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Say Thank You To These 5 Invisible Heroes Who Are Dirtying Their Hands For A...
From taking matters into their own hands to creating unique and innovative solutions for India's sanitation problems, these unsung heroes are leading India to a healthier and cleaner future. Here are...
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6 Steps Proposed By The Government That Could Make Railway Stations As Clean...
From wi-fi enabled railway stations to outsourcing of cleaning staff, the Ministry of Railways has big plans to transform railway stations. Here are six steps proposed by the Ministry to make railway...
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How One Woman’s Crusade Against Open Defecation Led To The Construction Of 25...
Here is the tale of one ASHA worker, Reesa Maurya, who not only practiced proper sanitation in her own house but also enabled the entire village to construct toilets. Thanks to her intervention and...
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Meet Kalavati, The Mason With A Mission To Build Toilets In Her Village
Kalavati, a 50 year old passionate woman mason went house-to-house, collected funds and constructed toilets in her village all by herself. This is her story of how her efforts brought change and...
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How Women Of Ratanpura Village Turned It Into A 100 Percent Open Defecation...
These women turned into masons and inspired every household to construct toilets. Today, this small village in MP is an open-defecation-free zone. Know all about the villagers' inspiring journey of...
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MY STORY: I Thought Villages In India Were Dirty And Unhygeinic Till I Saw...
In the MY STORY section, we present some of the most compelling and pertinent stories and experiences shared with us by our readers. Do you have something to share? Write to us:...
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IN PHOTOS: The Silent Swachhata Revolution Led By Children In Over 1 Lakh...
While urban India is talking about the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, rural India is actually seeing it taking place on the ground. And what's more - it is students who are leading the movement from the...
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Government Of India To Give Rs.4,000 To Every Household For Construction Of A...
Half the funds will be released before the construction begins and the other half only after seeing photographs of under-construction toilets as proof. Know more about the scheme and how the government...
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This Newly Wed Bride Ran Away From Her Home. We Hope Many Other Girls Do This...
Newly-wed young Priyanka Bharti brought about a social revolution by standing up to her husband’s family when they asked her to defecate in the open. And with this, she started a movement to ensure...
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How 2 girls, a boat ride and social media transformed the filthy ghats of...
Temsutula Imsong and Darshika Shah took matters into their own hands and cleaned some of the filthiest ghats in Varanasi on their own, with help from social media. Here's how they even caught the...
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How a Locality in Bangalore was Transformed from a Garbage Dump to a Clean...
Gagan Nandi, a 24-year old, kickstarted a cleanliness drive which has turned Basavanagudi from a garbage dump to an area with neat and clean corners. Know more about this amazing cleanliness drive....
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There Is a Sanitary Hygiene Revolution Taking Place in UP Right Now. Read All...
Menstruation is still considered a taboo in many parts of the country. While many still do not prefer to talk about this "problem", girls in UP are coming forward to not only talk about it but also to...
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Welcome to Luhangara – a Panchayat in Odisha Where Nobody Defecates in the Open
Five panchayats in Gajapati district of Odisha overcame all hurdles to get finally declared Open Defecation Free (ODF). Now, the aim is to make all 119 panchayats in the district ODF by 2016. Read how...
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How Can Women Dispose Sanitary Napkins? This Man Has an Eco-Friendly Solution!
Shyamsunder Bedekar from Gujarat has come up with a brilliant innovation which has the potential to change many lives in rural India. A low cost sanitary napkin incinerator, which he calls the...
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This Man Couldn’t Find a Clean Public Toilet for His Mother. So He Developed...
This article on using mobile technology for social good is part of the #Mobile4Good series & is made possible by Vodafone India. Finding a public toilet, leave alone a clean one, can often prove...
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This 60-Year-Old Sarpanch Made Her Panchayat in Bihar 100% Open Defecation...
From starting a Rural Sanitary Mart for villagers for buying toilet construction material on credit, to setting up vigilante committees for catching people defecating in the open, Rampur Panchayat left...
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The Swachh Bharat Campaign Just Got a Rs 10,000 Crore Loan from World Bank
More Indian households today have mobile phone than toilets. Over 500 million people in rural India continue to defecate in the open. This is a huge problem, especially since 1 in 10 deaths in India is...
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Mizoram Shows How Good Sanitation Can Reduce Child Malnutrition
Mizoram has seen a commendable decline in stunting and it is directly related to improved access to sanitation. Here is the complete report on how it happened. The north eastern state of Mizoram has...
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Girls in Nashik Schools Don’t Quit School after Puberty Any More. Thanks to...
An Australian man, Mark Balla, has been raising funds for the construction of toilets in Indian schools since 2013. After making an eye-opening visit to a school in Dharavi, Mumbai, he decided to set...
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Celebrate Your Birthday the Swachh Bharat Way. This Chennai Man Shows How.
Abdul Kalam is said to have touched the lives of many people in India. One such person, whose life changed after meeting the late President, is Madhusudhana Gupta, a civil engineer from Chennai. "I was...
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