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  Swachh Bharat Mission's toilets helped avert 70,000 infant deaths per year: Study

  India | September 05, 2024 22:50 IST

  As per researchers, the findings fall in line with evidence from global and South Asian contexts, with multiple studies, indicating that improved sanitation can potentially cut child mortality rates by 5-30 per cent.

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  PM Modi, Shah, Nadda and others participate in mega cleanliness drive Ek tareekh ek ghanta ek saath

  India | October 01, 2023 13:03 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people from all walks of life to join the mega cleanliness drive to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti.

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  Swachh Survekshan Awards: Indore bags India’s cleanest city title for 5th consecutive year

  India | November 20, 2021 15:18 IST

  The second and third positions in the 'cleanest city' category of the 'Swachh Survekshan Awards, 2021' were secured by Surat and Vijayawada, respectively.

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  'Swachh Bharat Mission' to continue till 2025-26

  India | October 13, 2021 8:30 IST

  A financial outlay of Rs 1,41,600 cr has been finalized for SBM-U 2.0, including central share of Rs 36,465 for period 2021-22 to 2025-26 which is over 2.5 times the financial outlay of Rs 62,009 cr in last phase of the Mission, the statement added.

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  PM Modi launches Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, AMRUT 2.0

  India | October 01, 2021 13:31 IST

  All urban local bodies have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) and 70% solid waste is being scientifically processed now.

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  SDMC declares Swachh ranking for hotels

  India | October 10, 2019 23:21 IST

  The SDMC on Thursday declared Swachh ranking for hotels falling under its jurisdiction with the objective of inculcating a spirit of healthy competition among them to become Delhi's cleanest hotel.

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  Swachh Bharat milestone: Google Maps show 57K public toilets in India

  India | October 02, 2019 13:27 IST

  More than 2.5 lakh users are already searching for public toilets every month across Google Search and Google Maps.

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  Amitabh Bachchan urges people to use toilets, launches Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen campaign

  Celebrities | February 06, 2019 23:36 IST

  Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday unveiled the 'Darwaza Band -Part 2' campaign films, which focus on sustaining the open defecation free (ODF) status of villages across the country.

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  Nearly 60.50 lakh household toilets built under Swachh Bharat

  India | November 19, 2018 20:48 IST

  More than 12,000 public toilets have been built in Delhi since 2015.

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  NGT summons Swachh Bharat joint secretary over implementation of Solid Waste Management rules

  India | October 22, 2018 20:04 IST

  The tribunal has also appointed three committees to monitor disposal of garbage in an eco-friendly manner across the country.

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  Proud to say 1.25 billion Indians embraced path of sanitation showed by Mahatma Gandhi, says PM Modi

  India | October 02, 2018 19:54 IST

  So many countries coming together for a cleanliness campaign is an unheard of event. I pay tribute to Bapu on everyone's behalf: PM Modi at the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention.

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  Mahatma Gandhi's glasses epitomise core human rights principles: Centre to UNSR

  India | November 10, 2017 19:58 IST

  In a statement, the GoI said "now is a critical time to replace the lens of those glasses (Gandhi's glasses in the Swachh Bharat hoardings) with the human rights lens."

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  Swachh Bharat and more as Yogi Adityanath visits Taj Mahal amid controversy

  Politics | October 26, 2017 15:34 IST

  Yogi Adityanath on Thursday swept the road outside the Taj Mahal and then went inside the Mughal era monument in a damage control exercise following the controversy over its place in Indian heritage.

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  Richmond Park in Gurugram shows green way to treat waste

  News | October 05, 2017 17:50 IST

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  Pune's Roseland society wins Swachh Bharat award in RWA category

  News | October 04, 2017 18:02 IST

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  UP outclasses other states by building 3.2 lakh toilets in 17 days

  India | October 03, 2017 21:10 IST

  The Uttar Pradesh government today said it had elbowed out other states in the construction of toilets, with over 3.52 lakh units being built over 17 days

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  Swachh Bharat campaign now a mass movement, the dream of 125 crore Indians: PM Modi

  India | October 02, 2017 23:30 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Swachh Bharat campaign launched by him three years ago has today become a "mass movement"

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  As it happened: Swachh Bharat will be realised by 125 crore Indians, says PM Narendra Modi on 148th Gandhi Jayanti

  India | October 03, 2017 18:33 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid respects to Mahatma Gandhi on his 148th birth anniversary on October 2 at Rajghat.

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  OMG: PM Modi's musical appeal for Swachh Bharat

  Oh My God | October 02, 2017 9:09 IST

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  Andolan: Jamshedpur 7th class girl built a public toilet from her 2-year savings

  News | September 25, 2017 17:40 IST