GUWAHATI

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil here on Monday called for sustainable village development and solid waste management. She blamed the low sanitation facilities responsible for the large number of school dropouts in rural India.

Asserting that the Total Sanitation Campaign was becoming a people

Sikkim to become first state with total sanitation coverage
Guwahati, Oct 20: The tiny Himalayan State of Sikkim is all poised to win the prestigious

GUWAHATI, Oct 20: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today gave a clarion call to implement the

Creating awareness: C.K. Veeranan, Project Officer, Krishnagiri District Rural Development Agency, showing pamphlets explaining the conditions of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today appreciated the acumen and ability of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who are facilitating the formalisation of the nuclear deal.

This would make India a super power apart from ensuring uninterrupted power in all times to come in all parts of the country, including rural areas.

Undi, Aug. 29: Nirmal Grama Puraskar team appreciated the maintenance of sanitation in rural areas. The team comprising sanitation co-ordinator A. Shanmugam and arasampatti village panchayat sarpanch S. Chinakarpan from Kudikotti district from Tamil Nadu inspected the Pedapulleru village of this mandal on Friday.