‘Ladies Only’: A response to nature’s call Up until five years ago, every monsoon, the little tribal village of Gothangaon in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra would use up the …
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After several councilors of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) complained about the sanitation department’s poor response to complaints, the civic body has now given sanitation officials mobile sets to …
All the 20,000 outsourced employees working in the health and sanitation wings of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) have been covered by the Road Accident Policy (Group Personal Accident Policy …
The SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack has launched mechanised cleaning and sanitation system across all its facilities. The new system entails round-the-clock sanitation of the wards and corridors. …
A study conducted by the World Bank found that India has been incurring an annual loss of about र540 billion over lack of toilets and poor hygiene. The World Bank …
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair was offered an estimated £50,000 to address a conference of toilet roll and disinfectant manufacturers. Blair was the keynote speaker in November at the …
With residents, shopkeepers and hospitals dumping garbage right in front of a bus shelter near Sirsi Road in Bangalore, the area has become a breeding ground for diseases. People urinating …
The Kohima Municipal Council wants to make the town free of pigs and stray dogs with a massive cleanliness and beautification drive. Both the animals have been creating major health …
On the Global Hand Washing Day on October 15, more than 200 million schoolchildren, parents, teachers, celebrities and government officials in 80 countries lathered up during the event. The theme …
More and more people in the poverty line now have access to toilets in Deoghar and Pakur districts of Jharkhand. Thanks to the Total Sanitation Campaign. But, is this programme …
