also in terms of solid and liquid waste management, improvement of sewage systems...
Despite three years of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, both rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh have continued to perform poorly in the aspects of sanitation...
Wastewater recycling in India could become an industry worth billions, with proper participation of governments, urban and local bodies and small industries
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
