Arunachal Pradesh Governor PB Acharya Credits Citizens For Scaling Itanagar’s Position In Swachh Survekshan

In last year’s Swachh Survekshan, Itanagar was termed the third dirtiest city in the country. This year the city has occupied 216th position Swachh Survekshan

41...Err 5 Villages: Bareilly Puts Out Wrong Numbers In Race To Be Open Defecation Free

Despite three years of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, both rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh have continued to perform poorly in the aspects of sanitation...

Build Toilets Or Get Sacked, Zilla Panchayat Chief Tells Officials In Madhya Pradesh

To make Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh open defecation free, the Zilla Panchayat Head has set government officials a deadline to construct toilets post which officials...

Chikkamagaluru Marches On To End Open Defecation

Over 750 people came together in a rally to raise awareness about the importance of sanitation and hygiene

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Sanitation In Rural Madurai Has Jumped From 30% To 100%

Since the inception of Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014 more than 1,80,000 villages, 130 districts and three states – Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala have been...

Interest Free Loans Make This Maharashtra’s Village Open Defecation Free

Around 293 villages of Kundewadi, a small village in Nashik district, were declared free from open defecation today

Swachh Survekshan 2017: Coimbatore Emerges As The 16th Cleanest City

Striding two places ahead, Coimbatore was ranked 16th in the Swachh Survekshan 2017. The city was declared open defecation free (ODF) in January this year

Swachh Survekshan Survey 2017: West Bengal Is The Only State That Did Not Take Part In Cleanliness Survey

According to officials, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been working towards cleanliness of West Bengal through the 'Mission Nirmal Bangla' and aims to achieve the open...

From Open Defecation To Indiscriminate Waste Disposal, Why Cleaning-up Ganga Is An Arduous Task

Though 80 percent villages along the banks of Ganga have become open defecation free (ODF), a lot remains to be done on the untreated sewerage and...

Sustaining Rural Sanitation: 5 Ways To Keep The Sanitation Clock Ticking In Rural India

From participation of other ministries to utilising sanitation as a profitable business model, several steps can be taken to ensure that sanitation practices remain sustained in...

Looking For Profit: Can Sanitation And Waste Management Become Sustainable Business Models?

Treatment of faecal sewage, waste water and garbage and their commercial sale could turn sanitation and waste management into profitable business models

Sign Language And Whistle As His Weapon, This 8-year-old Swachh Crusader Eradicates Open Defecation In His Village

Kumhari village in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district attained the open defecation free status in January 2017, thanks to the efforts of an 8 year old boy...

Urban Maharashtra All Set To Become Open Defecation Free By October This Year: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Since the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014, the Maharashtra government has been successful in making 225 cities and towns of the state open defecation...

Building Toilets Is Not Enough. Why India Needs Them To Be Waterless And Zero-Waste

What we need is well-designed toilets that cater the need and issues which India is currently grappling with – Waste Management and Water Scarcity

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: 11 Haryana Towns Declared Open Defecation Free

In the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan review meeting Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar presented certificates to ODF towns - Thanesar,...