Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said the southern state was open defecation free in its rural areas. “Earlier statistics showed that only half or one-third of the rural households had individual toilets, but presently, all the 70.2 lakh rural households in the state have been provided with[Read More…]
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Jharkahnd: Man strangulated for open defecation beside a house
Palamu: Two members of a family have been arrested for allegedly strangulating a man over defecating next to his house. According to police the accused allegedly had an altercation over the open defecation besides their house and followed to his killing. Manager Ram was accused by his neighbor of defecating[Read More…]
Modi: Contribution of women in Swachh Bharat Mission immense
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the contribution of India’s ‘Nari Shakti’ (women power) in the Swachh Bharat Mission was immense. “The contribution of India’s Nari Shakti (women power) in the Swachh Bharat (clean India) Mission is immense,” Modi said while launching the ‘Swachhata[Read More…]
West Bengal: Three districts to go ODF this month
Three districts in West Bengal, East and West Burdwan and Howrah, will be declared open defecation free (ODF) by the government this month. Chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, will declare these districts as ODF by the second or third week of October. The government wants to make the state ODF by[Read More…]
Bihar: People jump into river to escape ODF team, two children die
To save themselves from the Open Defecation Free(ODF) team in Bihar’s Sasaram, a couple of people jumped into the river to escape being caught by the team. Two children lost their lives in the incident. The kids died after they jumped into the river and drowned. The people were caught[Read More…]