How a community came together to overcome the ODF challenge in Rajasthan's Thar desert
Learn how Churu built toilets much before the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission
भोपाल इज्तिमा में आए तकरीबन 13 लाख लोग, रोजाना चार टन बायो कचरे से बनेगी खाद
देश की सबसे साफ राजधानी भोपाल में हो रहे इज्तिमा में तकरीबन 35 देश से 13 लाख मुस्लिम श्रद्धालु शामिल हो रहे हैं। इस ...
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रानी खेड़ा वही गांव है जिसने कभी दिल्ली का सबसे स्वच्छ गांव होने का तगमा हासिल किया था
India becomes open-defecation free but many challenges ahead
The challenge now will be mainly be to sustain India's open-defecation free status
Simply put: ODF India
Modi declares India ODF
Sustaining the status the next big challenge
ODF status will mean nothing without faecal sludge & septage management
With faecal sludge treatment still in nascent stage in India, toilets will add to the load of untreated sewage being disposed in water bodies
Sustained focus, behaviour change needed to make people use new toilets: study
Adding a behaviour change component to sanitation programmes can motivate people to use toilets, it finds
Focus on community sanitary complexes: Standing Committee to govt
In its latest report on the status of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), the Standing Committee on Rural Development said that community …
Sub-Saharan Africans spend 60 hours a year finding a private place to defecate
The state of sanitation is deteriorating in Sub-Saharan Africa, with countries switching from open defecation to unsafe toilets
Swachh Bharat Mission’s progress “very lethargic”: Parliamentary report
Rs 14,088 crore unspent under Swachh Bharat Gramin between April 2017 and May 2018
Findings of nationwide rural sanitation survey leave several questions unanswered
The claim that 93.4 per cent of rural households are using toilets is somewhat questionable
First-of-a-kind study on community-led sanitation reveals implementation challenges
The study identified 43 implementation- and community-related factors which reportedly affect CLT
Menstrual cycle is normal; our attitude towards it is not
Girls and women have to fight social norms as well as lack of access to safe adsorbents, bathing space and water to manage their menstrual cycles
Sense of ownership is equally important: Kurukshetra DC
To look beyond toilets and establish a connection between sanitation and health to trigger a change of mindset in rural India was the central …
Unused toilets prompt Haryana to tweak Swachh Bharat Mission
State adds 'cleanliness' as important prerequisite for receiving subsidy
It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene
Drinking water in remote communities is contaminated with uranium, faecal bacteria and nitrates above the recommended levels
Sidelining sanitation
Flushed into the open
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Women, convenience
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POOP – It’s not crappy!
If we utilized whole lot of crap India produced per day through open defecation, we could light around 1,092,000 street lights or 72,800 stoves …