Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)

Banks adopt govt schools for building toilets

PANJIM: Two banks – the Indian Overseas Bank and Corporation Bank – have joined efforts of the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ cleanliness campaign being propagated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provi

Publication Date:

30/09/2014

Source: Herald (Panjim)

Tags:

Goa, Sanitation, Education, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)

Sanitation

Central funding for toilet construction inadequate: Naithani

State Potable Water and Sanitation Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani said that the amount allocated for construction of toilets under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) is inadequate and that the State Gove

Publication Date:

26/09/2014

Source: Pioneer (Dehradun)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Toilets, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Ministry Of Rural Development, Sanitation

Solid Waste

Waste mgmt units for villages

A target has been set to establish solid and water waste management units in all 473 panchayats of the district by 2019, said Rural Development Minister Anil Sharma, while launching the Swachh Panc

Publication Date:

26/09/2014

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Himachal Pradesh, Waste Management, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Waste Disposal, Solid Waste

Sanitation

5 lakh more toilets to be built under NBA

Of the 15.51 lakh households in Uttarakhand under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), 10.41 lakh have been provided with toilets. The State’s toilet coverage under the programme is about 67 per cent.

Publication Date:

24/09/2014

Source: Pioneer (Dehradun)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Toilets, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Drinking Water Scarcity, Sanitation

Sanitation

Toilet in houses mandatory soon?

All Govt Staff Too Required To Construct Toilets.

Publication Date:

22/09/2014

Source: Times Of India (Jaipur)

Tags:

Rajasthan, Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Panchayats

Sanitation

62 lakh families in Andhra Pradesh to get toilets by 2019

Guntur: Minister for panchayt raj Ch.

Publication Date:

08/09/2014

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Toilets, Guntur (D), Drinking Water, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Sanitation

Sanitation

The effect of India's Total Sanitation Campaign on defecation behaviors and child health in rural Madhya Pradesh: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Poor sanitation is thought to be a major cause of enteric infections among young children. However, there are no previously published randomized trials to measure the health impacts of large-scale sanitation programs. India's Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is one such program that seeks to end the practice of open defecation by changing social norms and behaviors, and providing technical support and financial subsidies.

Publication Date:

26/08/2014

Author(s): Sumeet R. Patil, Benjamin F. Arnold, Alicia L. Salvatore & et al

Source: PLoS Medicine

Vol:

11

Issue:

8

pp:

1-17

Tags:

Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Madhya Pradesh, Open Defecation, Rural Sanitation, Waterborne diseases, Health Effects, Child Health, Dhar (D), Khargone, Diarrhoea

Sanitation

Action plan: achieving a ‘Swachh Bharat’ by 2019 through Swatch Bharat Abhiyan (Rural Areas)

In the context of the declaration of the plan to achieve Swachh Bharat by 2019, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has prepared a note on the Swachh Bharat Mission. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: The present goal under NBA is to achieve 100% access to sanitation for all rural households by 2022.

Publication Date:

22/08/2014

Source: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Tags:

Rural Sanitation, India, Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)

Sanitation

Zero-open-defecation drive: Villages, schools sans toilets to be mapped

In its bid to tackle sanitation and waste management issues in the country, the government on Wednesday decided to make India free from open defecation on a priority basis.

Publication Date:

07/08/2014

Author(s): Teena Thacker

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Sanitation, Waste Management, Toilets, Ministry Of Rural Development, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), WHO, UNICEF

Sanitation