Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Debi Prasad Banerjee Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 22.04/2024. The application was filed by the applicant alleging that Barasat Government Medical College & Hospital, Barasat has dug an open hole …
The Arunachal Pradesh government celebrated attainment of 100 per cent open defecation free (ODF) status under Swacch Bharat Mission (Gramin) at the Legislative Assembly Complex here on Friday. The State had become 100 per cent ODF on December 31 last year as per Base Line Survey (BLS)-2012 under SBM (Gramin). …
Vadodara: Those using public toilets in the city will soon be able to rate their quality through devices installed there. The civic body will be putting up public feedback devices at public as well as community toilets in the city, a decision that was taken under the Swachh Bharat Mission. …
Kota: The ministry of drinking water and sanitation, Government of India, has declared Kota district Open Defection Free (ODF). But situation on ground tells a different story. "On the basis of baseline survey carried out in 2012, at least 1,62,975 families were selected out of which toilets were to be …
Tiruvannamalai: Hundreds of newly constructed individual household latrines (IHHLs) in several remote villages at Jawadhu Hills in Tiruvannamalai district - under the central government's flagship programme of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) (Gramin) - leave a lot to be desired as they are becoming defunct after a day or two and …
NAVI MUMBAI: Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has become an open defecation-free (ODF) city just 14 months after the formation of the civic body. The state team had declared it ODF in August last year. However, an independent validation team from the central government that visited the city recently as …
Public urged to download the app for better position. With the "Swachh Survekshan-2018" scheduled to begin from Jan. 4, GVMC officials are urging the citizens to join hands in ensuring the city first position in the list by giving their feedback in the survey through various platforms. The feedback of …
Urinating in public will attract spot fines ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 200, while defecating in the open will attract a spot fine of Rs 500 Open defecation in Maharashtra will now invite a spot fine of Rs 500, according to rules framed by the state government. The government …
The Ghana anti-water resources and environment pollution group, Drink Safe Water Advocacy has found in the search, cleanest town in the country to be Obomeng in the Kwahu South district and worthily conferred it's status today. Executive Coordinator for DSWAG, Mr. Krobea Asante Tofepa Ntomentwene and his research team having …
The Komenda- Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipal Assembly in the Central region has defended its policy of ensuring that would-be grooms have toilet facility fixed in their homes before being allowed to finalise the marriage process. The move was described by many as an affront on the rights of the prospective grooms as …
10 people have been arrested in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem(KEEA) municipality of the central region for engaging in open defecation at the beaches in the area. The 10 made up of 7 men and three women according to authorities were arrested at the Elmina beach and the Salt mining fields in the …
According to the district health inspector Emmanuel Ekodeu, out of the 309 villages in the district, only 143 have toilet facilities and 64.3 percent have after toilet hand washing facilities. 166 villages in Soroti district are on the verge of being hit by diseases related to poor faucal disposal due …
Twenty three communities across the Bongo District have been declared Open-Defecation Free (ODF) within the year, Mr Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bongo in the Upper East Region, has disclosed. The DCE, who was speaking at the last mandatory General Assembly meeting for year 2017, added that …
Lilongwe — Chief Director middle left presenting a certificate to Senior Chief Kalumbu on the middle Right - Pic By Chimwemwe Njoloma Traditional Authority (T/A) Kalumbu area in Lilongwe on Friday was declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) following a successful Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative that the area undertook for the …
Moroto — In a bid to eliminate the culture of open defecation in Karamoja Sub-region, Rupa Sub-county leaders in Moroto District have barred 33,000 residents from accessing government programmes until they embrace the use of pit-latrines. The Karimojong practice open defecation because of their cultural beliefs, making the sub-region one …
Millions of Kenyans, without toilets in their homes, are forced to endure their neighbours' unsavoury smells and habits in a shared pit in the ground or nearby fields. Worse still, they spread germs that cause diarrhoea – one of the leading killers of children under five in Kenya. "This is …
The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) says Nigeria is ranked third among the countries of the world where people still practise open defaecation. Mr Zaid Jurji, the UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Nigeria, made this known on Wednesday in Katsina when he paid courtesy visit to …
Ongwediva — In the quest to increase sanitation coverage and accessibility to proper toilets in the country, five more villages are awaiting to be verified and certified as Open Defecation Free (ODF). The five villages will follow Ondingwanyama in Ohangwena Region, which was declared first ODF village in the country …
Ghana has been named among the top 10 countries worldwide with the highest percentage of 85.7 of its population without decent toilets. This equals about 23 million people who suffer the fear and indignity of relieving themselves in the open or in unsafe or unhygienic toilets. This is contained in …
Open defecation costs Ghana over 79 million dollars a year, a 2012 World Bank report says. It is also estimated, that one in five Ghanaians defecate openly, whilst only one in seven house-holds in the country have toilet facilities. Madam Rushnan Murtaza, a representative of UNICEF, said this at the …
It is easy to take a toilet for granted – lock the door, do your business, flush when finished, and forget all about it. But for 2.3 billion people worldwide – almost one in three – such a normal part of daily life is out of reach. This report explores …
