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Urban Sanitation
Embracing planning for faecal sludge management: The tale of two towns
Posted on 12 Dec, 2020 10:51 AMUnder Project Nirmal, a detailed planning process was undertaken for designing Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) interventions in Angul and Dhenkanal Municipalities based on the existing sanitation situation in the towns, the techno-economic feasibility as well as cap
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Let's talk sanitation! Kakkaman is here, this WTD2020
Posted on 19 Nov, 2020 09:55 AMThe COVID-19 pandemic has made us realise the importance of going beyond cleanliness to achieve total sanitation.
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A sanitation veteran leads from the front
Posted on 11 Nov, 2020 04:00 PMGyanchand Mishra is 65, the veteran of many a sanitation campaign that, he says, has ended successfully. Mixing politics and activism, his long association with sanitation resulted in Dhenkanal’s first ODF Ward-3.
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Swachh Survekshan 2017: Indore is India’s cleanest city
Posted on 08 May, 2017 11:28 PMIndore and Bhopal declared India’s cleanest cities
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Ministries to prepare two-year action plans for Swachh Bharat
Posted on 02 May, 2017 01:20 AMPMO directs Ministries to prepare two-year action plans for Swachh Bharat implementation
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Uttarakhand to be open defecation free soon
Posted on 16 Apr, 2017 09:45 PMUttarakhand all set to become open defecation free by May
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Karnataka minister proposes legalising manual scavenging
Posted on 20 Mar, 2017 01:00 PMKarnataka for making manual scavenging legal to get rid of pesky scavenger deaths
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Manual scavengers lose life in Bengaluru manhole
Posted on 13 Mar, 2017 02:50 PMThree manual scavengers die of asphyxiation trying to decongest manhole
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India Sanitation Conclave and the ISC-FICCI sanitation awards, April 27-28, 2017, New Delhi
Posted on 16 Feb, 2017 12:36 PMThe India Sanitation Conclave will be a platform for deliberating on the various themes around corporate engagement in sanitation across India, from policy and regulatory enablers to best practices and business opportunity through the Build-Use-Maintain-Treat value chain.
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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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