While referring to the UN sustainable development goals to be achieved by 2030, the President Ram Nath Kovind said that India was set to achieve the cleanliness target in 2019 itself, 11 years ahead of schedule ...
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In October 2014, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was instituted to achieve the vision of ‘clean India’ and eliminate the practice of open defecation by October 2, 2019 ...
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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 ...
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Highlighting that Urban India will be able to become open defecation free by October 2, 2019, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Durga Shanker Mishra shared a status update on progress made so far by the Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban
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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 ensure an open defecation free (ODF) Kumbh Mela ...
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After a RICE study suggested the SBM data to be inaccurate at ground level, SBM issued a statement highlighting the gaps in the survey ...
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With 75 per cent of sanitation coverage in Urban India, the government inches towards becoming 100 per cent ODF but experts feel that the target can only be met if the problem of faecal sludge management is solved ...
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New Delhi: 2018, the year that was – From seeing the least progressive state under Swachh Bharat Mission, Bihar making its, not one, two but three districts open ...
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PM Modi’s statement comes after a Twitter user shared a video of his speech where he can be heard elaborating on the country’s leap towards clean energy ...
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On World Toilet Day, India has constructed nearly 9 crore toilets and more than 5 lakh villages, 530 districts, 25 states and Union Territories have been declared open defecation free (ODF) ...
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The rural areas of Assam will become open defecation free (ODF) by December 31 this year as 98 per cent of the target have already been achieved, said the secretary to the union ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation ...
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Here’s how India participated in the Swachhata Hi Seva initiative leading up to Gandhi Jayanti this October 2 ...
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