DEHRADUN: One of the main objectives of the Swachh Bharat Mission is to get all villages and towns to become open defecation free (ODF) which had to be achieved by 2019.

Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister B.

Over 57,400 schemes are going on in different states to provide drinking water to the rural population and over Rs 4,300 crore utilised for the purpose in 2015-16, the government said on Thursday.

Residents of these households relieve themselves in open places, drains or railway tracks.

Official records state that 28.7 of the population of people in Nigeria still practice open defecation.

The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said 276 communities across the country have been certified open defecation-free.

ISLAMABAD: Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) adopted various resolutions with regard to the challenging issues of environment, poverty eradication, women empowerment and education in Asian countri

RAIPUR: As district administrations across Chhattisgarh are aiming to go Open Defecation Free by August 15 and January 26, nearly 90 tribal school girls residing at a residential school in Maoist-h

India’s ambitious sanitation drive has created a health hazard, with many toilets built cheek by jowl with family water supplies