Mumbai: A 65 per cent shortfall in subsidies is affecting Maharashtra’s push to ensure a toilet in every urban household under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the nationwide cleanliness campaign, according to a study by CEPT University, Gujarat. The cost of building a basic toilet with water and a septic tank[Read More…]
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New toilets in trains no better than septic tanks, concludes IIT-M study
A new kind of toilet using bacteria to break down human excreta has been deployed in Indian trains over four years to 2017, at a cost of Rs 1,305 crore, but this toilet is no better than a septic tank, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has concluded after a[Read More…]
Gaya: This govt school has no toilet in its premises
Guru Nanak Middle School, a government school in Gaya, Bihar, has no toilet in its premises. This condition has caused great discomfort to both teachers and students. The students, over six hundred in number, are forced to go to their homes or to the homes of their friends to ease[Read More…]
Maharashtra: 100 petrol pumps along highways to have toilets, ATMs, restaurants
The Maharashtra will allot space for 100 petrol pumps along the state highways with public facilities such as toilets, ATMs and restaurants. The state will also identify 300 additional petrol pump locations where these facilities can be introduced. The government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with public sector[Read More…]
Where do sweepers and traffic cops have access to toilets, asks Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked three municipal corporations of the national capital as to whether the sweepers and on-duty traffic policemen have access to toilet facilities or not. A bench of acting chief justice, Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said that it has not seen public[Read More…]
Amethi: Women to get toilets as gifts this Raksha Bandhan
To make the open defecation free campaign successful and create awareness about sanitation in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, the Zila Swachchhata Samiti (district committee for sanitation) has started a programme “Anokhi Amethi Ka Anokha Bhai”. As part of this programme, brothers in this district have decided to give toilets as a[Read More…]
This village in Bihar believes that toilets bring bad fortune
Unlike several rural areas in the country, which do not have access to toilets, this particular village is devoid of toilets for the most unusual reason. The residents of Ghazipur village in Bihar have no toilet in the region because of their strong belief in superstitions. They believe that toilets[Read More…]
Salman Khan promises to donate toilets to Mumbai residents
Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) campaign against open defecation. He visited Aarey Colony in Mumbai on Friday to inspect toilets along with BMC chief Ajoy Mehta. He had made a visit to the site earlier also after he[Read More…]
Delhi: Man beaten to death for stopping men from urinating in public
It’s a common sight in India to see men peeing against walls and trees in public, a problem that is older than the country’s democracy. And while this phenomenon largely stems from a lack of public toilets, a lack of a culture of sanitation could also be a problem. Although,[Read More…]
Govt to build toilets in 1 lakh madrassas
Chhattisgarh woman mortgages jewellery to build over 100 toilets
A resident of Jashpur district, with the help of other women, mortgaged her jewelry to make bricks to construct more than 100 toilets in her village. Kajal Roy a sana village ward Panch said it was not an easy decision to make as she had to go through a lot[Read More…]