Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2022
Telangana won the first prize under the large states category under the Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) 2022 which looks into the sanitation status of rural areas. Haryana was in the second position while
Open Defecation
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Kerala to be first major State to be declared ‘nirmal’
Kerala will be the first major state to be declared open defecation-free, the Union Minister for Rural Development, Mr Jairam Ramesh, said here. This will be effective from November 1, the State Formation
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The bottom line
If architecture is 'design for living', one of its greatest challenges is how to live with the masses of waste we excrete. Four pioneers in green sanitation design outline solutions to a dilemma too often
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More funds coming for rural sanitation scheme
To intensify its drive for rural sanitation, the Government has revised the guidelines regarding Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan's convergence with the rural employment guarantee scheme. The aim is to make 2,40,000
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High on hygiene, Himachal to get Nirmal Pradesh status soon
Having achieved full sanitation coverage, Himachal Pradesh is on the verge of acquiring the status of a “Nirmal Pradesh”- the second state after Sikkim to get the distinction. However, the country will
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10pc villagers defecate in the open
About 23 percent rural people use unhygienic toilets while 10 percent villagers defecate in the open in Bangladesh, reveals a survey. The data achieved through the surveying of about 2.5 lakh people
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Correlation of antibiotics resistance profiling of E.Coli and source of fecal pollution in water
Determination of source of fecal pollution in rural water by the use of antibiotic resistance profiling is promising and the patterns of MAR in different animal populations vary according to the types and quantities of agent used.
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World Toilet Conference
The seventh World Toilet Conference got over in Delhi on November 2. The theme of the four-day summit was
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How Successful Is Prime Minister's 100 Per cent Toilets-In-Schools Promise?
In October last year, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat campaign, there was one thing he did differently as a politician. He set a target to achieve 100 per cent toilets in every