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
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...
The Centre for Science and Environment's analysis on the Swachh Survekshan 2017 says that the survey prefers cities with centralised waste management systems. This, however, has...
A look at the metropolitan cities reveals a mixed picture. Pune is the cleanest metro with the 13th rank while Chennai is the dirtiest, coming in...
The total amount sanctioned to Delhi under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is Rs. 360 crores, of which Rs. 139 crores have already been received by the...
In two months, Indore in Madhya Pradesh has produced 200 kilos of compost by installing nine composting pits in three vegetable mandis
Though 80 percent villages along the banks of Ganga have become open defecation free (ODF), a lot remains to be done on the untreated sewerage and...
From participation of other ministries to utilising sanitation as a profitable business model, several steps can be taken to ensure that sanitation practices remain sustained in...
To check the sanitation levels of pay-and-use toilets, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) installed polling machines in these 54 public toilets across Mumbai and the results...
Treatment of faecal sewage, waste water and garbage and their commercial sale could turn sanitation and waste management into profitable business models
A massive 1.96 lakh crores is required to eradicate open defecation from India. Involvement of the corporates can turn the sanitation sector into a profitable business
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...
