Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) guidelines
The main objectives of the NBA are as: Bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas; Accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to achieve the vision of Nirmal Bharat
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Guidelines for solid and liquid waste management in rural areas
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) directly impact human health and have far reaching consequences when ignored. India is one of the fastest developing economies, but when it comes to WASH indicators,
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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 Government
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Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000–2022: special focus on gender
<p>Women and girls responsible for fetching water in 7 out of 10 households without supplies on premises, according to this first in-depth analysis of gender inequalities in drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in households.</p>
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Status of open defecation in rural areas, 27/03/2017
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Status of open defecation in rural areas, 27/03/2017. The focus of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is on behaviour change of people to adopt safe sanitation and use toilet.
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City of Kigali rolls out Rwf467bn water, sanitation upgrade project
Water and sanitation are critical components that need to be worked on to ensure they are covered 100 per cent by 2020 if Rwandans are to live a better life, officials have said. Officials from the
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Rs 696 cr for rural development
The Haryana Rural Development Fund Administration Board has sanctioned Rs 696 crore to execute various development works during the current financial year. Out of this, expenditure to the tune of Rs 415.60 crore had already been incurred so far.
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Unity and purpose wins
A small village called Thangammalpuram, in Vilathikulam Block, Tutucorin District received a national award recently from the President of India, Pratibha Patil, for attaining full sanitation coverage in households, schools, Angawadis, etc., and for outstanding contribution in the promotion of rural sanitation for the year 2008.
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Only 37% of families in rural Dharwad have toilets at home
While Dharwad district may be an education hub and the cultural capital of North Karnataka, it doesn’t score very well on basic amenities. Many families in villages of Dharwad district don’t have toilets
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Sanitation in large and dense villages of India: the last mile and beyond
The aim of this white paper is to explore the nuances of the prevalence of on-site sanitation systems in large and dense villages of India. Villages which have a population of 1000 persons or more and
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UNICEF experts take stock of total sanitation campaign
Experts of UNICEF visited village Ratanpur in Sehore district on Friday to take stock development works being carried out in the rural areas under the Total Sanitation Campaign and efforts for creating
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Shame or subsidy revisited: social mobilization for sanitation in Orissa, India
<p>The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of a sanitation campaign that combines “shaming” (i.e. emotional motivators) with subsidies for poor households in rural Orissa,
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World Bank to fund rural water supply, sanitation project in UP
The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) project in four low income states -- UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam. The project, directed towards improving
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India Needs a Latrine Policy
From plastic portable loos to Sanitary Bonds, only an all-out war on open-sky toilets will remove the stink After Mahatma Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh is the only national leader to be genuinely concerned
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Sanitation scheme in utter disarray
An important scheme to improve the health and lifestyle of residents in rural pockets around Tambaram and also to improve access to proper sanitation is in disarray owing to neglect on the part of State government agencies. The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Ministry of Rural Development aims at elimination of open defecation in rural areas and ensuring that all households, schools and Children's Centres of Integrated Child Development Services or government-run creches have toilets. The scheme also mandates the construction of at least one integrated sanitary complex in every rural local body.
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CM plans to develop villages
July 13: After successfully revitalising the agriculture sector in the state in his first term, the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, is now planning a
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Sanitation and hygiene in South Asia: India country report
This report by WSSCC and FANSA gives voice to the sanitation and hygiene needs and aspirations of marginalised groups in India. It is the culmination of 18 consultations held between October and December
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Malnutrition traced to poor sanitation
There is increasing medical evidence that suggests that high incidence of malnutrition is the direct result of poor sanitation and hygiene. This is the larger context against which the department of
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Sanitation in villages lauded
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.
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Sewage Treatment Plants Under GAP, 30/03/2017
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Sewage Treatment Plants Under GAP, 30/03/2017. Namami Gange aims to focus on pollution abatement interventions namely Interception, diversion & treatment of waste water