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India – State lags in sanitation programme
Mangalore, February 18, 2008: The state of Karnataka may not achieve the 2012 deadline given by the Union Ministry for Rural Development on the total sanitation campaign according to the project...
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India – Over 87,000 toilets built in Nellai
TIRUNELVELI: Of one lakh toilets planned under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in the district, 86,644 have been constructed at houses and another 551 at women sanitary complexes in rural areas...
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India can achieve total sanitation by 2016
KOLKATA: West Bengal is well on its way to be the first State in the country to achieve open defecation free status by 2010 followed by Andhra Pradesh that is likely to achieve the target by 2013....
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India, Jharkhand: Hygiene model draws foreign team
After bagging the Centre-sponsored Nirmal Gram Puraskar award in May 2008, the district of East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, was visited on October 21st by an international team researching successful...
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India, Sikkim: state set to achieve 100 pc sanitation cover
The Union Rural Development Minister Dr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, on Sunday [19 October 2008], said that one of the main aims of the government would be to put [the] North East on the fast track for...
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India: a silent revolution
The Total Sanitation Campaign is taking clean sanitation to rural households, making a quality difference to their lives. Two silent revolutions are sweeping rural India. One, of mobile telephones,...
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India, Haryana: No toilet, no bride – slogan hits the mark
The war against insanitation is being fought by women in Haryana by placing a simple condition before their daughters get married – her new household should have a toilet. Suresh Devi, 52, a resident...
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India – Update on Total Sanitation Campaign
Rural Sanitation There has also been tremendous increase in the access to sanitation facilities by rural households. The sanitation coverage among rural households has increased from 21.9 percent in...
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Peer pressure builds more latrines than financial assistance
DURHAM, N.C. — Government subsidies persuade some people to change habits, but social shame works even better, suggests a recent study of efforts to reduce elevated childhood death and disease rates...
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India: use pour flush system in toilets to save water, UNICEF
UNICEF has called for promoting Pour Flush System in toilets stating it is far better than the traditional Tank Flush System as it saves water. Water Environment Sanitation (WES) specialist from...
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India, Himachal Pradesh: school sanitation reward scheme launched
The Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has launched the ‘School Sanitation Reward’ Scheme, under which, Government Primary and Middle Schools would get Block and District level prizes. First cash prize...
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Squatting with Dignity: new book on rural sanitation in India
This new book by Mr. Kumar Alok talks about the story of the successes and challenges faced in building the fast expanding rural sanitation network in India. It presents a detailed account of the...
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India – Total sanitation programme to cover 2.63 lakh families
Feb 2 (PIB Feature): The afternoon session of the second day Bharat Nirman campaign held at Panthoibi Lampak started with a speech by Swamikanta Director Communication and Capacity Development Unit...
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India: impact of sanitation award scheme to be assessed
The government will assess the impact and sustainability of the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (Clean Village Award) scheme implemented between 2005-2008. The Department of Drinking Water Supply under the...
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India: achieving sustainable sanitation – lessons from civil society...
A new report [1] by Arghyam highlights the outcomes of research and discussions on the experiences of civil society organisations involved in implementing sustainable sanitation campaigns in India....
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Time to acknowledge the dirty truth behind community-led sanitation
In rural India, extremes of coercion are being used to encourage toilet use writes Liz Chatterjee in the Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog. Her provocative post has drawn comments from the likes of...
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Bollywood actress becomes India’s sanitation brand ambassador
Vidya Balan, who received the Best Actress National Film Award for her role in 2011 Bollywood hit ‘The Dirty Picture’, will now play a role to alter the real dirty picture in India. Union Minister of...
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India, Madhya Pradesh: sanitation campaign humiliates women, say critics
Controversial illustration from Madya Pradesh sanitation campaign booklet A government campaign to stop open defecation in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has been criticised for using humiliation...
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