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Swachh Bharat: 87-year-old woman honoured for building toilet
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] Jul 8 (ANI): In recognition of her relentless efforts to make her village open defecation-free, a 87-year-old woman who built her own toilet was honoured on Sunday.
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Here's how this Haryana village is discouraging open defecation
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Sirsa (Haryana) [India], July 01 (ANI): The need for toilets to curb open defecation is one that has been stressed time and again. However, this village in Sirsa has taken a step ahead to promote healthy sanitation.
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Uttarakhand: Towards an 'open defecation free' district
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) [India], May 13 (ANI): Teachers of a government school in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district helped the parents of their students to build toilets in their houses.
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MP will become ODF by Oct 2 this year: Shivraj Chouhan
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said the state will become open defecation free (ODF) by October 2 of this year.
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87-yr-old woman constructs toilet to make her village open defecation free
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] May 04 (ANI): An 87-year-old woman from the Badali village of Udhampur district has become a role model for the whole country as she is single-handedly constructing a toilet near her house in a bid to make her village open defecation free.
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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
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More than 1 lakh toilets constructed in Rajouri in a year
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): Taking forward the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a total of 14897 individual household toilets (IHHLs) have been constructed so far for villagers, by the Rajouri Administration in 2018.
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Udhampur Girl calls off hunger strike as officials promise toilet at her r
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): A Class 10 student from Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur who was on a hunger strike demanding toilet facility in her house ended her fast on Monday.
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Transform ODF mission into mass movement: PM
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reviewed progress of Open Defecation Free (ODF) targets in four states -- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, and Jammu and Kashmir, and emphasised on converting the ODF mission into a mass movement.
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ODF is movement of respect for women: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Daman (Daman and Diu) [India] Feb 24 (ANI): The open defecation free (ODF) is a movement of respect for motherhood and women, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
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Sanitation coverage in rural India increases to 76%
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Sanitation coverage in rural India has increased substantially from 39 percent in 2014 to 76 percent in January 2018, the Economic Survey 2017-18 has said.
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UP: Women cry foul over lack of toilets
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 20 (ANI): While Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pitching for open defecation-free nation, Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur is reeling under lack of toilets.
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