Hassan in Karnataka was mistakenly declared ODF on October 2, despite few villages yet to cover all households completely with toilets
Sanitation scenario in Belgaum witnessed a turnaround this year, when over 40,000 toilets have been constructed and more than 1,30,000 are on their way towards completion
The centre has set March 2018 as the deadline for all the Union Territories (UTs) to go open defecation free (ODF). With Port Blair declared as...
Though manual scavenging is banned, over 1,400 people have died since 2013, the year the law to abolish manual scavenging was enacted
President Ram Nath Kovind, who will visit Gujarat on October 2 to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, said that India is fighting a battle for cleanliness...
West Bengal has done well to improve both its rural and urban sanitation scenario and will add three more districts to its already existing list of...
Just 10% and 25% of urban and rural Tamil Nadu respectively, lack access to toilets and in order to close this narrow gap to earn the...
Under the 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma participated in the cleanup drive at Humayun’s Tomb and called upon citizens to make India garbage...
Players from hockey and cricket team came forward to participate in government's Swachhata Hi Seva campaign to mark three years of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
In June, the rural areas (70 per cent of the state) were declared open defecation free and now its urban counterpart is striving to attain the...
Speaking at an event of 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu pointed out that sanitation in the country has improved as the number...
The 15-day campaign will focus on spreading awareness on health and hygiene in rural areas through self-help groups, anganwadi centres and schools, and conducting training programmes