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Maharashtra Hosts Nation’s First Workshop Series Focused on OD...

Officials overseeing SBM sanitation programming had come together to discuss next steps for a state that has already attained its ODF status

World Water Day 2018: How Sanitation Can Help the Environment

The Swachh Bharat Mission’s grassroots approach and fundamental belief in one’s right to access safe sanitation and hygiene has given rise to many success stories of community motivator...

CEO leads first district in MP to be ODF through dedication an...

On eve of Narsinghpur becoming open-defecation free, Chief Executive Officer, Pratibha Pal continued her rounds of district that often include surprise monitoring visits to villages.

Lives Transformed by Good Sanitation

Thanks to a UNICEF supported campaign in the district, every household in this village now has toilets, and the area has been declared Open Defecation Free by the Central Government.

When Delhi Daredevils Met Daredevils from Team Swachh

Thirty-two children from the Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh are now being hailed as ‘Champions of Team Swachh’ for halting the age-old practice of defecating in the open. This May ...

Five facts about poop in India

When people don’t use toilets, kids are exposed to poop in their environment, and they can pick up diseases like diarrhoea, which kills almost 400 children under five in India every day