Nalanda district of Bihar has adopted a unique approach of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan under which it ends open defecation in a village and simultaneously makes it...
The Bihar capital has not performed too well in the previous Swachh Survekshans, but is confident of marginal improvements this time
Teachers are already used in number of non-teaching works which burden them, and now the task to check open defecation will not only add to their...
Not just Delhi, several other cities are struggling with polluted air as particulate matters reach hazardous levels, posing severe health risks
The festive occasion of Chhath Puja brought smile on the faces of 784 women in Vaishali district of Bihar, who were gifted toilets by their sons...
With Chhath festivities on a high across many parts of the country this week, local administrations and municipal bodies undertake various steps to cope with the...
The Swachhta Adalat in Rohtas has been instrumental in ensuring that the district’s ODF status is achieved in totality, without any loopholes
Lack of sanitation awareness among people is not just the only factor behind Jammu & Kashmir’s poor sanitation scenario. The law and order situation in Kashmir,...
Bihar’s sanitation coverage of 32.35 per cent is the lowest among all Indian states and the state must step quickly if it is to meet the...
The Centre has set a target of 2018 for cleaning the mighty river, which touches lives of millions of Indians in one way or the other
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha together account for a massive 60 per cent of the people in India who still opt to defecate in the...
Underlining grim facts about the sanitation levels in states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, Param Iyer, Secretary in the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation said...
NDTV travelled to Bihar's famous medical hub - Darbhanaga Medical College to assess the impact of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
The villages declared open defecation free (ODF) under 'Namami Gange' initiative by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar cover all five Ganga basin states of Uttarakhand, Uttar...