Open defecation is one of the concerns flagged by officials in West Midnapore district, where accidental deaths do occur when villagers, who come to relieve themselves...
In a first of its kind action in Rajasthan, a government teacher and an officiating Gram Sevak of a panchayat have been suspended for not having...
It's been two years since the Government launched the campaign to clean up India, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. After all India is home to 450 million...
The government on Thursday launched the 'Swachh Swasth Sarvatra’, an initiative to achieve better health outcomes through improved sanitation, increased awareness and healthy lifestyles.
For a country that is home to half of the world's population that has no access to toilets and defecates in the open, a staggering figure...
In its efforts to rid the Lutyen's Zone in the national capital of open urination, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has set up public conveniences...
A 36-year-old, a passout of IIT Delhi, a food entrepreneur, these were generally what went up on Pankaj Mall's profile. Not anymore. Today there is a...
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu today assured the Kerala government that efforts would be made to install bio-toilets in trains running in the state as it has...
Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who had agreed to become a brand ambassador for the civic body's drive against open defecation, today visited a slum in Mumbai's...
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today claimed the number of major open defecation spots across the city have been reduced significantly in last two years due to...
Superstar Salman Khan who was roped in by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in its drive against Open Defecation and litter in Mumbai has now officially accepted...
Around 450 million people, which is half the world's population defecating in the open are in India, a top government official said today, but exuded confidence...
As many as 8,582 villages have so far been declared 'open defecation free' in Chhattisgarh, which is targeting to becoming an ODF state by October 2018....
Women in India who use open defecation are prone to sexual violence and infrastructure improvements can provide them with some level of protection, a US university...
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan informed the state Assembly that he would embark on a five-month long awareness campaign for ensuring a pollution-free Narmada.
