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'No child in India dies of diarrhoea due to open defecation': Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil lauds success of Swachh Bharat Mission
October 01, 2024 2:50 pm
C R Patil said 60 crore people have stopped going out to defecate due to the use of toilets built under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin).
Making India completely clean responsibility of all: President
March 05, 2023 5:13 am
Addressing an event where she presented the 'Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023', the president said water and sanitation hold a special place in the life of every citizen.
Toilet: An Incomplete Love Story
December 09, 2020 8:37 pm
Over 100 million toilets have been constructed, but many are not used for various reasons.
99% of Indian cities declared ODF, Bengal data pending
October 03, 2020 6:08 am
West Bengal government officials said they were ready with all documents but the central agency engaged for the survey could not carry out the job due to the pandemic.
CAG report on Rajasthan: In ODF state, toilets missing in half of PMAY houses surveyed
August 31, 2020 12:47 pm
During a performance audit of PMAY-G in Rajasthan, CAG conducted a physical verification of 590 houses listed as “completed” in 59 gram panchayats across seven districts -- Baran, Bikaner, Bharatpur, Dausa, Jodhpur, Tonk and Udaipur.
Chandigarh declared ODF++ city
October 25, 2019 9:34 am
In order to ensure effective functioning of public and community toilets and to address proper disposal of fecal sludge, the MoHUA had introduced the Open Defecation Free Plus Plus (ODF++) and Open Defecation Free Plus (ODF+) protocol under the Swachh Bharat Mission in August last year.
Declared ODF in 2017, Mumbai still short of 1 lakh public toilets
October 02, 2019 11:22 am
As per estimates, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has to construct more than one lakh toilet seats to meet the existing deficit.
Mumbai’s long road to ODF
October 01, 2019 5:04 am
A BMC drive had found 118 open defecation spots across the city which, it says, have been eliminated by mitigation measures; The Indian Express visits four such locations where open defecation continues unabated.
PM Modi to declare country ODF on October 2: Gujarat Dy CM
September 26, 2019 3:45 am
“This will be the biggest social revolution post-independence,” Patel told mediapersons. The event will be held on the Sabarmati Riverfront and Sabarmati Ashram.
This 30-year-old mother from Jharkhand braved abuse at home, doubts in her village to build toilets for all
July 08, 2019 7:10 am
One of 55,000 women masons behind ODF tag, Foolmani Devi is Jharkhand’s Swachh Bharat face
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