Ethiopia curbed open defecation at fastest rate; what can India learn?

Unlike India, Ethiopia has recognised sanitation as a health problem and focused on behavioural change over toilet construction

Melting Pots

Of the 10 persons defecating in the open globally, six are Indians. By 2019, six will be from African countries, and none from India, as the …

'Poor sanitation not only has a health dimension but also an economic and environmental one'

Down To Earth spoke to Kebede Worku, Ethiopia's State Minister for Health, on the turnaround that his country has brought about in the field of …

आम बजट 2022-23:स्वच्छ भारत मिशन (ग्रामीण) पर फिर से ध्यान देना जरूरी क्यों?

जल-स्रोत में मिलने से पहले मल के उचित निस्तारण के मोर्चे पर काफी कुछ करना अभी बाकी है

Open defecation in Nigeria: Faecal sludge is country's clicking time bomb

The country, which has the largest number of people defacting in the open, needs to frame a safe toilet technology and treat its faecal sludge, …

Government still chasing toilets, but that won’t solve sanitation issues: experts

The government is still correlating the number of toilets built with open defecation-free status of villages

Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II guidelines released

Safe toilets, with well managed black and grey water, are the need of the hour, particularly in rural areas

Swachh Bharat Mission will achieve ODF target much before October 2019, but...

The country needs both financial and administrative attention towards ensuring effective management and disposal of solid and liquid waste

Global goal, local fight

The success of Swachh Bharat Mission will decide if the world will achieve its goal of being open defecation-free

Swachh Bharat Mission: ‘Inducing behavioural change was a task’

Parameswaran Iyer, secretary, Department of Drinking water and Sanitation, spoke to Down To Earth on how intensive information-education-…

Does rural India have enough water to sustain open-defecation free status?

While India is inching closer to being ODF, less than 20 per cent of rural households have piped water supply

स्वच्छता की डगर पर अगर मगर

बिहार, झारखंड, ओडिशा और उत्तर प्रदेश खुले में शौच से मुक्ति में बड़ी चुनौती बने हुए हैं क्योंकि देशभर में खुले में शौच करने ...

2 अक्टूबर को पूरा हो जाएगा स्वच्छ भारत मिशन का लक्ष्य, लेकिन...

अब नहीं होना होगा शर्मसार, खुले में शौच से मिली मुक्ति-1 : हर घर में शौचालय बन चुका है लेकिन सिर्फ 47 फीसदी बस्तियों ...

After India becomes ODF, Nigeria faces a mounting challenge

The African nation is set to replace India with the largest number of open defecators

बन गए 5 साल में 10 करोड़ शौचालय, लेकिन...

अब नहीं होना होगा शर्मसार, खुले में शौच से मिली मुक्ति-2: सवाल यह है कि क्या शौचालयों का निर्माण करते वक्त ऐसी तकनीक अपनाई ...

इन तरीकों से नदियों को प्रदूषण से बचा सकती है नई सरकार

गंगा सहित देश की सभी नदियों को प्रदूषण से बचाने के लिए नई सरकार को छोटे-छोटे उपाय करने होंगे। सीएसई ने गहरे अध्ययन के ...

In hurry to build 40 toilets a minute, did govt forget about safe sanitation?

CAG reports of Gujarat and Uttarakhand, which are ODF status holders, say many toilets only exist on paper and several are defunct

बदल चुकी है खुले में शौच करने की आदत, आगे भी रहेगी जारी: सचिव

स्वच्छ भारत मिशन के तहत भारत के खुले में शौच मुक्त (ओडीएफ) होने की स्थिति को आगे कैसे बरकरार रखा जाएगा, इस बारे में ...

Is the world ready to meet the SDG target on sanitation?

A closer look at the report by UNICEF and WHO tells you that this certainly not the case

Govt shifts focus to sustaining sanitation coverage

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation prepares a rural sanitation strategy to maintain open-defecation free status and clear up waste issues

Usage of toilets in India is over 95 per cent, reveals new NSSO survey

This finding is, however, from a two-month rapid survey, considered too short by experts

Nadia in West Bengal goes Churu way, achieves open defecation-free tag

Nadia’s campaign, termed “Sabar Souchagar” (toilets for all) was an entirely community-driven idea

Churu says yes to hygiene

The district is all set to become the first in Rajasthan to completely stop open defecation. Will others follow?