Sanitation

Haryana makes education, toilet must for candidates

The Haryana Assembly today passed a landmark legislation making educational qualifications and toilets at residence premises mandatory for the candidates of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) a

Publication Date: 
08/09/2015
Pradeep Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Toilets, Legislation, Panchayats, Sanitation
Sanitation

End open defecation, Luapula Minister urges chiefdoms

LUAPULA Province Minister Brigadier General Benson Kapaya has called on chiefdoms to work towards ending open defecation to improve public health and curb water-borne diseases.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2015
Daily Mail (Zambia)
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Toilets, Zambia, Africa
Sanitation

Gambia: Stakeholders Call for Behavioural Change in Ending Open Defecation By 2017

The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Minster of Environment and UNICEF country representative have called for behavioural change in the attainment and sustainability in ending open defecation

Publication Date: 
03/09/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Gambia, Toilets, Africa
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sewage disposal facilities at the market yard of Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samiti, Pimpalgaon Baswant, Nashik (D), maharashtra, 01/09/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vishwas Madhavrao More Vs. Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samittee, Pimpalgaon Baswant & Ors dated 01/09/2015 regarding sewage disposal facilities at the market yard of Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samiti, Pimpalgaon Baswant, Nashik (D).

Judgement Date: 
01/09/2015
Tags:
Sanitation, Agriculture, Vegetables, Nasik (D), Maharashtra, Waste Disposal, Toilets, Composting, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Sanitation

Gambia to End Open Defecation By 2017 - Jammeh Declares

President Yahya Jammeh has made a declaration that The Gambia would be "open defecation-free" by 2017.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Gambia, Toilets, UNICEF, Africa
Sanitation

Not rhetoric: What Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan really needs

A lot of hype has been created around the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. But funding from sources such as the corporate social responsibility coffer is wholly inadequate. Moreover, reliance on public-private partnerships without strengthening the capabilities of the existing public agencies in the field through adequate budget allocations and proper training of personnel is a sure sign that the ambitious 2019 target for drinking water supply and sanitation is not going to be met.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2015
Manjur Ali
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Sanitation, India, Drinking Water, Toilets, Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Water Supply, Private Sector, Public Sector, Scavengers, Rehabilitation
Sanitation

Govt. sanctions Rs. 100 cr. for construction of toilets in over 83,000 rural households

Move to make elimination of open defecation a people’s movement

Publication Date: 
27/08/2015
P.V.V. Murthi
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Toilets, Rural Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Panchayats, Sanitation
Sanitation

Project to make Queen of Hills clean and green

Lauding the people of Darjeeling for their initiative to make the Queen of Hills clean and green, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today announced that 50,000 toilets would be built in th

Publication Date: 
26/08/2015
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Darjiling (D), Toilets, Sanitation, Rural Sanitation
Sanitation

60 village panchayats to be open defecation-free from October 2

As part of eliminating open defecation, 60 village panchayats in the district will have Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) and these villages will also be declared as ‘Open Defecation-Free Village

Publication Date: 
25/08/2015
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Open Defecation, Panchayats, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Rural Sanitation, Toilets, Sanitation
Sanitation

Gov’t bemoans non-compliance of sanitation guidelines

It has emerged that one of the major factors preventing the government from rolling out its plans to ensure proper sanitation in the country is the non-adherence of many of its partners to the subs

Publication Date: 
24/08/2015
Ghana Web (Ghana)
Tags:
Sanitation, Ghana, Toilets, Africa, Open Defecation

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