According to an official at the municipal corporation of Varanasi, the operation and maintenance of the toilet complex has been handed over to the transgender community but cleaning will be done by the corporation staff ...
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As part of its water supply and sanitation initiative, Dehradun based NGO Himmotthan Society is helping people living rural areas of Uttarakhand get access to drinking water and basic hygiene care ...
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With technical support from Ambuja Cement Foundation, women federations in Maharashtra and Gujarat are promoting construction and use of toilets are eradicating open defecation ...
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To sustain the gains made under Swachh Bharat Mission and further improve solid and liquid waste management, the government has launched phase 2 of Swachh Bharat Mission ...
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On World Toilet Day 2020, Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said India achieved United Nations' sustainable development goal of having toilets in every house by 2030 in 2019 only ...
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Resonating with this year’s theme of ‘Sustainable Sanitation and Climate Change’, politicians, celebrities, organisations and other netizens took to social media on the occasion of World Toilet Day to urge people to adopt good sanitation and toilet habits ...
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November 19 marks World Toilet Day, it is a day to motivate and mobilise millions around the world on issues of sanitation. As the world observes the day, we speak to toilet warriors - Jack Sim, Founder Of World Toilet Organisation and Mark Balla, Author to know about the importance of hygiene and sanitation ...
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World Toilet Day 2020: Following five technologies can solve both the problems – sanitation and waste management and achieve the goal of open defecation free plus and ODF plus plus under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 ...
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World Toilet Day 2020: Twin leach pit, toilet technology promoted by the government to eradicate open defecation and manage waste, is not suitable for high water table, flood prone, and rocky areas. Here are the two other technologies that one can adopt ...
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55-year-old S. Damodaran founded NGO Gramalya in 1987 that helped in the implementation of all sanitation programmes of central government, from the Central Rural Sanitation Programme in the mid-80s to the Swachh Bharat Mission, in Southern states of the country ...
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World Toilet Day 2020: Under the Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin, the government promoted the construction of twin pit toilets and even provided subsidy, but does this toilet technology live up to its promise? ...
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As India gears up for World Toilet Day with the theme Sustainable Sanitation and Climate Change, NDTV speaks with Dr Suresh Kumar Rohilla, Programme Director - Water Programme, Centre for Science and Environment to know what is the status of sanitation in India and what the country should focus next
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