Urban Sanitation Journey Though Well Begun, Is Far From Over: Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

The Union Minister for Urban Development talks about urban India’s open defecation free journey and says that each one of us should contribute towards making India...

Cabinet Approves Swachh Bharat Phase-II

Swachh Bharat Mission - Grameen Phase-II will be implemented in a mission mode with a total estimated budgeted financial implication of Rs 52,497 crore for the...

Swachh Bharat For All? Despite Community Toilets Built, Access Remains An Issue For Slum Dwellers In Delhi

Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) built approximately 19,000 community toilets throughout Delhi in the past four years, and yet most of the people living in...

On Ground Reports: Thousands Of Toilets Built Since 2014 Yet Access To Toilets Remains An Issue In The National Capital

How is Delhi faring on the sanitation front now that the open defecation free (ODF) deadline set under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is done and dusted?

Before And After Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Has India Finally Managed To Provide Sanitation For All In This Decade

2019 was the big deadline India set itself for going 100 per cent open defecation free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, with over 10 crore...

Where There Is Administrative Will There Is A Way: A Silent Cleanliness Revolution In A Telangana District

Peddapalli district in Telangana was declared open defecation free (ODF) in 2017 and all 263 villages of the district have undergone a total makeover helping it...

Deprived Of Toilets For The Longest Time, Residents Of Ludhiana In Punjab Witness A Sanitation Revolution

In 2014, the same year Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Bharti Foundation started an initiative – ‘Satya Bharti Abhiyan’ to build toilets...

Western Railway Forms Team Of Ticket Collectors To Crack Down On Open Defecation At Mahim Station In Mumbai

According to railway officials, railway tracks near a number of suburban stations in Mumbai, including Mahim, are plagued by open defecation

It’s Because Of Our Women That We Could Achieve Open Defecation Free Status, Says Raghubar Das At 'Swasthagraha'

While talking at the 12-hour ‘Swasthagraha’ initiated as part of NDTV and Dettol’s Banega Swasth India campaign, Jhankhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das spoke about what the...

Centre For Science And Environment Questions Sustainability Of Open Defecation Free Success

According to Sunita Narain, director general of Centre for Science and Environment, expressed concerns over the functioning and maintenance of over 100 million toilets built under...

Shocking Dispute Over Public Urination Madhya Pradesh Results In Death Of An Infant

Madhya Pradesh sees two violent disputes over public urination, pme pf them resulting in the death of an infant

PM Modi Declares India Open Defecation Free, Says More Than 11 Crore Toilets Built

On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday declared India to be an 'open defecation free' (ODF)...

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Explains Links Between Swachh And Swasth At The Swasthagraha

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, while speaking at NDTV and Dettol’s 12-hour Swasthagraha today, explained how swachhta (cleanliness) and swastha (health) go hand in hand

Uttar Pradesh Is Open Defecation Free But People Still Prefer ''Fresh Air''

Uttar Pradesh was declared 100 per cent open defecation free (ODF) in January this year - open defecation continues to remain a sordid reality in most...

Open Defecation Free India Is A Big Achievement: Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman