The discourses on rural and urban spaces in India in the context of physical infrastructure have divulged their inherent characteristic differences. However, given the trends of urbanisation in India there
orissa has decided to introduce a law barring candidates who don
To strengthen outcome-focused management of the rural sanitation sector in India, the Water and Sanitation Program
States and the Centre often speak in different tones. But now, statistics reveal that even their “facts” differ: there exists a huge disparity between the statistics submitted by states to the Centre
Maharashtra government has decided to appoint ‘swacchata doots’ (cleanliness ambassadors) in every village to help achieve the target of building 56 lakh toilets across the state over the next five years.
One of the central premises of TSSM is that local governments can provide the vehicle to scale up rural sanitation. In all three TSSM countries
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil on Friday said six lakh community toilets would be constructed in rural areas during the current financial year. Patil told mediapersons here that
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Open defecation free villages, 27/03/2017. State-wise, number of villages declared open defecation free as on 10th March, 2017 is at Annexure-1. Sanitation Coverage as
Nearly 73 per cent households in rural India practice open defecation despite sanitation drives launched by the government, according to an independent evaluation by the Planning Commission. The study
Over 67 per cent of rural households do not have access to toilets, according to government data. In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Bharatsinh Solanki, minister of state for drinking
The authorities in Fatehabad have set a target of constructing toilets in 4,964 house under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. Speaking to mediapersons after reviewing the progress of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan in
The Government of Assam today launched the Rs 1,474 crore Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low Income States (RWSSP–LIS) in seven districts of Assam. The World Bank is supporting this project
Cheer any Indian leader who takes on the taboo of public hygiene, one of the country’s great problems. Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, says building toilets is a priority over temples. His finance
Meghalaya, which is still facing the problem of open defecation, has set a target for nirmal (clean) state for the year 2014-15. Giving a presentation at a two-day consultative workshop towards achieving
People can approach village panchayat or block development office It has been targeted to construct two lakh individual household toilets in the district under the Total Sanitation Campaign shortly
Despite the slowing economy and high inflation, the number of urban slums have fallen by nearly a third while the access to electricity, water and sanitation has improved across households in the four
Despite implementation of Total Sanitation Programme to eradicate the practice of open defecation in Odisha for more than a decade, the coverage of individual household with toilets has been found to be
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gurmail Singh Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 11/09/2020.</p> <p>The proceedings were for execution of order August 5, 2019 in 492/2019.
Providing safe drinking water and hygienic standard of living appears to be low on the priority of the State Government. The project Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), supported by Drinking Water & Sanitation
Swachchh Bharat by 2019 - need for convergence in communicating the messages on sanitation. Letter from Joint Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to all chief secretaries and administrators.
