The Union Minister for Urban Development said unless there was cleanliness, a city cannot become a smart city
Only 21% Sitamarhi residents had access to a toilet before the inception of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014, now the sanitation coverage is almost 80%. Here’s...
The Ludhiana civic body has identified 29 open defecation spots across the city where the mobile toilets will be stationed by end of this month to...
Slum dwellers in Delhi’s Jangpura area defecate on railway tracks as the community toilet stinks nauseatingly and does not have a water connection
From having sanitation coverage of just 35.84 per cent in 2014, to declaring the state as open defecation free, here is how Andhra Pradesh became swachh
The gram panchayat, which hosts more than 400 families, also boasts a plastic free environment and household level composting
The non-availability of electricity in remote areas, resulting in no light to use toilets at night or early in the morning, led to decline in the...
In four years since the launch of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Odisha’s sanitation coverage has risen from 11.75 per cent in 2014 to 55.06 per cent...
The administration is hopeful that Swachhagrahis will motivate the marginalised communities to end the age-old practice of open defecation
In Maharashtra’s Latur district, the Sagare family from Halgara gram panchayat decorated their toilet to celebrate their son’s fourth birthday
The Kanchipuram district administration introduced sanitation cards to monitor if the beneficiaries are using the toilets regularly or not
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urges people to take oath of making the state free from open defecation by this year