Toilets

Lok Sabha polls: BJP may bank on beneficiaries of electricity, sanitation schemes to defeat SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh

Even if the BJP can get a reasonable percentage of Yadav and Dalit votes, it will put up a respectable performance in politically-critical Uttar Pradesh.

Over nine crore toilets built, 5.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free since 2014, govt tells Lok Sabha

More than nine crore toilets have been constructed across the country, while over 5 lakh villages have been declared ODF till 5 February this year under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G), govt tells Lok Sabha

On World Toilet Day, celebrating stories of rural women who campaigned for open defecation free villages

For the Gram Pradhan of Jatoi Praveshi Devi, a pregnant woman going into labour while she was out in the fields marked the last straw of open defecation in her village

Bill Gates lauds futuristic toilet that turns waste to fertilizer without water

China is midway through a three-year 'toilet revolution': building 64,000 public toilets by 2020.

Hardeep Singh Puri says 50 lakh household toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat; slum residents benefited most

Puri said in Lok Sabha that the SBM-U mainly aims at making urban India free from open defecation and achieving 100 per cent scientific management of municipal solid waste in all 4,041 statutory towns of the country.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ground reality: Painting, remodelling of toilets sparks sanitation revolution in Odisha

Odisha, which has an abysmal record when it comes to access to toilets, has seen some startling success stories from a few villages of this laggard state.

Delhi Metro tells high court 'nominal' fee charged for drinking water, toilets at stations to prevent misuse of facilities

The Delhi Metro told the high court in New Delhi that a nominal fee is charged for drinking water and toilets at its stations to prevent the misuse of these facilities.

Devendra Fadnavis declares rural Maharashtra open defecation-free, says state built highest number of toilets

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday declared rural areas of the state open defecation-free and claimed the state has constructed the highest number of toilets in the country.

93% rural households with access to toilets use them, reveals national sanitation survey

Over 93 percent rural households which have access to toilets are using them and about 77 percent of houses in such areas have got toilets, the government-sponsored National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) revealed.

Modi govt built 6 crore toilets since coming to power in 2014: Union minister

The NDA government has built six crore toilets since coming to power at the Centre in 2014 and another two crore are to be constructed by the end of the next fiscal, said a minister.