Sanitation

With India contributing 60% to the world’s open defection, the World Bank has estimated that the country’s sanitation deficit leads to losses worth roughly

Taking cognizance of the issue of insufficient public toilets in Lucknow, the administration has decided to construct 97 public toilet complexes across the city.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has decided to implement the revised septage management rules across the city.

Andhra Pradesh could become the country’s first state to transform its urban areas into open defecation free zones.

Availability of accurate data is crucial for monitoring the real progress of any initiative. The advance of an exercise as colossal as the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) cannot be audited and amended without regular monitoring and meticulous collection of relevant data.

Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district bagged the Prime Minister's award for large-scale construction of school toilets under the Swachh Vidyalaya

The latest edition of the Swachhta Status Report brought out by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has revealed that the

Due to increased instances of open defecation in urban slums, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has urged the 

Guwahati’s permanent freshwater lake, the Deepor Beel, home to both resident and migratory birds is now harbouring an unwelcome tenant – Municipal garb