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Mumbai Airport Is Crawling With Bacteria, and It’s a Good Thing! Here’s Why

In the past few months, men who have been using the restrooms at the Terminal 2 (T2) of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai have probably noticed something different about the...

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All the Moms-To-Be of Kalaburgi District Got a Toilet Scheme, Thanks to This...

ASHA worker Indira Bhai of Gundagurthi village didn’t just build a toilet for her pregnant daughter Bhagyashree, but set in motion a wave of change in the entire Kalaburgi district. When Zilla CEO...

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We All Know We Need More Toilets in the Country. But Can Anybody Say It...

Akshay Kumar wants you to pay attention to the country's toilets. Or rather, the lack of it to be more specific. The actor, who is known for his philanthropic efforts, has taken to his social media...

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TBI Blogs: How an NGO in Rural Rajasthan Is Encouraging Villagers to Build...

The quest to make India open-defecation-free continues. An organisation is contributing to the drive by offering a unique and sustainable solution in Rajasthan’s villages — EcoSan toilets.

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Bill Gates Praises ‘Swacch’ India, Says It’s ‘Winning the War on Human Waste’

Under government initiative 'Swacch Bharat' India is working towards becoming defecation free by 2nd October 2019. In his latest blog entry, Bill Gates highlights the positive impacts of the efforts to...

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Public Toilets Will Soon Be Equipped With Instant Feedback Devices in 11...

If you're unhappy with your visit to a public restroom, you could soon be able to give instant feedback directly to government with feedback devices provided by ITI LTD.

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Best Practices for Menstrual Waste? Here’s What Many Indians Don’t Know About...

In recent years, awareness of waste sanitation in India has heightened thanks to organisations such as Eco Femme and individuals including Arunachalam Muruganantham aka India's 'Menstrual Man.' India...

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This Goan Village Is Beating Open Defecation With Eco-Friendly Toilets That...

Imagine using a public toilet along with five thousand villagers or worse, being forced to defecate in the open. This is the reality of Carambolim, a village in the state of Goa, around five kilometres...

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This UPSC Aspirant Has Helped Build 70 Toilets in a Remote Village

Ushma Goswami, a SBI youth for India fellow went to a remote village in Mysore to open just a paralegal clinic but ended upbuilding 70 toilets in one year.

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Poop & Earn: How Villages around Raipur Are Making Money by Going Open...

These villagers braved death threats, vigilantly drove open defecators away at four in the morning, achieved ODF and are now using human excreta as manure.

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Where Does All Your Poop Go? Comic Book Hero Buland Babu Is Here to Tell You...

Have you ever given a thought to what happens after you flush your toilet? Does a sewer system manage all the waste or is it just dumped somewhere? ‘Buland Babu’ is here to not just educate you, but...

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Small Revolutions: Rang De Basanti Director Builds 800 Toilets for a Mumbai Slum

Sanitation and hygiene in the poorest slums have been a distant dream for far too long. But what happens when one individual takes it upon himself to change the course of life in areas like these?...

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TBI Blogs: How Waterless Urinals Can Change the Lives of India’s 139.9...

Waterless urinals not only help solve India’s sanitation issue, their unique design can also great assist in the country’s quest for water security.

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This Woman Was a Pavement Dweller, Today She Runs a Sanitary Pad...

In 2008 when the jhopadpattis on the pavements of Sewri were demolished, Parveen Sheikh sat by the footpath with her friend Kanta Nada mourning her lost home. Out of 680 homes, according the 1995...

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Now, Locate Public Toilets Near You on Google Maps in Delhi!

Tired of holding your bladder thanks to lack of toilets in public, or more importantly, hygienically safe toilets in public? The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has partnered with Google on the...

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10,000 Toilet Pits in 1 Day: Maharashtra Villages Are Racing to Become Open...

As part of a campaign to make Maharashtra’s Osmanabad district open defecation free, over 10,000 pits have been dug in a single day by local villagers to allow for the construction of as many toilets...

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At UP Schools, Music Is Helping Kids Practice Better Hygiene & Stay...

When Gondappa’s son reached the age of five, he walked with his hands on the ground and feet in the air to the temple of the village Goddess in Thesgora, Madhya Pradesh. A host of villagers accompanied...

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IIT Kharagpur Invents Low-Cost Dirt Detector That Alerts Authorities When a...

Researchers of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, have achieved another feat by innovating a low-cost dirt detector that will soon open up the possibility of keeping public facilities clean and...

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In an Inspiring Event, a Bengaluru Society Honoured Its Sanitary Workers to...

The Coconut Garden Residents Welfare Association (RWA) is an informal body of residents in Nagarbhavi, Bangalore, and comprises around 130 houses. As is with most of the RWAs, the work of the...

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Small Revolutions: Rang De Basanti Director Builds 800 Toilets for a Mumbai Slum

Sanitation and hygiene in the poorest slums have been a distant dream for far too long. But what happens when one individual takes it upon himself to change the course of life in areas like these?...

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