As Swachh Bharat Abhiyan completes four years on October 2, many events and clean up drives are on the anvil, including results of the Swachh Survekshan...
As nearly 90 per cent of its population resides in rural areas, when these areas became open defecation free (ODF), Himachal Pradesh became the second state...
Improvement of sanitation facilities in rural areas has made Northeast India one of the best performing regions in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, though the urban performance...
Madhya Pradesh, where 72 per cent of the population resides in rural areas plans to go open defecation free by October 2, 2018. The urban areas...
Districts of Dhanbad, Khunti, Bokaro, Sahibganj and Purbi Singhbhum in Jharkhand were declared open defecation free by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on September 27. The state...
With all the urban and rural areas in Uttarakhand Open Defecation Free (ODF), the state is now moving towards its next swachhta goal of ODF Plus...
After construction of over 2 lakh toilets in urban areas and 37.76 toilets in rural areas, the Swachh Andhra Corporation races to become India’s first ODF...
Health and Sanitation Department of Surat Municipal Corporation is planning a cleanliness based programme packed social activities for sensitizing people and spreading the message of ‘swachhta’...
Lack of access to sewer lines, space constraints and tenancy laws that demand a ‘No Objection Certificate’ to construct toilets are some of the issues that...
Speaking at the public awareness program under the 'Cleanliness Service-2018' at Jharkhand, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu shared achievements of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and sectors that...
Long before the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched, Dr Suhas Vithal Mapuskar launched a safe sanitation awareness campaign in Maharashtra’s Dehu, and worked extensively on community-based...
Despite slight improvement in treating malnutrition in Amravat's Melghat, over 400 children continue to die every year
With only a year left for India to become 100 per cent Open Defecation Free (ODF), only 2 out of 30 districts and four out of...
Relatives of thousands of Indians who died cleaning sewers protested in the capital aiming to stop the practice of manual scavenging and demanded compensation of sewer...