Human excreta is rich in soil nutrients. In a year, one person craps 4.56 kg of nitrogen (n), 0.55 kg phosphorus (p) and 1.28 kg potassium (k)

Vigyan Bhawan is usually a place where one finds government dignitaries and policy-makers

An ecosan toilet is an eco-friendly sanitation product that was devised mostly for women who suffer from poor sanitation facilities. With the ecosan model being able to channel effluent productively and enabling it to be used as compost, setting up of kitchen gardens seemed the best thing to do, finds out Fehmida Zakeer

A young Nepali climber is seeking to popularise a toilet fashioned from a plastic bucket with a lid to promote eco-friendly climbing on Mount Everest.

Hundreds of climbers flock to the world's tallest peak at 8,850 metres (29,035 feet) every year, with many simply squatting in the open or hunching behind rocks as the Everest base camp has no proper toilet facilities.

K Jayaprakash, SABARIMALA: Hold your nose. It

States and cities in the country will have to come out with their sanitation strategies in the next two years, according to a national urban sanitation policy unveiled by the government today.

The strategies would be prepared with the financial help from the Urban Development Ministry, which has funds worth about Rs 50,000 crore for the purpose under the Eleventh Plan.

Barun Roy / New Delhi November 06, 2008, 0:23 IST

Jack Sim of Singapore is on a mission to popularise sanitation solutions that developing countries need.

Jamshedpur, Oct. 12: People of East Singhbhum district are a proud lot.

For the second consecutive year the district has bagged the Nirmal Gram Award for successful implementation of Total Sanitation Campaign.

Successfully adhering to basic sanitation and cleanliness guidelines of the government, 13 panchayats of East Singhbhum district have received this award.