Union Budget 2020-21: Constant decline in Swachh Bharat Mission allocation
Output indicators of the allocation unclear
Simply Put: Not a hunger strike
India becomes open-defecation free but many challenges ahead
The challenge now will be mainly be to sustain India's open-defecation free status
Cross Hairs - December 1-15, 2014
Women, convenience
Letting sanitation workers die inside sewers is not ‘seva’: Bezwada Wilson
The activist speaks to Down To Earth on issues perpetuating manual scavenging and challenges in resolving them
New evidence emerges on how Mayas fortified maize, built indoor toilets
Scientists find maize starch spherulites , a unique byproduct of nixtamalisation, as well as tapeworms at a Maya archaeological site
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 …
Gandhian Sanitation: Flood-prone Sahibganj uses height and bacteria to manage its waste
Flood-prone blocks of Sahibganj in Jharkhand use biodigester toilets; these comprise a series of concrete tanks that contain sheets with an …
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
World Water Day: Solving water issues key to achieving ODF status
Here’s an example of a village in Nagaland that journeyed from being one of the most backward districts in India to being open defecation free
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 …
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
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 …
Positive message from Minister's open urination incident
Without providing toilet facilities, how can the idea of SBM be enforced?
A hole in the ground
Urinals and toilets built for pilgrims have little to do with sanitation
High-altitude hygiene
Sanitary by 2010
Participatory survey gives Bangladesh the confidence to prepone sanitation coverage target
No toilet, no ticket
Fast track work on ODF+ and ODF++: Parliamentary panel to govt
Less than 30% of cities certified as ODF+ under Phase 2 of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban-2), the panel’s report found
More than 50% rural households across 5 states are still without toilets
The low performance of these 5 states can prevent India from achieving 100 % toilet coverage by October 2019
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
Toilet-rich, water-poor
Santosh Devi, a former sarpanch, says attaining total sanitation for her village was easier than ensuring clean and sweet water
Lagos seals off houses sans standard toilets
Sanitation for all is one of the Sustainable Development Goals envisaged by the United Nations for a better future
Amul takes hygiene a step forward
At Anand, the dairy cooperative movement’s birthplace, no one will defecate in the open. RAHUL KUMAR, Amul Dairy’s managing director, …