The number of people defecating in the open has reduced from 55 crores in May 2014 to 35 crores in May 2017. Still concerns persist that...
The Chief Minister asked the officers work towards making the remaining over 4900 gram panchayats free from open defecation. Out of 9,891 gram panchayats in Rajasthan,...
Reasi comprising 13 panchayats is the first block in Jammu and Kashmir to achieve the open defecation free mark under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation will be launching a nation-wide campaign to promote the use of toilets in villages with Amitabh Bachchan as the...
After Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala, Uttarakhand will be the fourth state to achieve the open defecation free status
So far 3 states – Kerala, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh, 139 districts and 2 lakh villages have been declared free from open defecation under the Swachh...
Last week, the National Green Tribunal banned open defecation and waste disposal on the floodplains of Yamuna and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 incase of...
Tragedies often strike when they are least expected but more often tragedies steel our resolves to take the right step. For Kalpana Singh of Etah, Uttar...
Meet 12-year-old, Monidrita Chatterjee from Jamshedpur who dreams of fighting two ongoing problems in India - open defecation and plastic waste management
South Delhi Municipal Corporation has claimed that out of 104 wards 92 have already become open defecation free
As per the National Family Health Survey Report conducted between 2015 and 2016, more than half of country’s population lacked improved sanitation facilities- a system that...
Out of 273 gram panchayats in Sitamarhi district of Bihar, 160 were declared open defecation free on May 23
