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Sanitation
Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks to take Clean India Mission forward
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 10:48 AMEvery district in India to have 600 Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks soon to rid the country of open defecation
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Mumbaikars can now rate cleanliness of public toilets
Posted on 11 Dec, 2016 09:21 PMRating machines to help users rate cleanliness and hygiene levels of public toilets in Mumbai
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Voice systems to instruct passengers on bio-toilet use
Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 11:42 AMSouthern Railway introduces voice system to instruct passengers on how to use bio-toilets
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Community toilets in forest lands get approval
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 09:58 AMCommunity toilets can come up in forest lands under SBM
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1.14 lakh Indian villages declared open defecation free
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 10:27 AM1.14 lakh villages have been declared open defecation free so far across the country
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HP and Kerala declared open defecation free
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 07:40 AMHimachal Pradesh becomes the second state in the country to be declared open defecation free
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Bhopal to be declared ODF by year end
Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 10:22 AMBhopal to be ODF ahead of schedule
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Namma toilets flounder in Delhi
Posted on 24 Oct, 2016 08:39 PMMarginally functional 'namma toilets' fail in New Delhi
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A waste of energy
Posted on 19 Oct, 2016 11:00 PMCattle dung is not waste but an asset in rural India. With its use in food production diminishing, biogas is the next best way to utilise it.
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Limited slum space reason behind less toilets
Posted on 15 Oct, 2016 08:44 PMLack of space major reason behind low toilet penetration in Delhi slum clusters
With just 25 percent of slum clusters having access to individual toilets, the lack of space remains one of the major impediments in the increase in toilet numbers
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