Jharkhand’s improvement in rural sanitation deserves praise, but the state still has to build over 15 lakh toilets out of its target of 30 lakh, for...
As the urban area of Madhya Pradesh is all set to go Open Defecation Free (ODF) on October 2, the rural area is struggling to convince...
The government launched a nation-wide, fortnight-long sanitation campaign on September 25 to mark the three years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's flagship cleanliness initiative Swachh...
Launched on October 2, 2014 the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has seen sanitation coverage increase from 37% to 65.7%
In a meeting on ‘Swachhta hi Sewa’, the Secretary of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Parameswaran Iyer said that in the fortnightly cleanliness drive leading...
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar during the Swachh initiative launch said that the onus of keeping Mumbai clean lies with everyone and not only the Brihanmumbai Municipal...
‘Swachhata Hi Seva’, a fortnightly cleanup drive, will be carried out across the nation starting from September 15 to mark the third anniversary of Swachh Bharat...
Bamboo toilets are affordable and durable options for areas with uneven and difficult terrain and can play a significant role towards eradicating open defecation in the...
To increase sanitation quotient in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, the government will run a cleanliness campaign from September 15 to October 2
From the need to end open defecation to why sanitation workers are more important than doctors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched wide range of issues pertaining...
Many villages in Rajasthan are allegedly seeing restrictions being imposed by local administrations on supply of rations, if villagers do not build toilets in their homes
76 of West Bengal’s towns and cities have been declared open defecation free, as West Bengal gears up to meet its ODF target by August 2018
The Delhi government and MCDs have together built over 11,000 public and community toilets since the inception of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but open defecation in...
In the recent cabinet shuffle that took place on September 3, former minister for Ganga Rejuvenation and Water Resources, Uma Bharti was given the Ministry Of...
The Delhi High Court termed the sanitation conditions of municipal schools ‘really unfortunate’ and slammed the civic bodies after it procured pictures of children sweeping the...