NAGPUR: New York-based United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is helping the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) achieve the goal of open defecation free city under Swachh Bharat Mission. UNDP’s ...

Samuel Gyabah knew so well from being born and bred in Pokuase how lack of decent toilet facilities has led to poor sanitation practices and escalation in diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and ...

BENGALURU: The state special armed police’s wait for better vehicles is likely to end soon. The government has approved a proposal to modify 13 vehicles of the India Reserve Battalion (IRB) of ...

While the battle for a toilet in every household in the country is on, there are people like Namita Banka who have been struggling to create something more sustainable. Something that is much more ...

With most public toilets in the Greater Kochi area being shut or dysfunctional due to slack upkeep, Better Kochi Response Group (BKRG), an NGO, has come forward to ready 20 biodigester container ...

For a year now, some 1,000 boys who school at Pokotomo Primary school in Kenya's Turkana County have not had a toilet after the facility they were using collapsed, forcing them to use the nearby ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The City of Grand Rapids is planning to build a biodigester at the city water plant, which it says will cut energy costs and encourage business growth. “If you haven’t ...

HARIDWAR: The Ardh Kumbh Mela administration has urged people to use biodigester toilets put up across mela zone in large numbers The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on ...

India is in the midst of a toilet-building frenzy, the government has set aside $20bn (£15bn) for the health initiative and aims to stop people having to defecate in the open by 2019. One social ...