Out of 33 lakh households in Punjab, over 86 percent has already got toilets, indicating that Punjab is swiftly moving towards achieving the target of open...
Players from hockey and cricket team came forward to participate in government's Swachhata Hi Seva campaign to mark three years of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
In June, the rural areas (70 per cent of the state) were declared open defecation free and now its urban counterpart is striving to attain the...
Progress of Karnataka’s rural areas in becoming open defecation free is commendable but urban Karnataka poses a huge challenge to the state achieving its Swachh Bharta...
Speaking at an event of 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu pointed out that sanitation in the country has improved as the number...
Odisha, considered to be one of the most under-developed states in India, has recorded a swift rise in sanitation especially in rural areas where the sanitation...
The 15-day campaign will focus on spreading awareness on health and hygiene in rural areas through self-help groups, anganwadi centres and schools, and conducting training programmes
West Bengal has made considerable progress to take its rural sanitation coverage to 90.98 per cent and may successfully meet its internal deadline of going completely...
Nearly 1/3rd of Goa’s population require a ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from the landlord to build a toilet. Blame it on the age old practice of...
Northeastern states of India have progressed slowly but steadily in improving rural sanitation coverage in three years since the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan began, but urban sanitation...
Bihar’s sanitation coverage of 32.35 per cent is the lowest among all Indian states and the state must step quickly if it is to meet the...
Constructing toilets to attain the status of open defecation is not the only mantra in Chhattisgarh. It is making sure that people use toilet after construction....
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar felicitated 120 students in Delhi for keeping their school Swachh and during the programme advised students on why they...
Poor sanitation due to open defecation often results in impairing the ability of a child to absorb nutrients, leading to a total of 39% of children...
Rajasthan’s rural sanitation coverage stands at over 85 per cent and 11 out of its 33 cities are open defecation free, but allegations of coercion in...