The case of Badaun rape and murder has exposed the lack of toilet facilities in the country. In Rajasthan, too, the sanitation facilities are in a pathetic state.

Rajasthan, which ranks among the bottom five states in the country for open defecation, has something to cheer about.

Despite Total Sanitation Campaign leading to increase in the number of households with toilet in the State, adoption of proper sanitation practices by the population still remains a far cry.

Royal HaskoningDHV to prepare sanitation plan for the capital city, which would be later implemented in other parts of the State

Five districts of Garo hills today pledged to ensure an aggressive approach towards meeting the mandate of Nirmal (Clean) Meghalaya by 2017.

The deputy commissioners of the five districts gave presentations at the two day consultative workshop on “Nirmal Meghalaya” highlighting the substantial gains, which have been made to increase improvement in sanitation.

Meghalaya, which is still facing the problem of open defecation, has set a target for nirmal (clean) state for the year 2014-15.

Regretting that people still use open toilets all over the country, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today stressed the need to expedite and intensify implementation of the total sanitation pro

The change in mindset of rural people alone will bring about a change in society and yield desirable results in total sanitation programme, according to Collector N. Venkatachalam.

New Delhi: Sikkim has become the only state in the country to achieve more than 100 per cent sanitation in rural and urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Aanganwadi centres.