Search For "drinking water and sanitation"
Ram Temple construction is my dream: Uma Bharti
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti has advocated the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, and said she is ready to provide any assistance required from her end.
Read More
Uma Bharti retracts claim of informing Gadkari about GD Agarwal's health
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti on Thursday expressed shock over environmentalist G. D. Agarwal's death on twitter, adding that she had anticipated the same and had earlier alerted Union Minster for Road Transport and Highways Niti
Read More
Notice to Centre, Delhi govt on water, sanitation facilities for traffic p
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Centre and the Delhi government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking drinking water and sanitation facilities for the Traffic Police.
Read More
Rural sanitation coverage rises 89% under Swachh Bharat
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): The Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) progress report conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has said that India's rural sanitation coverage escalated to 89.07 percent till August 2.
Read More
Centre aims to make UP open-defecation free state
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Jhansi, (Uttar Pradesh) [India] April 19: The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) along with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) have united and taken up the task of making India's most populous state of
Read More
Menstrual hygiene integral part of government's sanitation programme: Uma
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.17 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti has announced that she, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi and Minister for Textiles and Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani, have decided to look into the problem of menstrual
Read More
Uma Bharti admitted to AIIMS
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 3. (ANI): Union Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Uma Bharti was reportedly admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday.
Read More
Centre deplores UN Rapporteur's comments on Mahatma Gandhi, sanitation pro
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday deplored the insensitivity towards Mahatma Gandhi shown by Leo Heller, the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.
Read More
FICCI's India Sanitation Coalition gets top corporate award
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.2 (ANI): On the occasion of the third anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today India Sanitation Coalition was awarded the top award in corporate category for its contribution towards the Swachh Bharat Mission on behalf of the Mi
Read More
Unicef India lauds Centre's approach in solving drinking water, sanit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): A Unicef India official on Wednesday lauded the Centre's approach towards solving issues concerning lack of drinking water and sanitation, saying the transparency and openness with stakeholders will be beneficial towards undertaking innovative measures.
Read More
Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative to be launched today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 29 (ANI): Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative, aimed at strengthening health centres in open defecation-free blocks, will be launched today by the Union Health Ministry in collaboration with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Human Resource Development.
Read More
Rs. 315 crore released for construction of toilets
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.23 (ANI): The Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Ministry has released an amount of Rs. 315 crore to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation for the implementation of Ganga action plan under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) during the
Read More