Poor sanitation spreads disease, yet efforts to provide subsidised toilets have been resisted for cultural
reasons in many developing countries. To improve the rate of uptake, some people are now advocating a market-based approach.
Sanitation, water, education and health facilities are the areas which require our intervention, says Sanjay Nirupam, Member of Parliament, North Mumbai. After 60 years of being a Republic, two problems…
Women of East Midnapore in West Bengal have become the driving force behind the achievement of 100% sanitation in the district
If the Indian government was to provide toilets for all the households that currently lack toilets in India, US$7.9 billion would be required. This fact was revealed in a study…
In an effort to promote safe sanitation in 441 cities and towns, the Union Urban Development Ministry has recently launched a project to rate the cities as red, black, blue…
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has come up with a unique ad campaign to raise sanitation awareness in the city. And for this, it is going to use none…
With over 5400 registered visitors, the second international edition of Clean India Show – Clean India Pulire – saw a 19.3% increase in visitor turnout. Neither the threat of an…
There is many a slip between the cup and the lip when it comes to government policies and their execution. But Andhra Pradesh beats every sincere step of the government…
ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam has announced it will organise its eighth Innovation Award in April 2010. The award will be given to the best innovation in professional cleaning anywhere in the world…
The Purleve hygienic door handle has made its way into US based magazine Popular Science’s 100 best innovation list. It received “The Best of What’s New” award and got the…