The authorities in Fatehabad have set a target of constructing toilets in 4,964 house under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan.

The rape and murder of two teenaged girls in Uttar Pradesh has put the focus back on lack of access to private toilets in villages, forcing women and girls to go out to defecate in the open which m

While the Union Government led by Naredra Modi has embarked upon a target of setting up two lakh toilets for women in 5,000 villages under a Mahatma Gandhi Clean India Programme, use of toilets in

The Government of Assam today launched the Rs 1,474 crore Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low Income States (RWSSP–LIS) in seven districts of Assam.

AHMEDABAD: In the wake of recent gang rape and murder of two teenage girls in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat chief minister Anandi Patel today asked the rural women to get toilets built in their houses thr

The case of Badaun rape and murder has exposed the lack of toilet facilities in the country. In Rajasthan, too, the sanitation facilities are in a pathetic state.

Since 1990, almost 2 billion people globally have gained access to improved sanitation, and 2.3 billion have gained access to drinking water from improved sources.

Carved out of RDPR, it will function by August 15

A new department will be carved out of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department to take care of drinking water and sanitation requirements in rural areas. The department will come into existence by August 15.