India becomes open-defecation free but many challenges ahead

The challenge now will be mainly be to sustain India's open-defecation free status

Simply put: ODF India

Modi declares India ODF

Sustaining the status the next big challenge

Unused toilets prompt Haryana to tweak Swachh Bharat Mission

State adds 'cleanliness' as important prerequisite for receiving subsidy

Sub-Saharan Africans spend 60 hours a year finding a private place to defecate

The state of sanitation is deteriorating in Sub-Saharan Africa, with countries switching from open defecation to unsafe toilets

World Water Day: Solving water issues key to achieving ODF status

Here’s an example of a village in Nagaland that journeyed from being one of the most backward districts in India to being open defecation free

Focus on community sanitary complexes: Standing Committee to govt

In its latest report on the status of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), the Standing Committee on Rural Development said that community …

First-of-a-kind study on community-led sanitation reveals implementation challenges

The study identified 43 implementation- and community-related factors which reportedly affect CLT

Positive message from Minister's open urination incident

Without providing toilet facilities, how can the idea of SBM be enforced?

Fast track work on ODF+ and ODF++: Parliamentary panel to govt

Less than 30% of cities certified as ODF+ under Phase 2 of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban-2), the panel’s report found

Swachh Bharat Mission: Haryana’s race for ODF tag pushed people in debt traps

Villagers were forced to construct toilets, but were not given subsidy promised under SBM

Bihar plans afforestation drive in villages along Ganga river

100 open defecation free villages located along the river have been selected for the drive

Government still chasing toilets, but that won’t solve sanitation issues: experts

The government is still correlating the number of toilets built with open defecation-free status of villages

Lagos seals off houses sans standard toilets

Sanitation for all is one of the Sustainable Development Goals envisaged by the United Nations for a better future

Amul takes hygiene a step forward

At Anand, the dairy cooperative movement’s birthplace, no one will defecate in the open. RAHUL KUMAR, Amul Dairy’s managing director, …

Why rural Nigeria needs to fix its sanitation gaps on a war footing  

Open defecation near water source deteriorates quality causing a visicious circle of poor sanitation & water crisis

Is the ODF status for Kanpur a myth?

From shortage of toilets to age-old habits, Kanpur throws up a contradictory picture

Swachh Bharat Mission: Water shortage drives people in Marathwada to open fields

Maharashtra’s rain-shadow region has had so little rain in the last four years that residents don’t have enough water to flush …

Niligiris' journey to being ODF led to it embracing organic farming

The hill district witnesses a successful example of closing the nutrient loop in a sustainable way

Findings of annual rural sanitation survey questionable

The claim of 96.5 per cent rural households having access to toilets with potential usage is somewhat doubtful, especially in a scenario where …

Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II guidelines released

Safe toilets, with well managed black and grey water, are the need of the hour, particularly in rural areas

World Toilet Day: Why future of Swachh Bharat Mission remains unsure

The success of Swachh Bharat Mission depends not on toilet construction but whether India can sustain efforts to remain open defecation free …

6,980 villages in 698 districts will be surveyed under Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

The survey will be conducted from August 1-31, and top performing states and districts are expected to be awarded on October 2

Rural Kerala declared open defecation-free

All city areas are expected to become ODF by January 1 and a majority of municipalities have already achieved the target

Swachh Bharat Mission: How model villages in Odisha quit ODF

Every household now has an extra toilet, due to SBM. Yet people are forced to defecate in the open because of acute water scarcity  …