Sanitation

Nala Camp, Block A, Vasant Kunj becomes 100% Open Defecation Free area

The urban slum area located at the heart of National Capital had over 65% people defecating in the open.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2014
India Environment Portal
Tags:
Sanitation, Delhi, Open Defecation, Slums, Toilets
Sanitation

Government to spend about 2 lakh Crore rupees for Swachh Bharat Mission More than 11 crore toilets will be built in 5 years

The Union Minister of Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Shri Nitin Gadkari said that Swachh Bharat Mission will be converted into a mass movement to make India an open defecation free country in Five Years. Addressing a Joint Press conference with the Urban Development Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu here this afternoon, Shri Gadkari said, one lakh thirty four thousand crore rupees will be spent for construction of about 11 crore 11 lakh toilets in the country. The Urban Development Ministry will earmark more than 60,000 Crore rupees for this purpose.

Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, India, Government Of India (GOI), Open Defecation, Waste To Energy, Rural Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Ministry Of Rural Development
Sanitation

Open defecation - Evidence from a new survey in rural North India

Despite economic growth, government latrine construction, and increasing recognition among policymakers that open defecation constitutes a health and human capital crisis, it remains stubbornly widespread in rural India. We present evidence from new survey data collected in Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Many survey respondents' behaviour reveals a preference for open defecation: over 40% of households with a working latrine have at least one member who defecates in the open.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2014
Diane Coffey, Aashish Gupta, Payal Hathi & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
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38
43-55
Tags:
Open Defecation, Health Effects, Toilets, Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Rural Sanitation
Sanitation

The effect of India's Total Sanitation Campaign on defecation behaviors and child health in rural Madhya Pradesh: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Poor sanitation is thought to be a major cause of enteric infections among young children. However, there are no previously published randomized trials to measure the health impacts of large-scale sanitation programs. India's Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is one such program that seeks to end the practice of open defecation by changing social norms and behaviors, and providing technical support and financial subsidies.

Publication Date: 
26/08/2014
Sumeet R. Patil, Benjamin F. Arnold, Alicia L. Salvatore & et al
PLoS Medicine
11
8
1-17
Tags:
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Madhya Pradesh, Open Defecation, Rural Sanitation, Waterborne diseases, Health Effects, Child Health, Dhar (D), Khargone, Diarrhoea
Sanitation

Minister pities Kathmandu for not being ODF

Urban Development Minister Narayan Khadka on Wednesday said that it is a matter of shame that thousands of families in Kathmandu district do not use toilets as yet.

Publication Date: 
17/07/2014
Republica (Nepal)
Tags:
Sanitation, Nepal, Open Defecation, Kathmandu, Toilets, South Asia
Sanitation

Kavresthali 10th ODF VDC in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU: Kavresthali Village Development Committee of Kathmandu was declared open defecation free zone today.

Publication Date: 
07/07/2014
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Nepal, Toilets, Kathmandu, South Asia
Sanitation

Water paucity mars ODF declaration

DIPAYAL: Despite the construction of accessible latrines at every household and the declaration of villages as open defecation free zone, dry taps are making a mockery of the declaration in Doti.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2014
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, Open Defecation, Doti, Nepal, South Asia, Water Management
Sanitation

Call of nature? Kathmandu lacks answer, Has one public toilet for about 65‚000 people

KATHMANDU: There have been some praiseworthy achievements so far when it comes to making various districts an open defecation free zone.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2014
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Nepal, Sanitation, Toilets, Kathmandu, Open Defecation, Kaski, Chitwan, Bhaktapur, Makwanpur, Mustang, Kalikot, Dang, Panchthar, South Asia
Sanitation

Daunnedevi VDC declared as 'Open defecation free zone'

Daunnedevi VDC in Nawalparasi district has been declared as 'open defecation free zone' amidst a programme.

Publication Date: 
26/06/2014
Rising Nepal
Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, Open Defecation, Nepal, South Asia
Sanitation

Officers asked to build home toilets

In a bid to declare the district ‘Open-Defecation Free’ by next year, some government offices in Rautahat have started issuing written orders to their employees to immediately build toilets in thei

Publication Date: 
19/06/2014
Kathmandu Post (Nepal)
Tags:
Open Defecation, Sanitation, Nepal, Toilets, Rautahat, South Asia

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