Over 3 lakh children, under the age of five, die due to diarrhoea and water borne diseases. This is not a phenomenon seen only in remote...
As many as 362 urban local bodies across the country have been declared open defecation free (ODF), with Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra being the top...
Domestic sewage containing organic wastes, mainly from toilets and kitchens, may prove to be a source of energy that can be harvested by using hungry bacteria,...
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu Government to ensure that all the government schools in the state have toilet facility...
Nearly 43 per cent of India's rural population defecates in open, according to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. According to a report published in...
An awareness campaign was carried out to make this Silk City in south Odisha polythene and open defecation free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
Leaders at the Global Citizen Festival India, held in Mumbai on Saturday, have made announcements and commitments towards ending extreme poverty in India and helping people...
Sick of smelly toilets, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has funded the development of an odour-blocking perfume that smells like poop as part of an ambitious effort...
A survey conducted revealed that Kolkata has the smelliest toilets, followed by Delhi (32 per cent), Chennai (29 per cent), Mumbai (29 per cent), Hyderabad (20...
The Centre is aiming for 200 Open Defecation Free districts across the country by World Toilet Day next year, as part of its Swachh Bharat mission.
About 13.58 crore children in 11.08 lakh government schools have access to gender segregated toilets, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said in Lok Sabha today.
We can and we will build a Swachh Bharat free of all forms of filth within one generation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the 80,000 young...
On the occasion of World Toilet Day, the residents of Agra demanded free, safe and clean toilet facilities at a meeting Organised by the Braj Mandal...
Till October, Sitwa Devi, Munia Devi and their daughters were defecating in open fields near their villages, like millions in Bihar. Not any more. They were...
U.N. Secretary General said this year's observance of World Toilet Day on Saturday will focus on 'toilets and jobs' — the impact of sanitation on livelihoods...
