The State Government has set a target to convert at least one block in each district and 1,040 gram panchayats as open defecation-free under Swachh Bharat Mission during the current fiscal.

PANAJI: It is unlikely that even this tourist season beach shacks will have green or eco-friendly toilets.

Of the total 322 village panchayats in the district, all the houses in 61 villages have individual household latrines.

A total of 22 village panchayats have been declared ‘open defecation-free’ in Erode district during the gram sabha meeting last week.

Common toilets

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Water, Forestry and Wildlife, UNICEF and Department of Community Development, recently h

With around 300,000 children of school-going age not enrolled and a high dropout rate, the state of education in government schools in Thatta and Sujawal districts is beyond dismal.

The Kumbakonam municipality has said that a special vigilance team has been formed and more than 200 bio-toilets connected with underground drainage channels are being installed to make sure that t

The practice of open defecation in Ghana is still very alarming, with current data suggesting that almost a quarter of the Ghanaian population do not use any latrine facility.

MUMBAI: The BMC has received Rs 8 crore from the state government to build public toilets in the city under the Modi-government promoted Swachh Bharat campaign.