Sanitation

Industries to be involved in creating Swachh A.P.: Naidu

Chief Minister N.

Publication Date: 
25/12/2014
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Sanitation, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Rural Sanitation, Guntur (D)
Sanitation

Guidelines for Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)

The main objectives of the SBM(G) are: Bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas, by promoting cleanliness, hygiene and eliminating open defecation; Accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to achieve the vision of Swachh Bharat by 2nd October 2019; Motivate Communities and Panchayati Raj Institutions to

Publication Date: 
18/12/2014
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), India, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Health
Sanitation

59.4 rural households do not have toilet facilities

With the effort put into the sanitation programme, the coverage in rural areas has gone up from one per cent in 1981 to 32.70 per cent as per Census 2011, and to 40.60 per cent.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2014
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, Rural Sanitation, India, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)
Sanitation

Two lakh toilets to be built under sanitation campaign in Salem

People can approach village panchayat or block development office

Publication Date: 
14/10/2014
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Salem (D), Toilets, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Rural Sanitation, Gram Sabhas, Sanitation
Sanitation

Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India: a cluster-randomised trial

A third of the 2·5 billion people worldwide without access to improved sanitation live in India, as do two-thirds of the 1·1 billion practising open defecation and a quarter of the 1·5 million who die annually from diarrhoeal diseases. The researchers aimed to assess the effectiveness of a rural sanitation intervention, within the context of the Government of India's Total Sanitation Campaign, to prevent diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition.

Publication Date: 
10/10/2014
Thomas Clasen, Sophie Boisson, Parimita Routray & et al
Lancet Global Health
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Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Orissa (Odisha), Waterborne diseases, Diarrhoea, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Health Effects, India
Sanitation

Costly sanitation campaigns, but very little to show for it

Since 1986, India has spent over $3 billion on constructing toilets across the country, figures from the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation show.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2014
Ajai Sreevatsan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Toilets, Sanitation, Bangladesh, Nepal, Rural Sanitation, Children, Urban Sanitation
Sanitation

Sanitation in Gram Panchayats

The publication aims to assist elected representatives and government functionaries in developing and promoting sanitary habits in the villages. It guides them on how to keep their village clean, end open defecation, manage liquid and solid waste in an eco-friendly manner and pay attention to hygiene in schools, anganwadis and public places.

Publication Date: 
02/10/2014
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Sanitation, Gram Panchayat, India, Waste Management, Health, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Gram Sabhas
Sanitation

Swachh Bharat: policy brief on rural sanitation and urban solid waste management in India

On 15 August 2014, the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, announced the intention to launch a new mission, Swachh Bharat, on 2 October 2014, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2014
Rudresh Kumar Sugam, Sonali Mittra, Arunabha Ghosh
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Solid Waste, Waste Management, India, Urbanisation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Rs 850-crore package for Bellary

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced a Rs 850-crore special package for the district on Monday.

Publication Date: 
30/09/2014
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bellary (D), Development, Rural Roads, Rural Sanitation, Water Supply
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

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