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 …
Salary would not be released to the government employees until they constructed toilet at their homes. The message as a mandatory decision was circulated to all the government employees in the district. The strict measure is taken to meet the target of declaring the district as open defecation free zone …
The District Development Committee (DDC), Ilam has spent four million six hundred and seventy-seven thousand rupees in the campaign to declare Ilam as the open defecation free district. Only three Village Development Committees (VDCs) in the district were declared as open-defecation-free VDCs by the end of the fiscal year 2012/2013 …
Three Village Development Committees (VDCs) in the district were declared as open-defecation-free by the end of the fiscal year 2012/2013. The VDCs which have been declared as 'open-defecation-free' are Sankhejung, Namsaling and Maimajhuwa. Ilam has released Rs. 4.6 million to the poor families in the three VDCs. The district had …
Three Village Development Committees (VDCs) in the district were declared as open-defecation-free by the end of the fiscal year 2012/2013. The VDCs which have been declared as 'open-defecation-free' are Sankhejung, Namsaling and Maimajhuwa. Ilam has released Rs. 4.6 million to the poor families in the three VDCs. The district had …
The Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan 2011 says the declaration of Open Defecation Free (ODF) areas by providing access to toilets to each households is a key factor in attaining the total sanitation target by 2017. In an effort to implement the mega plan, a large majority of efforts being …
Local bodies in the Kathmandu Valley plan to declare the valley an open defecation free (ODF) zone by 2015. According to the Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre (SWMTSC), the government plans to declare the valley ODF by 2015. The valley comprises three districts with five municipalities and 114 village …
The Asian Development Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have created a new ‘Sanitation Financing Trust Fund’ to expand and speed up access to safe sanitation in countries in Asia and Pacific region. The partnership trust fund announced during the ongoing World Water Week will entail an investment …
Deputy secretary general uses World Water Week address to push social and economic case for renewed efforts on sanitation The UN has called on countries to give greater urgency to sanitation, particularly efforts to end open defecation. "We must break taboos. As was the case for the word 'toilets' a …
Poor sanitation remains a major public health concern linked to several important health outcomes; emerging evidence indicates a link to childhood stunting. In India over half of the population defecates in the open; the prevalence of stunting remains very high. Recently published data on levels of stunting in 112 districts …
The government is preparing to declare Bhaktapur Open Defecation Free (ODF) district during the upcoming South Asian Conference on Sanitation (Sacosan) to be held in Nepal for the first time. The 5th SACOSAN Conference, scheduled to be held in the Capital will be inaugurated with the announcement of Bhaktapur as …
Rural Development Ministry would join hands with a leading defence research organisation to push eco-friendly bio-toilets in villages in four states where the menace of open defecation remained unaddressed. Impressed by the achievement of the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE) in developing low cost bio-toilets, Rural Development Minister Jairam …
Leaders of various political parties today pledged to promote sanitation activities. Speaking at an interaction that Water Aid Nepal and the Federation of Drinking Water and Users Nepal had organised, around two dozen leaders from mainstream political parties pledged to incorporate drinking water and sanitation issues into their parties’ manifestos …
Kapan VDC in Kathmandu has been declared open defecation free VDC on Sunday with the slogan ‘Clean and Green Kapan: Our identity.' It was declared amid much fanfare with songs and dances in the presence of civil society, political parties and organisations, state-owned news agency RSS reported Kathmandu LDO Prem …
The state government would organise street plays and musical skits to spread awareness against open defecation and to encourage ruralfolk to construct toilets in their homes. On Thursday, panchayati raj minister Balram Yadav said the department plans to step up efforts to apprise rural masses about the sanitation programme. The …
Local authorities on Friday declared Nagarkot VDC in Bhaktapur district, which is located around 32 kilometers north-east from the Kathmandu valley, totally free from open defecation. Nagarkot is the sixth Open Defecation Free (ODF) village in the district. According to Rajendra Kumar KC, local development officer in Bhaktapur, efforts are …
Linking the open defecation problem with malnutrition, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the Indian political class has been neglecting sanitation and made a strong pitch for bringing it on the national agenda. "As a country, we have stressed nutrition specific interventions, we have neglected nutrition sensitive interventions. In …
Two months ago, there was not much difference in the lifestyle of the people of two Chandil block villages. But now, 37-year-old BhadoMurmu of Katiya village is envious of MangaliSoren of KanglaTand village. This is because of the initiative taken by the KanglaTand villagers to build toilets inside their houses. …
Lending support to the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), a community-led total sanitation programme initiated by the Government of India, Geneva-based Global Sanitation Fund (GSF), has decided to extend financial help to three states in the country. Jharkhand is one among the three which includes Assam and Bihar. Vice president GSF, …
Water taken out from 65 percent of tube wells in the district is not potable, a study carried out by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Sub-Division Office (DWSSDO), Rupandehi, has revealed. Chief of the DWSSDO Nandalal Banjade said harmful bacteria and traces of faeces and other waste were found in …
The Open Defecation Free Campaign, launched with the objective of declaring the district as open defecation free district by 2014, has now been expedited. In this connection, out of 39 VDCs in the district, 20 VDCs have already been declared as open defecation free VDCs. According to Tilak Neupane, Engineer …
