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Billions lack access to WASH services
Posted on 06 Jul, 2021 06:40 PMA UNICEF-WHO Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report on drinking water and sanitation indicates that billions of people will lack access safely
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Uttarakhand to be open defecation free soon
Posted on 16 Apr, 2017 09:45 PMUttarakhand all set to become open defecation free by May
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Transgenders can now use public toilets of their choice
Posted on 09 Apr, 2017 10:42 AMCentre issues guidelines allowing transgender people to use public toilets of their choice
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Worn out buses become 'Toilets for Her' in Pune
Posted on 27 Mar, 2017 12:25 AMPune municipal corporation converts worn out buses into toilets
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Karnataka minister proposes legalising manual scavenging
Posted on 20 Mar, 2017 01:00 PMKarnataka for making manual scavenging legal to get rid of pesky scavenger deaths
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Manual scavengers lose life in Bengaluru manhole
Posted on 13 Mar, 2017 02:50 PMThree manual scavengers die of asphyxiation trying to decongest manhole
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Mumbai's crumbling toilets pose health, safety risks
Posted on 20 Feb, 2017 12:18 PMCrumbling public sanitation infrastructure poses huge existential threat in Mumbai slums
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Open defecation free tag for Mumbai unbelievable
Posted on 06 Feb, 2017 02:44 PMUnion government's open defecation free tag for Mumbai far from believable
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Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks to take Clean India Mission forward
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 10:48 AMEvery district in India to have 600 Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks soon to rid the country of open defecation
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HP and Kerala declared open defecation free
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 07:40 AMHimachal Pradesh becomes the second state in the country to be declared open defecation free
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