Until a few months back, houses in Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand had no toilets. Men and women had to travel miles outside their homes to...
Over the past year, the Municipal Corporation in the city of Hyderabad has spent over Rs. 5 crores to build around 100 prefabricated public toilets under...
To meet the target of 100 % sanitation by 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is coming up with new ways to boost ‘Swachhta’ or cleanliness....
14-year-old Agathian would often fall sick and not show up at the school for several weeks. When his friends checked on him at his home in...
When Amitabh Bachchan decided to re-connect with his alma mater, the Sherwood College in Nainital, as part of the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India 12-hour Cleanathon, he...
From celebrities to politicians picking up the broom, even if for a photo-op, to various initiatives that aimed to provide basic amenities like toilets to millions...
The magic of the monsoon is in its full glory at Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park where the 12 km long Dahisar river originates. As the...
Lack of information, compounded by the lack of infrastructure, leads to major hygiene-related issues. India accounts for 27% of the world’s cervical cancer deaths, which is...
Sangam Vihar is one of India’s largest unauthorized colonies, with a population of nearly two million, and has existed for more than four decades now. It...
Reports suggest the town produces some 6 tons of waste every day, however still it’s in news for all the right reasons. Well that’s because of...
Meet T Venkataiah, for 16 years he has worked virtually every single day to keep the streets of Hyderabad clean. The 49-year-old sanitary worker will come...
These ‘Swachh Warriors’ are the students and the management of ‘Paathshala,’ a school just outside the city of Chennai.
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...
