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Central Government Employees Asked To Undertake Cleanliness Drive In Office Premises

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PTI
September 19, 2018
Central Government Employees Asked To Undertake Cleanliness Drive In Office Premises
News Swachh India
As part of 'Swachhata hi Seva' movement launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 15, central government employees have been asked to contribute six hours of 'shramdaan' (labour) for clean-up activities ...
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Swachh-Themed Slogan Competition: Delhi Metro Passengers Here’s Your Chance To Participate In Swachhata Hi Seva

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PTI
September 19, 2018
Delhi’s New Park Made Of Waste Material From Metro Construction
Delhi News
With an aim to involve passengers in keeping Delhi's metro stations clean, the authorities will organise online slogan competition from September 20-26 on the theme of 'Clean Metro, Clean Delhi' ...
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Railway Minister Inaugurates Indian Tourism Mart, Says Cleanliness Drives By Government Will Boost Tourism

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PTI
September 18, 2018
Railway Minister Inaugurates Indian Tourism Mart, Says Cleanliness Drives By Government Will Boost Tourism
Delhi News
The Railway Minister said efforts made by the government towards cleanliness in the past four years would boost tourism in India as major concerns for tourists visiting the country are electricity, cleanliness and pollution ...
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A Farmer In Rajasthan Builds 780 Toilets In 35 Days To Make His Village Open Defecation Free

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Written By: Aastha Ahuja | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
September 18, 2018
A Farmer In Rajasthan Builds 780 Toilets In 35 Days To Make His Village Open Defecation Free
Rajasthan Swachh Warriors
When Manilal Rana started the campaign of toilet construction in his village there were 280 toilets, today there are 780 toilets and the village has been declared open defecation free (ODF) ...
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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Hails Swachh Bharat Abhiyan As ‘People’s Movement’

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ANI
September 17, 2018
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Hails Swachh Bharat Abhiyan As 'People’s Movement'
News Swachh India
In a blog post on September 15, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley wrote about government's ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and how it has turned into a people's movement ...
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Swachhta Hi Seva: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Joins Cleanliness Campaign At A Civic Hospital In Ahmedabad

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PTI
September 15, 2018
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Joins Cleanliness Campaign At A Civic Hospital In Ahmedabad
Gujarat News
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani cleaned a portion of a civic body-run hospital as part of Centre's ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ campaign and urged the citizens to spare one hour daily during the campaign to clean the state ...
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Amitabh Bachchan Lauds 12-Hour ‘Swachh’ Cleanathon On NDTV At PM Modi’s #SwachhataHiSeva Launch

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
September 15, 2018
Amitabh Bachchan Lauds 12-Hour ‘Swachh’ Cleanathon On NDTV At PM Modi’s #SwachhataHiSeva Launch
News Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas
At the launch of Swachhata Hi Seva by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, actor Amitabh Bachchan praised the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign for spreading the message of cleanliness around the country ...
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‘Nobody Had Thought India Can Construct 9 Crore Toilets In 4 Years’, Says PM Modi At Swachhata Hi Seva Launch

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Written By: Anisha Bhatia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
September 15, 2018
PM Modi Launches Swachhata Hi Seva Movement, Says The Contribution Of India's ‘Nari Shakti’ In The Swachh Bharat Mission Is Immense
News Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas
Swachh Bharat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches 'Swachhata Hi Seva' movement, a 15-day cleanliness campaign to ensure a high standard of cleanliness across the country ...
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India Made Rapid Progress In Increasing Access To Sanitation In Schools: United Nations Report

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PTI
September 3, 2018
Between 2000 and 2016, the number of school-age children in India increased from 352 million to 378 million
News
According to a United Nations report, compared to the scenario of zero sanitation facilities in school ten years ago, almost all school in India had some type of sanitation facility in 2016 ...
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To Make Public Toilet Access Affordable, Allahabad Issues Toilet Subsidy Cards To Poor Families

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Written By: Gopi Karelia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
September 3, 2018
Toilet subsidy cards issued to 33 families so far has managed to open defecation among these families in Allahabad
News Uttar Pradesh
The ODF city of Allahabad was struggling to prevent people from slums defecating in the open as people could not afford pay-and-use-toilets ...
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From Swachh Bharat To Swasth Bharat: How Malegaon Is Moving Towards Becoming Diarrhoea Free

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Ambika Singh | Edited By: Saptarshi Dutta
August 31, 2018
Malegaon is slowly moving towards becoming diarrhoea free after gaining ODF status
Features Maharashtra
In Maharashtra’s Malegaon, improved sanitation status has ensured that the city is comfortably moving towards becoming diarrhoea free ...
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Hyderabad’s New Project Will Build Over 50,000 Household Toilets To Ease Pressure On Public And Community Toilets

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
August 30, 2018
Over 50,000 houses with in-built toilets to be constructed for Hyderabad's poor
News Telangana
The urban poor household project in Hyderabad will see the construction of over 50,000 houses with individual toilets ...
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