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To Go ODF, Residents Of Bihar’s Sitamarhi District Dug Over 56,000 Toilet Pits In A Single Day

Written By: Karanvir Singh | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

June 14, 2018

Only 21% Sitamarhi residents had access to a toilet before the inception of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014, now the sanitation coverage is almost 80%. Here’s what they are doing to end open defecation ...

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Swachh Shaadi For A Swachh Bharat: Bihar Couple Takes Lifelong Vows Of Cleanliness As They Enter A New Phase In Their Lives

Written By: Anisha Bhatia

May 25, 2018

This Bihar couple is spreading the message of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in their own unique way ...

Women And Children Lead Sanitation Movement In Piprasi In Champaran To Make It Bihar’s Only ODF Block

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Women And Children Lead Sanitation Movement In Piprasi In Champaran To Make It Bihar’s First ODF Block

Written By: Anisha Bhatia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

May 11, 2018

Piprasi in Bihar, the first open defecation free block in the state, achieved the mammoth task of eradicating open defecation in mere 56 days, in 2016 ...

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Back To An Uncertain Future: In Bihar’s Gaya, A Water Crisis Has Led People To Go Back To Open Defecation

Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

April 30, 2018

The sudden water crisis in the district has halted Gaya’s plans of becoming the first ODF district in Bihar ...

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It Is Never Too Late To Change: Bihar’s Tetri Devi Sells Her Cow To Build A Toilet At Home

Written By: Anisha Bhatia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

April 19, 2018

Meet Tetri Devi from Bihar who after 60 years of living without a toilet fought against all odds to construct a toilet at home ...

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Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Madhuri Dixit And Anushka Sharma Lend Support To #ChaloChamparan Campaign To Improve Bihar’s Swachh Performance

Written By: Anisha Bhatia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

April 5, 2018

The aim of the Champaran Satyagraha is to urge more and more people to join the swachh cause across 38 districts of Bihar, which has so far done poorly in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan with just 45% of its people having access to toilets after four years of the campaign ...

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Chalo Champaran: 20,000 Swachhagrahis In Bihar Will Educate People To Construct Toilets At Home

Written By: Anisha Bhatia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

March 30, 2018

April 10 will mark the end of the centenary year celebrations of the Champaran Satyagraha with a grand event that will see PM Modi addressing 20,000 swachhagrahis who will be joining people of Bihar for a week to motivate them to construct toilets ...

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Bihar To Turn Open Defecation Free State By 2019: Minister

PTI

March 16, 2018

Under Lohia Swachhta scheme, the state government provides Rs 12,000 as an incentive directly to beneficiaries for construction individual toilets ...

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‘Swachh Betiyan, Swachh Samaj’: Three Friends From Bihar Are On A Mission To Improve State’s Menstrual Hygiene

Written By: Aastha Ahuja | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

February 27, 2018

From setting up first PadBank in Bihar to installing first sanitary napkin vending with incinerator, three friends aim to busts all the myths and taboos associated with menstruation and raise the level of menstrual hygiene in the state ...

This Is The First Open Defecation Free Block In Bihar

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Woman In Bihar Collects Money Through Begging To Construct A Toilet

IANS

February 12, 2018

Amina Khatoon’s efforts to build a toilet earned her a felicitation from the Supaul district administration ...

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Dream Of Open Defecation Free And A Zero Waste Society Go Hand In Hand In Bihar’s Nalanda District

Written By: Gopi Karelia

December 27, 2017

Nalanda district of Bihar has adopted a unique approach of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan under which it ends open defecation in a village and simultaneously makes it waste free ...