Nearly 1/3rd of Goa’s population require a ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from the landlord to build a toilet. Blame it on the age old practice of...
Northeastern states of India have progressed slowly but steadily in improving rural sanitation coverage in three years since the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan began, but urban sanitation...
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...
Poor sanitation due to open defecation often results in impairing the ability of a child to absorb nutrients, leading to a total of 39% of children...
Rajasthan’s rural sanitation coverage stands at over 85 per cent and 11 out of its 33 cities are open defecation free, but allegations of coercion in...
Jharkhand’s improvement in rural sanitation deserves praise, but the state still has to build over 15 lakh toilets out of its target of 30 lakh, for...
Launched on October 2, 2014 the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has seen sanitation coverage increase from 37% to 65.7%
‘Swachhata Hi Seva’, a fortnightly cleanup drive, will be carried out across the nation starting from September 15 to mark the third anniversary of Swachh Bharat...
Bamboo toilets are affordable and durable options for areas with uneven and difficult terrain and can play a significant role towards eradicating open defecation in the...
Many villages in Rajasthan are allegedly seeing restrictions being imposed by local administrations on supply of rations, if villagers do not build toilets in their homes
76 of West Bengal’s towns and cities have been declared open defecation free, as West Bengal gears up to meet its ODF target by August 2018
The Delhi government and MCDs have together built over 11,000 public and community toilets since the inception of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but open defecation in...