Over 3 Lakh People Set A New Record, Form A 140-Km Long Human Chain To Fight Open Defecation In Uttar Pradesh

The officials originally planned for a 130-km long human chain, but the huge participation of people made it about 140 km

Maharashtra Inches Towards 100% Sanitation Coverage, Nanded Becomes The Latest District To Become Open Defecation Free

Since the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiya, Nanded constructed over four lakh toilets in 1,304 Gram Panchayats (1536 villages) to end the menace of open defecation

Punjab Goes Big On Swachhta, Declares Four Of Its District - Amritsar, Bhatinda, Ferozepur, Pathankot Open Defecation Free

Rural Punjab achieves a milestone, declares four of its district open defecation free. The sanitation coverage in rural Punjab has moved up from 75% in 2014...

Senapati Is Manipur's First ODF District With 100% Toilet Coverage

A total of 31,461 toilets have been constructed since 2014, to provide toilet access to all the households in Senapati district

Assam Chief Minister Launches A Swachh Movement, To Construct 1 Lakh Toilets To Become Open Defecation Free

‘Mission Sambhab’ launched in Assam in a bid to give every individual their basic right – a toilet. The motto of the initiative is to make...

Open Defecation Free Status Claims Of Delhi Civic Bodies Sent To Urban Affairs Ministry For Verification

The Economic Survey of Delhi 2017-18 said the matter has been referred to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) for third party verification...

Bihar To Turn Open Defecation Free State By 2019: Minister

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

PM Modi Asks Jammu & Kashmir Government To Make Sanitation Top Priority As Only 3 Districts In The State Are Open Defecation Free

The Prime Minister, reviewed the progress of his flagship Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in J&K, and asked the state government to make sanitation a top priority

Madhya Pradesh Prepones Its Open Defecation Free Deadline, Plans To End The Age Old Practice This Year Only

Madhya Pradesh whose 72 per cent of the population resides in rural areas plans to go open defecation free by October 2, 2018 instead of its...

Mysuru’s Panchayat Development Officer Cleaned An Open Defecation Spot Himself To Instill A Sense Of Swachhta Among Villagers

Mahadevaswamy, the Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) of Haradanahalli gram panchayat in Mysuru, has single-handedly made a village open-defecation free

Shortcomings In Implementation Of Swachh Bharat Mission In Some Haryana Municipalities: Report

As per a recent CAG report, households in open defecation free Haryana having insanitary toilets weren’t listed in the toilet provision list

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Reviews Progress Of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan In Four States, Asks To Make It A Mass Movement

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with collectors of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, and Jammu and Kashmir and asked them to adopt good practices to attain...

Women’s Collective Provides Izzat Ghar ‘Toilets’ To All In Jharkhand’s Barkadih Gram Panchayat

Under the leadership of Lailavati Devi, the women of Barkadih gram panchayat brought the necessary behavioral change in their families to construct toilets at home

On International Women’s Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Pays Homage To Late Kunwar Bai, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’s Mascot

PM Modi said that Kunwar Bai lives on in the hearts and minds of all those who are passionate towards fulfilling Bapu's dream of a clean...

How Villagers Of Bihar’s Sirsia Hanumanganj Transformed Its Prime Open Defecation Site Into A Swachhta Park

Sirsia Hanumanganj gram panchayat in Bihar’s Araria district is one of the first open defecation free (ODF) gram panchayats in the district