Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nipun Bhushan Vs Government of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 24/02/2025. The applicant, Nipun Bhushan has raised a grievance against the alleged open defecation during Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. The allegation of the applicant is that open defecation is due …
The sanitation identity card has been made mandatory in government offices to leverage efforts to declare Ilam an Open Defecation Free district. The service providers would not get service without showing sanitation ID card according to the new rule. The District Administration Office has issued directive not to deliver any …
He’s the consummate villain: terrorizing villagers, pillaging towns and commanding a loyal gang of friends and flies. His name? Mr. Poo. He is a lowly pile of waste. But now is his turn in the limelight. He stars in “Poo Party,” a music video by Unicef India, part of a …
Goa still ranks an undesirable ninth among states and union territories in the country with 20% of the state's households not having toilet facilities within its premises, according to statistics of the Planning Commission. Another 18% in supposedly one of the most developed states in the country do not have …
Local teachers have collected donation for the construction of toilets in the homes of residents of Shivanath in Baitedi. Teachers of various schools in Shivanath have collected more than Rs. 28,000 to help construct toilets and make Shivanath VDC open-defecation-free region. Six teachers and two local social workers made the …
A sanitation commando team has been mobilized to help declare the district as 'open-defecation free' zone by mid-April 2014. Most of the remote villages are rapidly being declared as open defecation free but the district headquarters might be obstacle, as the headquarters based Chainpur VDC is yet to be declared …
Three projects have received funding support from the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund, created last year by the Asian Development Bank, in recognition that complex urban and coastal environments require new approaches to septage management. The Fund had been created to provide safe sanitation to families in Asia’s cities and …
Regretting that people still use open toilets all over the country, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today stressed the need to expedite and intensify implementation of the total sanitation programme to prevent such habits. Inaugurating a sanitation facility for 15 schools in this district, he said the UPA government's law …
Despite the district declaring an open defecation free zone, local people of Shikharpur VDC-3 and 7 defecate in the open due to lack of toilets at homes. Locals said they do not use concrete toilets because of water shortage. “Many local people do not have toilets at their houses, so …
Declared open-defecation free zones without necessary homework, a number of ODF villages in Doti are struggling to save face. While latrines in most villages are in bad shape due to lack of hygiene awareness among locals, lack of water has worsened the situation. Of the total 50 VDCs in the …
Panchthar was declared the first open-defecation free district of the eastern region today. Attending a function organised at district development committee’s open stage today, CA member Ganesh Kambang and Ishwori Prasad Paudel, Director General of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, jointly declared the district the first open-defecation free zone. …
The Rural Development Organisation (RDO) Trust has initiated a project to make the Nilgiris an Open Defecation Free district by 2018. The organisation has proposed to assist one lakh families in the district construct individual household toilets by getting bank loans, as most of them lacked the wherewithal to spend …
Actor Vidya Balan, ambassador of Centre’s flagship sanitation programme, would probably think twice if she were ever to associate with Odisha. For, the State Government has made a mess of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) having miserably failed to meet the target of toilet construction. An interim report of the …
In an attempt to provide access to hygienic sanitation facilities to thousands of commuters boarding long-distance buses, a ‘Namma Toilet’ has been launched at Peerkankaranai. A result of an approach to eradicate open defecation in urban Tamil Nadu, the universal design of Namma Toilet, launched in Tambaram and a few …
Goa might boast of positive socio-economic indicators like high per capita income and literacy rate, but inflow of migrant workers is rapidly altering the state's demographics. New census 2011 data released on Wednesday by the directorate of census operations, Goa, indicates that residents of as many as 53,003 households defecate …
Tough luck if you want to take a leak when out on the street. Chances are that you wouldn't even find a public urinal. And if you are lucky enough to spot one, step in with caution. The twin city has a population of about 9 lakh, but there aren't …
Poor sanitation is one of the most embarrassments of the world. Open defecation, cheap sanitation and hygiene practices claim the health and lives of human beings and creates an unfriendly environment. Nations are today taking up many efforts to encourage people to improve their sanitation/hygiene behavior. The Government of India …
The government is planning to revive the dried up sources of water apart from encouraging rainwater harvesting to reduce water wastage in the state, said state rural development secretary Arun Kumar in Bishunpur on Sunday. He was here for an interactive session with farmers on 'Sustainable Rural Livelihood Security in …
A report published on the occasion of World Toilet Day today presented some startling facts that demand serious attention towards improving sanitation in the country. If steps are not taken to improve sanitation in the country, reaching the Millenium Development Goal target on sanitation by 2015 would remain a sour …
Unicef India has launched ‘Take Poo to the Loo’, an innovative digital campaign focusing on putting an end to open defecation. The three month initiative aims to create awareness on the issue. The Indian Institute of Technology is to contribute to the initiative by mobilising students in the campus in …
At least 44% of Pakistan’s population does not have access to safe toilets, while 53% women in Pakistan don’t have sanitation options with privacy. This was unveiled at events organised by different non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and schools to mark the World Toilet Day on Tuesday (November 19), aiming to create …
