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TIMELY GIFT

Our country, our mess

How's India doing in providing basic social services?

Keeping track

Following up on sustainable development summits

Simple, bare necessities

To what extent are basic household amenities available to India's people?

Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report

Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation

World Toilet Day: India now aims to build one toilet every two seconds

The country needs to play a major role in reducing open defecation

Setting standards

The curse of poor sanitation

A bacterial disease kills 42 people in India

Change is for the obdurate

A land in turmoil

An assessment of environmental degradation must preclude rebuilding of Afghanistan

Centre launches bio-toilets to curb open defecation

Around 100,000 toilets to be built in next two years in 300 gram panchayats

A holistic water management system in urban areas for a sustainable future

An integrated approach can bring healthy coordination between all stakeholders

India responsible for largest drop in open defecation since 2015: WASH report

The report also noted some progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6

As told to Parliament (September 16, 2020): No data on sanitation worker deaths amid COVID-19

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Nepal sanitation workers fight COVID-19 unarmed

Nepal sanitation workers continue to clean without gloves, masks and shoes

Swachh Bharat Mission: The last push

Over 100 million toilets in five years took a lot of effort; the change is showing now

Better sanitation key to improving children's health: World Bank report

It can help reduce diarrhoea prevalence by 47 per cent among children

Megacities get a Central boost

Taking big business to the trash cans

Stormwater channels

Smoke on the water

Holy mess

The Supreme Court pulls up the Orissa government for pollution in Puri

New look for seven Indian cities

Left unaddressed

Rehabilitation issue ignored in Kolkata's eviction drive