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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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Mumbai Authorities To Construct Vertical Community Toilets In Slum Areas To Tackle Space Crunch

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Written By: Gopi Karelia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
September 10, 2018
Interest Free Loans Make This Maharashtra’s Village Open Defecation Free
Maharashtra News
Slum pockets in 24 wards of Mumbai will get 22,000 multi-storeyed community toilets in the next two years ...
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5 Lakh Community Toilets, 67 Lakh Household Toilets By 2019; Hardeep Singh Puri Promises Big To Improve Delhi’s Sanitation Scenario

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
September 6, 2018
Hardeep Singh Puri made major promises to improve Delhi's sanitation scenario
News
Union Minister of Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said that 5 lakh community toilets and 67 lakh individual household toilets will be constructed in Delhi by 2019 ...
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Jaipur Celebrates As City’s Open Defecation Free Status Gets Official Stamp Of Approval

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
September 6, 2018
Over 200 public toilets in Jaipur have resulted in the city becoming ODF
News Open Defecation Free Rajasthan
Over 18,000 individual household toilets and 200 public and community toilets have been built in Jaipur in four years, resulting in the city attaining open defecation free status ...
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Patiala’s Swachh Challenge: City To Construct Community Toilets In 20 Areas, To Go ODF This Month

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
September 5, 2018
Patiala to go ODF by September end
News Punjab
Patiala will build 20 community toilets this month in three areas of the city and declare itself open defecation free ...
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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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In Aurangabad, A Barber Is Sensitising People On Sanitation, Rewarding Them With Free Haircuts For Building Toilets

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Ambika Singh | Edited By: Saptarshi Dutta
September 3, 2018
In Aurangabad, barber Sumit Pandit provides free haircuts to those who build toilets in their houses
Maharashtra Swachh Warriors
23-year-old Sumit Pandit’s unique gift for those who construct toilets in their households include free haircuts and beard trimmings ...
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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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Praising Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, PM Modi Says Moving Towards An ODF Status Is India’s Biggest Health Achievement

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta
August 24, 2018
Moving towards an ODF status India's biggest healthcare achievement, said PM Modi
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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan will help India towards becoming a disease-free country, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
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After A Slow Start, Not One, Two But Three Districts In Bihar Are Now Open Defecation Free

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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
August 22, 2018
Three districts in Bihar have become ODF within a span of three months
Bihar Open Defecation Free
Two more districts in Bihar have become open defecation free, taking the total number of ODF districts in the state to three ...
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