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 …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Villages Declared as ODF, 03/08/2017. A statement regarding State/UT-wise, Open Defecation Free (ODF) declared and ODF verified villages by the respective State Governments, as on 23.06.2017 is at Annexure-1.
Ondingwanyama-While Namibia’s sanitation status is a thorn in the flesh, with only half the population having access to proper sanitation, government is striving towards declaring at least 180 villages in Ohangwena, Kavango West and East and Zambezi free from open defecation by December. The programme will be rolled out by …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Households without Toilet Facilities, 20/07/2017. State/UT-wise, percentage of households without toilet facility in rural areas of the country including Jharkhand as on 17.7.2017 is at Annexure-1. SBM(G) is being implemented in districts of Jharkhand including tribal areas.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on ODF Villages, 20/07/2017. The States/UTs - wise number of villages have been declared as Open Defecation Free (ODF) during the last three year including the current financial year is at Annexure-I. The amount spent to make these villages ODF during the said period including …
Ghana loses about 290 million U.S. dollars and 79 million U.S. dollars annually to poor sanitation and open defecation respectively, state-owned Ghana News Agency (GNA) reported here Tuesday. David Duncan, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), said Ghana also ranked lowest in sanitation levels …
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) have certified 234 communities in Boki area of Cross River Open Defecation Free (ODF). UNICEF representative, Mr. Sam Itodo spoke to the communities on the importance of sustaining the achievement and not to go to sleep. …
Rabat – A report by WHO and UNICEF shows that 2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home and 4.5 billion lack safely managed sanitation. While billions of people have gained access to drinking water and sanitation services in the last twenty years, WHO’s report shows that safe water …
The Centre is considering an ambitious plan to make PM Narendra Modi's constituency, Varanasi, a "clean electricity city" where only renewable energy would be used. The proposal is being considered with power minister Piyush Goyal mooting the idea after visiting Munich in Germany, where the city authorities have targeted 100% …
Two local based non-governmental organizations, Christian Faith and the Living Water International have declared 12 rural communities surrounding Kakata, Margibi County as open defecation free. Fifteen communities were selected by both organizations under the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Initiative, but only 12 were successful and received the ODF status. …
Margibi County — Twelve Communities in Kakata District, Margibi County have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) by the Christian Faith based charity, Living Water International. Under the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Initiative, 15 communities were selected by the charity for the process, but only 12 of the fifteen …
No fewer than 825 communities in Katsina State have so far been certified as Open Defecation Free (ODF) under the Sanitation, Hygiene and Water in Nigeria II (SHAWN). Aminu Dayyabu, the Executive Director, Katsina State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), made this known in an interview with the …
The event also had superstar Amitabh Bachchan, the brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat, in attendance. Maharastra’s new campaign against open defecation, Darwaza Band, was launched on Tuesday at the Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium. Part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the campaign is aimed at eradicating open defecation across the state. Speaking …
JAIPUR: In the last three-and-a-half years, some 4,973 gram panchayats have become open-defecation free and 58.26 lakh toilets have been constructed in the state under the Clean India Mission (rural). This was informed by officials to chief minister Vasundhara Raje while reviewing the flagship programmes of panchayati raj and women …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Samir Mehta Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 23/05/2017 regarding open defecation and waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains. NGT directs that the Central Pollution Control Board and the various State Boards in consultation with the Municipal Corporations and the …
More than 1 million people in The Gambia lack access to basic sanitation, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Saffie Lowe-Ceesay, has said. She said the new government of The Gambia has recognised the importance of sanitation and therefore gives it a priority in the recently completed National Development …
The collector set a target of June 2 to complete construction of all these toilets and declared Mahbubabad an ODF. Warangal: The district administration is leaving no stone unturned to make Mahbubabad outdoor-defecation-free by June 2. Collector Preethi Meena said the administration would cancel pensions, confiscate ration cards or cut …
NEW DELHI: Indore has been ranked as the cleanest city in India+ while Gonda in Uttar Pradesh has been ranked the dirtiest among 434 cities, a government survey has found. Bhopal, another city from MP has been ranked second while Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Surat in Gujarat have emerged …
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an escalating grim menace to global public health. Our aim is to phenotype and genotype antibiotic-resistant commensal Escherichia coli (E. coli) from humans, animals, and water from the same community with a ‘one-health’ approach. Original Source
Question raised in Lok Sabha on ODF Villages, 06/04/2017. State/UT-wise, households having access to toilets during last 3 years as per Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is at Annexure-1. Villages being declared open defecation free (ODF) as on 3.4.2017 in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha …
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) directly impact human health and have far reaching consequences when ignored. India is one of the fastest developing economies, but when it comes to WASH indicators, it continues to lag behind. With a population of over 1.2 billion, there is a mounting and urgent need …
