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Swachh Bharat Mission: A Tale Of Disappearing Toilets, Vanishing Data

The CAG of India--the government's own auditor--has raised serious questions on the veracity of SBM claims in at least two states

Swachh Bharat sans Swachh cities? Post-toilet crisis scourge of urban areas

The SBM focuses exclusively on toilets built, but cleanliness is not complete if we do not get rid of the solid and liquid waste we generate

How a Haryana village is discouraging open defecation, promoting sanitation

As per a local, the village has adopted this resolution so that their daughters are not forced to defecate in the open

Swachh Bharat: 8,000 toilets built in Kathua this year versus 15,000 target

As per survey of 2012, there were 92884 households without toilets. The target of construction of 41602 toilets is so far completed till 2017

Which law allows you to convert pvt toilets into public ones? HC asks BMC

The counsel for the BMC said that the corporation had done so to further the cause of the Centre's Swachh Bharat Mission

Swachh Bharat: Maharashtra constructs most toilets; BJP-ruled states shine

The Centre is focusing on construction of toilets to make the cities open defecation free by 2019

Swachh Bharat: A public health crisis is upon us; here is how to avert it

A campaign for Swachh Bharat Mission says 'put away your waste, make your city clean', but where should it be put away? A proper disposal mechanism is the only way forward, says Isher Judge Ahluwalia

Rs 33,700 cr allocated under Swachh Bharat Mission since 2014

The House saw some humour when Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said those not following rules and regulations governing cleanliness drive should be sent for training to Indore

2 yrs to Swachh Bharat deadline, 62% districts not open defecation free

Of the 29 states and seven union territories, tourism hub Goa has fared the worst since SBM began three years ago

From demolitions to toilets for show: How Indore won Swachh Bharat top rank

Families who had paid for toilets and were midway through construction allege that their houses were destroyed before surveyors came around

Thousands of Mahatmas can't bring 'swachhta', 1.25 bn Indians can: PM Modi

PM Modi was addressing an event at Vigyan Bhavan to mark three years of the Centre's Swachh Bharat Mission

Army responds to PM's Swachhata call, removes 60 tonnes waste from Siachen

Cleanliness has been intrinsic to the culture and tradition of the armed forces

Give adequate attention to Swachh Bharat campaign: Govt to TV, FM channels

I&B Ministry has issued an advisory to private entities in this regard

Only 51.6% of India's open defecation free villages are verified by govt

The World Bank also rated the implementation of the programme 'moderately unsatisfactory'

Thanks to women, Ambikapur becomes first waste-free town in Chhattisgarh

Town adopts solid and liquid resource management method to solve the problem of urban waste

Swachh Bharat Mission: Half way down the road

New Delhi, 14 MarchParameswaran Iyer is on a two-year contract with the government to achieve the incredible - ensuring a 100 per cent open defecation-free rural India by October 2, 2019. An IAS officer who took voluntary retirement in 2009, Iyer is back as the hand-picked secretary of the drinking water and sanitation ministry in charge of Swachh Bharat Mission's rural components and cross-ministry coordination.The targets he is tasked to achieve can easily overwhelm. He has to ensure all 609,883 villages become open defecation-free (ODF) in two years. An estimated 171,806 claim to be ODF and of these 71,377 have been verified to be so - that is about 12 per cent of the target.Take another target. His ministry is to build 70 million household toilets by 2019. The government says 18.2 million were built in 2016-17, and 12.6 million in the year before.It's clear Iyer has his task cut out, considering the work is to now pick speed in the poorer states with a low base to start with. And .

Daily waste from Indian cities, towns could fill 16 jumbo jets: Report

The report found that India has the greatest number of urban-dwellers in the world without safe sanitation

Swachh Bharat Mission failed in Delhi, BJP-led MCDs to blame: Satyendra Jain

Satyendra Jain said civic bodies failed to clean city and it led to spurt in dengue and chikungunya cases.

PM Narendra Modi calls for a 'Swachhagraha' against filth

PM Modi was addressing the India Sanitation Conference at Vigyan Bhavan

2.5 crore toilets constructed in India in two years: PM Modi

He also appealed to masses to connect with cleanliness campaign and send photos or videos on the 'NarendraModiApp