Hygiene

Bhopal to be declared ODF by year end

Bhopal to be ODF ahead of schedule

With the Madhya Pradesh government keen on declaring the entire state open defecation free (ODF) by 2017, officials are confident of declaring the state capital ODF by the end of this year, before the...

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Limited slum space reason behind less toilets

Lack of space major reason behind low toilet penetration in Delhi slum clusters

With just 25 percent of slum clusters having access to individual toilets, the lack of space remains one of the major impediments in the increase in toilet numbers...

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Two Mumbai slums get bio-digester public toilets

Bio-digester toilet complexes come up in Dharavi and Mahim in Mumbai

The municipal corporation of Greater Mumbai inaugurated two bio-digester toilet complexes with 30 seats each in the localities of Dharavi and Mahim in Mumbai. As...

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Sanitation workers to go on strike

Gujarat's sanitation workers threaten to declare strike over manual scavenging

Members of Gujarat's Safai Kamdar Adhikar Andolan have expressed their intent to declare a strike if the government continues with its non-implementation of the provisions of the...

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Delhi corporations fail to utilise SBM fund

Swachh Bharat funds remain unused by Delhi's municipal corporations

Three municipal corporations of Delhi have failed to properly utilise funds allotted under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) to improve their environs, a Centre...

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