Politics of sanitation
Toilet rule fails in Karnataka panchayats
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Indias sanitation for all: how to make it happen
This discussion paper examines the current state of sanitation services in India in relation to two goals
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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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Sanitation funds given to village committees
TURA: As many as eleven Village Health and Sanitation Committees (VHSC) under Gambegre block were recently handed over cheques amounting to twenty thousand rupees each to improve the health conditions of the villagers and ensure proper sanitation to prevent outbreak of diseases.
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24 village panchayats recommended for Nirmal Puraskar award
Authorities asked to improve sanitary conditions in schools and anganwadi centres General review:E.G. Sugavanam MP (centre) addressing the district monitoring committee meeting at the Collectorate on Tuesday. Collector V. Arun Roy (left) and Additional Collector (Development)
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69 gram panchayats in Pune get Nirmal Gram Awards
Pune Governer K Shankaranarayanan gave away the Nirmal Gram Puraskar
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Nirmalgram Puraskar' to 1,720 villages in Maharashtra
Amruta Byatnal PUNE: Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan presented the
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on solid and liquid waste management, 13/08/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on solid and liquid waste management, 13/08/2015. Swachh Bharat Mission has been launched from 2.10.2014. Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) SBM-G, there is a provision
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President for ending scavenging within time frame
NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday called for enrolling women in a big way to make cleanliness a pivotal campaign in the rural areas and to build character and healthy habits among children.
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Punjab State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation policy 2014
Realizing the need for institutional and investment reforms in the rural water supply and sanitation sector, Government of Punjab has reworked its rural water supply and sanitation policy to address these
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Guidelines: Central Rural Sanitation Programme
The main objectives of the TSC are: Bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas; Accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to access to toilets to all by 2012; Motivate communities and Panchayati Raj Institutions promoting sustainable sanitation facilities through awareness creation and health education; In rural areas, cover schools and Anganwadis by March 20
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drinking Water and Sanitation Schemes, 11/08/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drinking Water and Sanitation Schemes, 11/08/2016. As per the information entered by the States on the Integrated Information Management System (IMIS) of the Ministry, as
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253 panchayats get Nirmal Gram Puraskar for total sanitation
As many as 253 gram panchayats have been declared
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Majority of rural households without toilet facility: NSSO
The situation is, however, far better in urban India as less than 9% of the population lacks the facility As many as 60 per cent of rural households do not have access to a toilet facility even after 66 years of independence, show official data. The situation is better in urban India, with less than nine per cent lacking the facility.
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Coming up short without sanitation: a community sanitation program by the Indian Government helped children grow taller and healthier in the state of Maharashtra
Most people living in rural Indian villages defecate openly outside, without using a toilet or latrine. In 2004, as a supplement to its ongoing Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), the government of Maharashtra
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Balangir dist has more cellphones than toilets
BALANGIR: It
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Focus on cleanliness in villages: Varthur Prakash
Every village in the taluk should give importance to cleanliness and the villagers should live a good civilised life, said legislator Varthur R Prakash.
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Birender Singh calls upon corporates and the state governments to participate in Clean India Mission with dedication and commitment
Birender Singh calls upon corporate to participate in the clean India Mission with dedication and commitment. He also asked the state government to choose and adopt from 54 affordable, scalable, sustainable
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Sanitation complexes soon in 770 village panchayats
With 73 per cent of the rural households resorting to open defecation as per the Census 2011, the government has sanctioned Rs. 35 crore for the construction of integrated sanitation complexes for men
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Rural reality being ignored, says Kalam
President APJ Abdul Kalam said the rural sanitation has remained "much neglected" for many years all over the country. "People in villages needed better living condition to transform India into a