67 lakh household toilets in Delhi by 2019-end: Minister
6 years, 4 months ago

67 lakh household toilets in Delhi by 2019-end: Minister

The Quint  

New Delhi, Sep 4 Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that Delhi's civic bodies will construct five lakh community and 67 lakh household toilets by the end of 2019. He also said that unlike previous years, 'Swachh Survekshan 2019' will encourage large-scale citizen participation and sustainability of initiatives to make towns and cities garbage-free and open defecation-free. In order to help cities prepare for the coming survey, the Ministry has launched Swachh Survekshan 2019 toolkit and Swachh Bharat Mission ODF Plus and ODF Plus Plus certification protocol. "While the SBM ODF Plus protocol focuses on sustaining community/pubic toilet usage by ensuring their functionality, cleanliness and maintenance, the SBM ODF Plus Plus will focus on achieving sanitation sustainability by addressing complete sanitation value chain, including safe containment, processing and disposal of faecal sludge and septage," it said.

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Over 90% villages in Punjab, three other states achieved ODF Plus status: Centre
1 month ago

Over 90% villages in Punjab, three other states achieved ODF Plus status: Centre

Hindustan Times  

Over 90% of villages in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have achieved Open Defecation Free Plus status, the Jal Shakti ministry said on Tuesday. Open Defecation Free Plus is an advanced sanitation benchmark under the Swachh Bharat Mission, aimed at sustaining and enhancing the outcomes of ODF status.While the ODF status is achieved when a community eliminates open …

Berhampur's ODF status questioned as public toilets remain neglected
2 months, 1 week ago

Berhampur's ODF status questioned as public toilets remain neglected

New Indian Express  

BERHAMPUR: Berhampur city was declared open defecation-free in 2018. Two years later, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation was awarded ODF++ ranking in the Swachhata Sarvekshan conducted by the Centre. But the acute shortage of functional public toilets and garbage strewn in the open belie the very notion of sanitation. In the absence of functional public toilets, people are forced to urinate …

Transforming Rural India: A Decade of the Swachh Bharat Mission
3 months, 1 week ago

Transforming Rural India: A Decade of the Swachh Bharat Mission

Hindustan Times  

A decade of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) has yielded unprecedented gains in India, with the country achieving a significant milestone of 100% rural sanitation coverage. The mission, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014, has transformed India's sanitation landscape, leading to a significant reduction in open defecation and improved public health. The SBM has also had a positive …

Building on the gains of Swachh Bharat Mission
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Building on the gains of Swachh Bharat Mission

Hindustan Times  

Swachh Bharat Mission is set to complete 10 years. But now the Mission faces the more slippery world of solid and liquid waste management, compared to the provision of low flush, twin-pit toilets across needy communities. Only 248 of the cities have broadly reached the parameters of Garbage Free Cities covering aspects of collection, segregation, storage, scientific processing, cleaning of …

Indore again named as ‘cleanest city’ in India for seventh time in a row. Check full list
1 year ago

Indore again named as ‘cleanest city’ in India for seventh time in a row. Check full list

Hindustan Times  

Indore and Surat were jointly declared the cleanest cities in India in the Swachh Survekshan Awards-2023, presented by President Droupadi Murmu at the Bharat Mandapam on Thursday. For the eighth edition of the survey, 3,000 assessors fanned out across 4,500 cities to record a city’s performance on 46 parameters, including waste collection, inclusive toilets and improved plastic waste management. Launching …

Chennai ranked 199 among 446 cities in Swachh Survekshan
1 year ago

Chennai ranked 199 among 446 cities in Swachh Survekshan

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation has been ranked 199 among 446 cities in the country in Swachh Survekshan. The team visited the city to study various aspects, including sweeping in residential and commercial areas, spitting in public spaces, open urination, cleanliness of waterbodies, cleanliness of parks and schools. The team also assessed handling of hazardous waste, material recovery facilities and waste …

Revolutionising rural sanitation: India's Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen
1 year ago

Revolutionising rural sanitation: India's Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen

Hindustan Times  

India's sanitation landscape is undergoing a transformative change, with the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase II marking a remarkable achievement: five lakh+ villages have been declared Open Defecation Free Plus. The key to the success of Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase I was an effective communication strategy that included mass awareness campaigns, behaviour change communication, and the formation of local …

Embracing Incremental Steps for Monumental Sanitation Reforms
1 year, 1 month ago

Embracing Incremental Steps for Monumental Sanitation Reforms

News 18  

To understand the role of sanitation on our behavior and lives, it is pertinent to know about the broken window theory. The Bharat story, it’s tryst with building a movement around sanitation through Swachh Bharat Abhiyan stems out as a tale of triumph in the war field of mind and habits. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, initiated by our Honorable Prime …

From Open Defecation to ODF Plus: Swachh Bharat Mission's Remarkable Journey Towards Total Cleanliness
1 year, 3 months ago

From Open Defecation to ODF Plus: Swachh Bharat Mission's Remarkable Journey Towards Total Cleanliness

News 18  

The Uttar Pradesh government, during the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission, proudly announced that all of its 95,767 villages had attained the ODF Plus status, marking a remarkable 100 per cent success rate for the state. Over 4.43 lakh villages, which is 75 per cent of all Indian villages, have voluntarily proclaimed their ODF Plus status, marking a …

Swachh Bharat Mission: Uttar Pradesh villages declare themselves open defecation free plus
1 year, 3 months ago

Swachh Bharat Mission: Uttar Pradesh villages declare themselves open defecation free plus

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh has become the latest state to declare itself Open Defecation Free Plus joining a league of 10 other States that have achieved a similar status. An ODF+ model village is one which is sustaining its ODF status and has arrangements for both solid waste management and liquid waste management; and observes visual cleanliness, i.e., minimal litter, minimal stagnant …

Top-notch ‘aspirational’ toilets to usher in change
1 year, 8 months ago

Top-notch ‘aspirational’ toilets to usher in change

The Hindu  

A quarter of all new public restrooms in Indian cities will soon have high-end features such as luxurious bath cubicles, touchless flushing, breast-feeding rooms, and automatic sanitary napkin incinerators. “A directive has been sent to all State governments to ensure that henceforth 25% of public toilet seats added in any city or urban unit are ‘aspirational toilets’,” sources in the …

Swachh Bharat Mission: CAG points out irregularities in scheme in J&K
1 year, 9 months ago

Swachh Bharat Mission: CAG points out irregularities in scheme in J&K

Hindustan Times  

CAG report has pointed out massive irregularities in the urban housing department, municipal corporations of Srinagar and Jammu and the municipal councils and committees in the Swachh Bharat Mission scheme launched by the Centre in 2014. The CAG report said that non-conducting of survey for identification of beneficiaries had resulted in wasteful expenditure of ₹ 1.09 crore. The flagship scheme …

Data | Another government survey debunks Swachh Bharat’s 100% ODF claim, count increases to four
1 year, 10 months ago

Data | Another government survey debunks Swachh Bharat’s 100% ODF claim, count increases to four

The Hindu  

Yet another recently released government survey has called into question the Central government’s claim in 2019 that all Indian villages are open defecation-free. For instance, according to data from the Swachh Bharat Mission, Gramin portal, villages in Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were declared 100% ODF by October 2018. However, according to NSO data, only 71% and 62.8% of rural …

City-wide inclusive sanitation: Why it is pathway to scaling sustainable and safe sanitation systems
1 year, 11 months ago

City-wide inclusive sanitation: Why it is pathway to scaling sustainable and safe sanitation systems

Firstpost  

Universal access to safely managed sanitation is a human right. Enabling equitable and sustainable service delivery for urban poor communities Ensuring toilet access and improving sanitation services for low-income communities emerged as a priority in Trichy. Customised first-aid training for sanitation workers and DSOs, including sensitisation sessions on the safe disposal of fecal sludge, were also conducted to build capacity …

Climbing up the Swachh ladder
2 years, 3 months ago

Climbing up the Swachh ladder

Hindustan Times  

The Swachh Bharat Survekshan began small in 2016 as a pilot project in 73 cities. The 2022 crown was won by Madhya Pradesh’s Indore for the sixth consecutive year; Gujrat’s Surat is at number 2; and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra is third. The central Indian town’s back-to-back victories are a testimony to the vision of the Indore Municipal Corporation, its …

Hyderabad jumps to 26 in Swacch Sarvekshan rankings
2 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad jumps to 26 in Swacch Sarvekshan rankings

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hyderabad improved its position in the Swachh Survekshan rankings from last year’s 37 to 26 in the latest list of top 100 urban local bodies based on total score. President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday released the rankings of the Centre’s annual cleanliness survey Secunderabad was adjudged the best city in ‘citizen feedback’ category while Badangpet was deemed the cleanest …

Swachh Survekshan 2022: Tripura is a top performer in this list
2 years, 3 months ago

Swachh Survekshan 2022: Tripura is a top performer in this list

Hindustan Times  

Tripura has ranked first among states with fewer than 100 Urban Local Bodies in the seventh edition of the Swachh Survekshan, the central government's cleanliness survey. The Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of sanitation, hygiene, and cleanliness in Indian villages, cities, and towns. Along with Lakshadweep, which was exempted from Swachh Survekshan after 2016, West Bengal made the decision …

Sivaganga: Eight ex-BDOs booked for siphoning off toilet funds under Swacch Bharat Mission
2 years, 7 months ago

Sivaganga: Eight ex-BDOs booked for siphoning off toilet funds under Swacch Bharat Mission

New Indian Express  

SIVAGANGA: The Vigilance and Anti Corruption Department booked a case against eight former BDOs of Maravamangalam panchayat and panchayat secretary for alleged misappropriation of Swachh Bharat Mission funds in the pretext of constructing free toilets for the public between 2016 and 2019. According to officials, the eight former BDOs -- Soma Selvaraj, R Ramesh, R Amalorpavam, A Chandra, S Nasira …

Decoding India's 100% ODF Status
3 years ago

Decoding India's 100% ODF Status

News 18  

The Central government has recently rolled out Swachh Bharat Mission 2 after an unprecedented success of the first phase. In the first phase of Swachh Bharat Mission over 11 crore toilets were built in rural India in five years from 2014-2019. Today when the country has been declared free from open defecation, challenges like non-functioning toilets, inadequate drainage and sewerage …

Chandigarh gets thumbs down in Swachh Survekshan 2021
3 years, 1 month ago

Chandigarh gets thumbs down in Swachh Survekshan 2021

Hindustan Times  

A dysfunctional waste processing plant, slow progress in legacy mining and segregation at source still to be fully achieved — all these factors pushed the City Beautiful further down the Swachh Survekshan rankings. Overall, Chandigarh stands at 66th position out of 4,320 cities that were covered in various categories under Swachh Survekshan 2021. Chandigarh gets thumbs down in Swachh Survekshan …

Annual cleanliness survey is out - Check how your city is ranked
3 years, 1 month ago

Annual cleanliness survey is out - Check how your city is ranked

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Indore was adjudged India's cleanest city for the fifth time in a row in the Central government's annual cleanliness survey, the results of which were announced on Saturday. The second and third positions in the 'cleanest city' category of the 'Swachh Survekshan Awards, 2021' were secured by Surat and Vijayawada, respectively. From the southern states, cities from Telugu …

Swachh Bharat second phase launched; flagship scheme aims to make cities free of garbage, ensure safe water
3 years, 3 months ago

Swachh Bharat second phase launched; flagship scheme aims to make cities free of garbage, ensure safe water

Firstpost  

Under the new phase, it will be ensured that no untreated drain waste is discharged into any river of the country, Modi said after launching SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 at the Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation …

Indore, India's cleanest city is now country's first 'water plus' city
3 years, 5 months ago

Indore, India's cleanest city is now country's first 'water plus' city

India TV News  

Indore, the country's cleanest city, has now been declared the first "water plus" city of India under the Swachh Survekshan 2021, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. Informing about the work done to achieve this tag, Indore district collector Manish Singh said, "According to the guidelines of Water Plus Protocol of Swachh Survekshan, 1,746 public and 5,624 domestic …

Data | Three government surveys debunk Swachh Bharat's 100% ODF claim
4 years ago

Data | Three government surveys debunk Swachh Bharat's 100% ODF claim

The Hindu  

What is the share of the rural population in India that is not defecating in the open? The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey The second comparison is between the SBM data on individual household latrine coverage as of March 2019 and the National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey data on rural households with access to their own toilets between Nov. 2019 …

Swachh Survekshan 2020: Full rankings, check here to see if your city is on the list
4 years, 4 months ago

Swachh Survekshan 2020: Full rankings, check here to see if your city is on the list

India Today  

The results of the fifth edition of the nationwide annual cleanliness survey, 'Swachh Survekshan 2020,' are out and Madhya Pradesh's Indore has yet again made it as India's cleanest city. While Indore has been named as India’s cleanest city for the fourth time in a row, Gujarat's Surat emerged as India’s second cleanest city, followed by Navi Mumbai which bagged …

Swachh Survekshan 2020: Indore is India's cleanest city for 4th year in a row; Surat 2nd, Navi Mumbai 3rd
4 years, 4 months ago

Swachh Survekshan 2020: Indore is India's cleanest city for 4th year in a row; Surat 2nd, Navi Mumbai 3rd

India TV News  

Swachh Survekshan 2020 awards have been announced and Indore became India's cleanest city for the fourth year in a row. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the Swachh Survekshan 2020 result at the Award Ceremony ‘Swachh Mahotsav’ in the national capital being organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Indore is India’s cleanest city 4th year in a …

Chandigarh, hurry up! Give feedback for Swachh Survekshan 2020 by Jan 31
4 years, 11 months ago

Chandigarh, hurry up! Give feedback for Swachh Survekshan 2020 by Jan 31

Hindustan Times  

The final round of Swachh Survekshan 2020 has started, but the city is lagging far behind at 26th position in citizen feedback evaluation. Significantly, in 2018, when the city achieved third rank in Swachh Survekshan, it was at the top position in citizen feedback. ‘Disenchantment among residents’ “There is a general disenchantment among residents due to absence of any visible …

Is rural India 100% open defecation-free like Swachh Bharat data concludes?
5 years ago

Is rural India 100% open defecation-free like Swachh Bharat data concludes?

The Hindu  

On October 2, 2019, all the villages in the 36 States and Union Territories of India were declared open defecation-free. image/svg+xml % villages ODF as of March 2018 100 90 80 70 60 50 0 20 40 60 80 100 % rural houses with latrine access as of Oct. '18 Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Gujarat M.P. Bihar Mahrashtra 0102030405060708090100 ODF Status …

Indore, Jamshedpur lead Swachh 2020 table
5 years ago

Indore, Jamshedpur lead Swachh 2020 table

The Hindu  

Indore and Jamshedpur have topped the cleanliness charts for two consecutive quarters among cities with over 10 lakh population and with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population respectively. The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Tuesday announced the results of the first and second quarters of the Swachh Survekshan 2020. MoHUA secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said Indore, which …

50K toilets built in J&K under Swachh Bharat Mission: Govt
5 years, 1 month ago

50K toilets built in J&K under Swachh Bharat Mission: Govt

The Quint  

New Delhi, Dec 4 The Central government has built 45,932 individual and 3,069 community toilets in Jammu and Kashmir under various schemes, said the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Wednesday stressing that 1.17 lakh new sewer connections were also constructed. In a reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, the Centre said it has launched missions and schemes namely, …

Open defecation-free India: National Statistical Office survey debunks Swachh Bharat claims
5 years, 1 month ago

Open defecation-free India: National Statistical Office survey debunks Swachh Bharat claims

The Hindu  

The latest National Statistical Office survey on sanitation debunked the claims of an open defecation-free or ODF India made by the Centre’s flagship Swachh Bharat scheme, although it did record great progress in toilet access and use in rural areas. In Gujarat, which was one of the earliest States declared ODF, back in October 2017, almost a quarter of all …

CSE questions sustainability of Swachh Bharat Mission's public toilet initiative
5 years, 3 months ago

CSE questions sustainability of Swachh Bharat Mission's public toilet initiative

Firstpost  

The group asked how will these toilets be kept functional and waste generated be disposed of efficiently. The Centre for Science and Environment has questioned the sustainability of the government’s Swachh Bharat Mission and raised concerns over the maintenance of the nearly 100 million toilets constructed under the ambitious programme. India has built 100 million toilets in about six lakh …

Tamil Nadu 100 per cent free of open defecation, reveals data
5 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu 100 per cent free of open defecation, reveals data

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu has achieved 100 per cent Open Defecation Free status as per data uploaded on the Swachh Bharat Mission website. According to the data, a total of 53,46,613 toilets have been built in the state since after the announcement, an increase of 51.65 per cent in the number of households with toilets. The objectives of the Mission are elimination …

How Swachh Bharat Mission helped millions live with dignity
5 years, 4 months ago

How Swachh Bharat Mission helped millions live with dignity

India TV News  

Launched five years ago, the Swachh Bharat Mission announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the verge making India a completely open defecation free, enabling people to embrace change and live their lives with dignity. When Modi visits the US later in September, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will honour the success of Swachh Bharat Mission that has …

How Swachh Bharat Mission helped millions live with dignity
5 years, 4 months ago

How Swachh Bharat Mission helped millions live with dignity

The Quint  

New Delhi, Sep 15 Launched five years ago, the Swachh Bharat Mission announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the verge making India a completely open defecation free, enabling people to embrace change and live their lives with dignity. When Modi visits the US later in September, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will honour the success of Swachh …

10 crore toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission: President Ram Nath Kovind
5 years, 4 months ago

10 crore toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission: President Ram Nath Kovind

India TV News  

Around 10 crore toilets have been built under the Swachh Bharat Mission, and with this there has been a change in the attitude of 55 crore people who have ceased the practise of defecating in open, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday. Recalling the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention held in 2018, he said several countries want to learn …

Nearing completion Swachh Bharat Mission sees cut in allocation: Official
5 years, 6 months ago

Nearing completion Swachh Bharat Mission sees cut in allocation: Official

India TV News  

Governments much publicised Swachh Bharat Mission aims to enhance the level of sanitation in India and make the country open defecation free seems to be on its way out making way as other important schemes on solid waste management and drinking water is expected to get higher funding. Swachh Bharat Mission which was an election plank in 2014-15 as a …

'Swachh Bharat' needs to become 'Sundar Bharat': Economic Survey
5 years, 6 months ago

'Swachh Bharat' needs to become 'Sundar Bharat': Economic Survey

The Quint  

New Delhi, July 4 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - one of the flagship schemes of the Modi government - has been a great success and will take the country towards a 'Sundar' Bharat, according to the Economic Survey. "Going forward, the Swachh Bharat mission needs to incorporate environmental and water management issues for sustainable improvements in the long term," said the …

Economic Survey: Many states became open defecation free since launch of Swachh Bharat
5 years, 6 months ago

Economic Survey: Many states became open defecation free since launch of Swachh Bharat

The Hindu  

Many states have achieved 100% open defecation free status and individual household latrine coverage since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission, one of the largest cleanliness drives in the world, the Economic Survey 2018-19 said Thursday. The survey document, tabled in Parliament, said since the launch of the flagship programme in October 2014, over 9.5 crore toilets have been built …

93% of rural households now have access to toilets, over 9 crore toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission
5 years, 10 months ago

93% of rural households now have access to toilets, over 9 crore toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission

Op India  

Under the NDA government’s flagship scheme the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, over 93 percent of rural households in India now have access to toilets out of which around 96.5 percent households have used the facility. A national survey, conducted by an Independent Agency under the World Bank support to #SwachBharatMission, has found that 93.4% of households in rural India who have …

Over nine crore toilets built, 5.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free since 2014, govt tells Lok Sabha
5 years, 11 months ago

Over nine crore toilets built, 5.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free since 2014, govt tells Lok Sabha

Firstpost  

More than nine crore toilets have been constructed across the country, while over 5 lakh villages have been declared ODF till 5 February this year under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin, govt tells Lok Sabha New Delhi: More than nine crore toilets have been constructed across the country till 5 February this year under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin launched in 2014, …

Swachh Bharat Mission in Bihar stumbling due to govt corruption and slow construction of toilets, say villagers
6 years ago

Swachh Bharat Mission in Bihar stumbling due to govt corruption and slow construction of toilets, say villagers

Firstpost  

Patna: The progress of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-hyped programme to make the country open defecation free under Swachh Bharat Mission has been lackadaisical in Bihar, so much so that the evidence is in plentiful supply outside the capital city of Patna. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, speaking at an event in Patna recently, said the state would be …

‘Seven cities have tackled faecal sludge’
6 years ago

‘Seven cities have tackled faecal sludge’

The Hindu  

Seven cities – all in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh – have been certified ODF++, according to the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban. The certification, an extension of the ODF or Open Defecation Free protocol, means that all the faecal sludge and sewage in these cities is treated scientifically before discharge. “These cities have 100% of their faecal matter treated by sewage treatment …

Nearly 60.50 lakh household toilets built under Swachh Bharat
6 years, 1 month ago

Nearly 60.50 lakh household toilets built under Swachh Bharat

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Nearly 60.5 lakh individual households toilets have so far been constructed across the country under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said Monday. According to the ministry, around 4.7 lakh public toilet seats have been constructed so far. On the occasion of the “World Toilet Day”, the government also released Standard Operating Procedures …

Household sanitation coverage increased at 13 per cent in two years under ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign: WHO
6 years, 1 month ago

Household sanitation coverage increased at 13 per cent in two years under ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign: WHO

India TV News  

The World Health Organization on Sunday said India’s 'Swachh Bharat' campaign is a good example of how countries can make safe sanitation services accessible to all. Household sanitation coverage has increased at a rate of 13 per cent annually between 2016 and 2018 under the 'Swachh Bharat' programme, it said. In recent years, member states have made significant progress and …

4 years of Swachh Bharat: WHO lauds Narendra Modi government, but study warns against mismanagement of waste
6 years, 3 months ago

4 years of Swachh Bharat: WHO lauds Narendra Modi government, but study warns against mismanagement of waste

Firstpost  

Marking the celebrations of Gandgi Jayanti, a day that coincides with the launch of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that even after 70 years of independence, Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean India remained unfulfilled and claimed that his government had covered significant ground but needed to do more. Marking the celebrations of Gandhi Jayanti — …

Swachh Bharat reality: A death every third day in gutter
6 years, 3 months ago

Swachh Bharat reality: A death every third day in gutter

India Today  

One sanitation worker die every third day in the country, according to data collected by a top NGO which works for the rights of sanitation workers. The data by NGO Safai Karmachari Andolan suggests that 221 sanitation workers have died since January 2017. The Narendra Modi government is spending thousands of crores to build toilets under its flagship Swachh Bharat …

WHO report praises Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin, 89% rural sanitation achieved so far
6 years, 5 months ago

WHO report praises Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin, 89% rural sanitation achieved so far

Op India  

The World Health Organisation is to release a report today listing out the progress and impact of the Swachh Bharat Grameen mission started by PM Narendra Modi. Under Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin progress report by WHO for Ministry of Drinking Water&Sanitation, Rural Sanitation Coverage escalated to 89.07%. According to the latest data in the website of Swachh Bharat Mission -Grameen, …

India is fast becoming Open Defecation Free under Swachh Bharat Mission
6 years, 5 months ago

India is fast becoming Open Defecation Free under Swachh Bharat Mission

Op India  

In 2015, a UNICEF Report mentioned that as many as 524 million people in India are forced to defecate in open due to lack of sanitation infrastructure. Another 2015 report by UNICEF and World Health Organization also classified country’s progress in reducing open defecation as “moderate” and cited that in India there has been “very little change in last 20 …

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