As the quantity of rubbish grows, its nature and harms are changing too. Most of India’s waste used to be organic. Now the ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for stricter measures against open defecation and homelessness. The lawmakers ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to fully enforce environmental laws against open defecation and ensure the widespread provision of free ...

To discourage open defecation, senior health professionals have called on the state and local governments to make public toilets usage free of charge for the populace.They noted that the required fees ...

The Swachh Bharat Mission has significantly impacted public health, with WHO noting the saving of 300,000 children's lives.

Open Defacation rate declined from 16.2 per cent in 2003 to 7 per cent in 2022,  the country remains among 36 countries still ...

Veerapandian urged school managements and the public to cooperate with the government in this initiative, which aims at the ...

Foreign netizens called for more public bathrooms in Phuket after Thai netizens condemned some foreigners for urinating in public.

This issue isn’t confined to India—it has followed the Indian diaspora abroad. Gutka stains became so widespread in London ...

Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), which aims to sustain open defecation free (ODF) status and implement solid and liquid waste ...

The Centre has allocated Rs 74,226 crore for the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Union Budget 2025-26, with most of it allotted to the Jal Jeevan Mission which aims to provide tap ...