Open Defecation Free

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  All 6,650 Villages Of Jammu And Kashmir Declared Open Defecation Free Plus

  In a significant milestone for Jammu and Kashmir under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all of its 6,650 villages have been declared open defecation-free plus model, officials said here on Saturday.

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  75% Villages Declared Open Defecation Free Plus: Union Minister

  About 4.4 lakh or 75 per cent of India's villages have achieved the open defecation free-plus status, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Saturday.

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  Watch: 60-Year-Old Women Race Holding Lota. They Were Sending A Message

  Twenty women in the 55-60 years age group raced with a lota (a pot of water) today to send a message that they would ensure their daughters-in-law don't have to defecate in the open -- something they did all their lives.

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  Rs 12,300 Crore Allocated For Swachh Bharat Mission In Budget 2020

  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the government has allocated Rs 12,300 crores for Swachh Bharat Mission while presenting the Union Budget for the year 2020-21, according to an official press release.

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  3 Of Family, Including Pregnant Woman, Mowed Down By Train In Jharkhand

  Three members of a family, including a five-month pregnant woman, were killed by a running train in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Monday morning.

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  18-Month-Old Boy Dies In Madhya Pradesh In Scuffle Over Public Urination

  A one-year-old boy was killed and a policeman was injured in separate incidents of violence over public urination in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday

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  Open Defecation Linked To Dalit Children's Killing, Week Before Milestone

  Two makeshift lamps - a few drops of oil in two steel bowls - in the corner of a mud hut with twigs and black tarpaulin for the roof tell you all you need to know about the affairs of the family mourning the death of their two children in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district.

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  Congress's 'Nature's Call' Dig Points To Goa's Open Defecation Free Claim

  The opposition Congress in Goa on Sunday contested the BJP-led state government's claim that all village panchayat areas have become open defecation free.

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  Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Declares Rural Bengal Open Defecation Free

  Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared rural West Bengal as open defecation free (ODF) and said that her government will now focus on solid waste management.

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  9.16 Crore Toilets Built Since 2014, Says Government

  5.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free since 2014.

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  Over 4,000 Urban Cities Declared Open Defecation Free: Government

  Over 4,000 urban cities have been declared open defecation free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission, an official at the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said.

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  ''Around 9 Crore Toilets Built In Rural Areas Since 2014," Lok Sabha Told

  Around nine crore toilets have been built across the country since October 2014 under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and a total of 546 districts were declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), the Lok Sabha was informed today.

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  All 1,122 Villages In Nagaland Declared Open Defecation Free: Minister

  On the day of Gandhi Jayanti, rural Nagaland was declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) today. The formal declaration was made by Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister Jacob Zhimomi during a function on the Swachhata Diwas.

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  Aim To Make Bihar Open Defecation Free By October 2019: Nitish Kumar

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday called for efforts to make the entire state open defecation free (ODF) by Gandhi Jayanti next year.

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  Jammu And Kashmir Declared Open Defecation Free

  Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday declared the state open defecation free (ODF) and launched the "Swachhta Hi Seva " - a fortnight-long cleanliness campaign for public awareness and involvement of community.