According to Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, a total of 45,932 individual household toilets were built in Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh region against target of 60,000 and a total 3,069 community toilets which is more than the set target of 2,078 toilets ...
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In 2014, the same year Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Bharti Foundation started an initiative – ‘Satya Bharti Abhiyan’ to build toilets and improve rural household sanitation facilities in Punjab ...
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A look at how community engagement and ownership has played a crucial role in achieving universal sanitation coverage in India ...
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Bollywood’s favourite actor - Kajol once again lends her support to India's biggest cleanliness movement - Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ...
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‘San-Sadhan’ hackathon is an initiative wherein the centre is inviting various start-ups, student innovators, technology enthusiasts and industry experts to participate and create composite and affordable toilets for the physically challenged people or Divyangs ...
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Meet 50-year-old Arvind Dethe who has helped made a difference via his low-cost bio-toilets solution and contributed towards the cause of Swachh India ...
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Noida authority has decided to construct four pink toilets exclusively for women in public areas, on a pilot basis, to ensure hygiene and safety for women ...
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As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered her first budget for the year 2019-2020, here are the top highlights for a Swachh and new India ...
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Indian Council of Sanitaryware Manufacturers has urged the central government to reduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the sanitaryware from the existing 18 per cent to 5 per cent to make it more affordable for masses and improve sanitation and hygiene ...
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In Swachh Sundar Shauchalaya Contest apart from Jharkhand, Telangana, Daman, and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Maharashtra get the best-performing state award ...
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The Jal Shakti minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was in Jodhpur to inaugurate a model toilet where he said that five years ago, the figure of deaths due to open defecation stood at three lakh deaths annually, which had come down to one lakh deaths per year now ...
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The study conducted by UNICEF found that government initiatives like Swachh Bharat Mission that focus on improving hygiene practices, as well as generate awareness around safe sanitation practices can help reduce the risk of contamination ...
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