Sanitation
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Sanitation programmes have failed to achieve targets: CAG
India | Dec 09, 2015, 09:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Sanitation programmes launched by the government over the last few years have failed to achieve the desired targets, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India said on Tuesday.A CAG report which was submitted
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Vivek Oberoi joins PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan via sanitation project
Bollywood | Sep 03, 2015, 09:19 PM ISTGurgaon: Vivek Oberoi dedicates his birthday to a cause every year, and this year it was no different. The actor-philanthropist, who turned 39 on Thursday, announced a sanitation initiative under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh
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US committed to supporting India's clean water, sanitation: Richard Verma
India | Aug 13, 2015, 04:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: US Ambassador to India Richard Verma on Thursday said his country is committed to extending its support in initiatives for clean water and sanitation and to help realise India's call. He lauded Sulabh International
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Nadda to launch Kaya Kalp upgrade campaign at AIIMS
India | Jul 13, 2015, 09:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: In an effort to make AIIMS here more patient-friendly, union health minister J.P. Nadda will on Wednesday inaugurate a campaign that aims at upgrading several areas, including sanitation, digitisation and staff management at
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East Delhi sanitation workers call off strike
India | Jun 12, 2015, 08:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bringing relief to residents in localities swamped with garbage, the sanitation workers of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) called off their strike on Friday. The strike came to an end on a day
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HC to Delhi government: Pay sanitation workers' salaries
India | Jun 12, 2015, 01:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court on 12th june has directed the city government to release due salaries of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) employees by June 15.A division bench of Justice S. Murlidhar
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Delhi govt to release Rs. 493 Crores to pay salaries of sanitation workers
India | Jun 12, 2015, 08:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung today met all the three Mayors and Commissioners of the Municipal Corporations to inform them that the Delhi government would be releasing Rs. 493 Crores today
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Sanitation workers protest ahead of meeting with Delhi CM
India | Jun 08, 2015, 04:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Garbage continued to pile up in parts of Delhi amid ongoing strike by municipal sanitation workers here, even as a section of them protested in front of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence ahead
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Centre's spending on sanitation drive only for publicity: Azam Khan
National | May 06, 2015, 08:20 AM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohd Azam Khan has alleged that the sanitation drive launched by the Central government was only for publicity.“The amount being spent by the central government on sanitation campaign in media since
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Meerut Sanitation workers threaten to convert if demands not met
India | Apr 24, 2015, 07:11 AM ISTMeerut: Sanitation workers of Meerut Municipal Corporation, who are on strike since April 16 demanding a hike in honorarium, today threatened to convert if their demands were not met.If the administration tries to create unnecessary
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Delhi HC asks for report on proper sanitation facilities
India | Jan 08, 2015, 07:41 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed civic bodies to submit a status report on projects to build proper sanitation facilities in various areas of the capital.A bench of Justice BD Ahmed and
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People in no-toilet villages indirectly consuming excreta: Government
India | Jan 04, 2015, 02:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a village of 1,200 people not having toilets, each inhabitant has to indirectly consume through contaminated food about three grams of each other's faecal matter every day, says a government report.The ‘Elementary
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Government to track toilet use with tablets
India | Jan 01, 2015, 09:39 AM ISTNew Delhi: In order to check whether people are using toilets as part of his cleanliness drive Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a nationwide online programme from next month. Officials-in-charge will use mobiles and
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India can replicate Singapore's sanitation success story
India | Nov 24, 2014, 04:25 PM ISTJaipur: India can replicate Singapore's success story with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Clean India campaign as it will help its people and the country to be more productive, according to noted sanitation activist Jack Sim.Sim
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India's policies transparent and predictable: PM Modi
World | Nov 17, 2014, 08:52 AM ISTBrisbane: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India has made its policies transparent and predictable and clearly defined the procedures for businesses. “We have made our policies transparent and predictable. We have made our procedures
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Sanitation is first challenge for urban India: President Mukherjee
India | Oct 10, 2014, 07:43 AM ISTHyderabad: Emphasising that sanitation remain the first challenge for urban administration, President Pranab Mukherjee said clean environment is the ‘right of every citizen' and it should be treated as a ‘non-negotiable requirement'.Speaking at the valedictory
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Know the Indian man who revolutionized menstrual health for women
India | Aug 03, 2014, 10:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: Menstruation is still a taboo in rural India. A menstruating woman in villages, even towns is treated indifferently by the people. Till now, they are told not to sleep on bed; their belongings
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Jairam Ramesh loses sanitation after an eventful stint
National | Oct 28, 2012, 07:59 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 28: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, who brought sanitation issue into limelight by launching nationwide campaign to end open defecation—often attracting controversies with his comments including the one on temple and toilets,
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If UP is defecation-free in 10 years, I will accept Sai Baba is alive: Ramesh
National | Sep 18, 2012, 08:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 18: “If Uttar Pradesh becomes open defecation-free in 10 years, I can accept that Sai Baba is alive,” Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said expressing doubts about the state achieving