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National Green Tribunal Seeks Information From Bihar Government On Dealing With Bio-Waste At 23,684 Hospitals
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‘How Do You Propose To Deal With Bio-Waste In 23,684 Hospitals’: NGT To Bihar’s Department Of Health

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PTI
October 3, 2018
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Bihar government to submit complete details about the units generating bio-medical waste and share its plan to deal with the trash generated by 23,684 hospitals and nursing homes in the state ...
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Bihar Gets Its First Solid Waste Processing Site

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PTI
October 3, 2018
Inaugurated in Muzaffarpur district, it is the first city in Bihar to set-up a fully functional waste processing site and the only city in the whole of north India to have above 70 per cent waste segregation at source. ...
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Let's Make Bihar Open Defecation Free Before October 2, 2019: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
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Let’s Make Bihar Open Defecation Free Before October 2, 2019: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

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October 2, 2018
In a bid to make Bihar open defecation free by October 2, 2019, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar urged citizens to contribute in the cleanliness campaign ...
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Bihar Swachh Report Card

Bihar Doubles Rural Sanitation Coverage Within A Year; Needs 34 Lakh Toilets More To Go ODF

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September 29, 2018
From languishing among the worst performing state for the first three years to doubling its sanitation coverage within a year, Bihar’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan progress is a classic turnaround story that gives hope to other states grappling with similar issues ...
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Bihar Swachh Warriors

How A 45-Year-Old Visually Challenged Man In Bihar Mobilised People To Construct Toilets And Made His Village ODF

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Written by Ishita Rampal
September 28, 2018
From composing songs on benefits of toilets in his native language to helping his fellow villagers build toilets at home, here’s how Sadhu Manjhi from Fatehpur village in Gaya district of Bihar led the open defecation free movement ...
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Bihar Seeks Help From Mumbai To Implement A State-Wide Plastic Ban Effectively
Bihar Plastic Ban

Bihar Seeks Help From Mumbai To Implement A State-Wide Plastic Ban Effectively

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August 31, 2018
To learn from Mumbai’s plastic experience, officials from Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) visited the city last week and interacted with senior officials from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ...
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Three districts in Bihar have become ODF within a span of three months
Bihar Open Defecation Free

After A Slow Start, Not One, Two But Three Districts In Bihar Are Now Open Defecation Free

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August 22, 2018
Two more districts in Bihar have become open defecation free, taking the total number of ODF districts in the state to three ...
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Bihar News WASH Programme

In Bihar’s First ODF District Sitamarhi, 22 Lakh People Participate In A Hand Washing Campaign

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August 1, 2018
New Delhi: From being one of the poor performing districts in terms of sanitation coverage (21.3 percent in 2014 when Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched) to becoming Bihar’s ...
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Sitamarhi becomes Bihar's first open defecation free
Bihar Open Defecation Free

Bihar’s Sitamarhi Becomes The First ODF District In The State

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July 24, 2018
Construction of over two lakh toilets in the last two months ensured that Sitamarhi became the first ODF district in Bihar ...
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The Swachh Jeevika - Swachh Bihar campaign will look to increase toilet construction in rural Bihar
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Climbing Up The Swachh Ladder: Bihar’s Latest 45-Day Campaign Aims To Improve Sanitation In Its Rural Areas

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July 10, 2018
Despite nearly four years of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, rural Bihar’s sanitation coverage is less than 60 per cent ...
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Patna Takes Up Vertical Gardening To Combat Air Pollution In The City
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Patna Takes Up Vertical Gardening To Combat Air Pollution In The City

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June 20, 2018
World Health Organisation’s 2018 report on global air pollution found Patna to be the fifth most polluted city in the world in terms of PM2.5 levels of air pollution ...
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Bihar Features

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

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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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