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Open-defecation free India is big achievement on Gandhi's 150th birth anni
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh on Wednesday said that an open-defecation free India is a big achievement on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.
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India very near to achieve open defecation-free target: Jal Shakti Ministe
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday said that India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has almost achieved the open defecation free (ODF) target.
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India's largest Rural Sanitation Survey launched
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): On the occasion of 73rd Independence Day, Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday launched India's largest Swachh Survekshan Grameen (Rural Sanitation Survey), 2019 in New Delhi.
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Devoid of basic amenities, locals in this MP village still defecate in the
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 17 (ANI): Locals in Sarotipura village near Bhopal claim that they still defecate in the open, despite the city having been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) in 2017.
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Budget 2019-20: India will be open-defecation free on October 2 this year,
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): India will be made open-defecation free (ODF) on October 2, 2019, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
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Over 9.5 cr toilets built across India under Swachh Bharat Mission: Econom
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Over 9.5 crore toilets have been built all over the country and 564,658 villages have been declared open-defecation free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), says the Economic Survey 2018-19 which Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sithara
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Tripura gets Rs 20 crore boost from ONGC to become open defecation free
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) extended their support to Tripura government in making the state open defecation free.
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'All North-Eastern states will be open defecation free before Oct 2, 2019'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri while reviewing the progress of five flagship schemes for eight northeastern states announced that before October 2, 2019, the north-eastern states will be open defecation free.
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Jharkhand to soon become Open Defecation Free
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Rajmahal (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharati on Sunday said that with the present rate of sanitation coverage in Jharkhand, the state will become Open Defecation Free (ODF) on its upcoming foundation day, on November 15.
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Rajasthan minister urinates in public
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct 8 (ANI): While Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making efforts to make India open defecation free, Rajasthan minister Shambhu Singh Khetasar was caught urinating in public in Ajmer.
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Anti-open defecation campaign flagged off in Lucknow
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 12 (ANI): The Lucknow Municipal Corporation on Wednesday launched an anti-open defecation campaign, titled "Khule me shauch ki ghanti bajao - siti bajao" (whistleblowing campaign against open defection), in line with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's vi
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J-K: Udhampur becomes open defecation free district
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 10 (ANI): The district administration of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Monday declared the whole district Open Defecation Free (ODF). A total of 75000 toilets have been constructed in all 230 panchayats of the district.
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