The government today said the target on construction of toilets in urban areas in the country under Swachh Bharat Mission has been "broadly on course" after...
India remains the biggest open defecation country in the world but at the same time, is the second fastest growing economy. The sanitation and hygiene situation...
To meet the target of 100 % sanitation by 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is coming up with new ways to boost ‘Swachhta’ or cleanliness....
Common people's mindset towards swachhta (cleanliness) is changing ever since the Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in the country, Union Minister of State for Drinking Water...
The Centre on Saturday launched a campaign to promote waste management in rural areas in a bid to promote sanitation and break caste nexus attached with...
The USD 1 billion ambitious Swachh Bharat Rural Sanitation Project in India is an adaptation of a similar successful programme of Egypt, World Bank President Jim...
To celebrate the birth anniversary of the father of the nation – Mahatma Gandhi, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) launched a sanitation app ‘Swachh Map’...
Class 10 students of a school in Bihar have give up gold jewellery until their parents build toilets in their homes to save them the shame...
As India celebrates the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and also of the country's ambitious cleanliness drive, actor Amitabh Bachchan said the key to solving the...
The Madurai Corporation has an elaborate to-do list to improve the standards of the 2,500-year-old Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai city.
An important pilgrimage destination for Hindus and part of the Char Dham pilgrimage, the Jagannath Temple is famous for its annual Rath Yatra. The temple attracts...
On October 2, while celebrating the birthday of the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi, NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign will observe Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas. The...
Reiterating the importance of recycling and reusing waste to create wealth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for "Swachhagraha" or insistence on cleanliness, like Mahatma...
The government is far from meeting its sanitation target of building a toilet for every household by 2019, a green body today said and claimed its...
