Here’s What North Delhi Corporation Is Doing To Achieve Its Much Awaited Open Defecation Free Status

North Delhi corporation in the national capital region is the only civic body which is yet to be declared open defecation free, officially

East Delhi Achieves Major Cleanliness Milestone By Finally Securing Open Defecation Free Status

After receiving the Open Defecation Free tag, the East Delhi commissioner Dilraj Kaur urged the residents to adopt cleanliness and hygiene as part of their habits

Fighting India’s Garbage Crisis: After Going Open Defecation Free Rural Haryana Now Aims To Improve Its Waste Management

After achieving the Open Defecation Free tag, Haryana is gearing up for the battle of waste management. Though the authorities have started making plan such as...

Countdown To Swachh Bharat: Access To Toilets And Role Of Women, A Case Study Of Chakkarpur Slum In Open Defecation Free Haryana

A look at how the urban slum of Chakkarpur dealt with the lack of access to toilets and washrooms with women taking the lead to give...

93 Per Cent Households In Rural India Have Access To Toilets, Says Government Survey

The government survey says since its launch in October 2014, the Swachh Bharat Mission has changed the behaviour of hundreds of millions of people with respect...

ODF Mumbai, A Reality Check: Overused, Unclean And Lesser Number Of Toilets For Women Are Just Some Of Mumbai’s Sanitation Woes

Though Mumbai have met all the parameters to be called an open defecation free city, it needs to solve problems like lack of water connection, overuse...

ODF Mumbai, A Reality Check: Five Public Toilets In Mumbai’s Crowded Places That Set A Swachh Example

From having disable-friendly toilet seats, installing sanitary napkin vending machines to providing international hygiene standards for free, here’s how public toilets in crowded Mumbai are faring

ODF Mumbai, A Reality Check: Understanding The Issue Of Open Defecation And Garbage On Mumbai’s Railway Tracks

With commuters littering railway tracks and platforms, defecation on railway tracks and poorly maintained toilets on platforms, can Mumbai have a Swachh rail experience in future?

ODF Mumbai, A Reality Check: Tackling Problems Of Space, Population And Behavior Change, Here’s How The City Is Ensuring Toilet For All

18 months after achieving the Open Defecation Free status, here’s how Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is encouraging people to use public toilets

9.16 Crore Toilets Built, 5.5 Lakh Villages Declared Open Defecation Free Since 2014: Government

The government had launched the SBM-G from October 2, 2014 with an aim to attain open defecation free India by October 2, 2019

Hyderabad Goes Beyond ODF To Achieve ODF Plus Plus Status

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation gets certified with open defecation free plus plus status by the centre before the Swachh Survekshan 2019 comes to an end

Four State-Run Companies To Help Make Tripura Open Defecation Free State

To support Tripura Government’s efforts to make the state open defecation free (ODF) soon, four companies under Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry will give Rs. 80...

Sanitation Gets Top Priority In Kumbh 2019, Authorities Install A Record-Breaking Number Of 1.22 Lakh Toilets

Authorities of Kumbh Mela 2019 are confident that this time the festival will be the cleanest in the country’s history, with 1.22 lakh toilets installed to...

Swachh Bharat Mission Well On Track To Achieve ODF India, Says Ministry After A Survey Suggests Data Gap

After a RICE study suggested the SBM data to be inaccurate at ground level, SBM issued a statement highlighting the gaps in the survey

All 97 Ganga Towns Will Achieve ODF Status By March 2019: Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

83 out of the 97 Ganga towns have already achieved ODF (open defecation free) status, of which 44 have been certified ODF by third-party verification