About 72 per cent of the rural population and 40 per cent of the people in urban areas in Balochistan were without the minimum required sanitation facilities, says Balochistan Minister for Local Gove

The municipal administration directorate commissioner and senior IAS officer, Mr Sunil Sharma, said that state government had allocated Rs 350 crore for taking up sanitation works in all mun-icipaliti

CIWEM has backed this year's sanitation-themed World Water Day and issued a reminder that billions of people have no access to adequate sanitation.

The United Nations has announced 2008 as the Year of Sanitation.

Khulna Water and Sanitation Forum on Thursday called for ensuring safe drinking water and sanitation for the city dwellers.

The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, on the occasion of World Water Day, has called for action to make a measurable difference in people's lives.

With a view to achieving sanitation for all by 2010, eco toilets will be set up soon in 4500 unions of the country.

Commuters at Bandra Terminus, Andheri and Borivali stations in the Western Railway will get to use deluxe toilets, for a price.