Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh was declared 100 per cent ODF in January this year with 97,641 villages being declared open defecation-free in 75 districts, yet it continues to remain a sordid reality in most villages. Most newly-built toilets in villages are either used as storerooms or kept locked up. For verification of the ODF declaration, the […]
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Children made to clean toilets in MP school
Khandwa: A video of school children cleaning toilets with broom in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh has gone viral on social media. In the video, students of a primary school in the Sinhara village claimed their headmistress had asked them to clean toilets in return of increasing marks in the examination. According to sources, […]
Swach Kumbh falls flat as thousands of toilets rendered non-functional on Day 1
Prayagraj : The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh and the Centre have publicised the construction of over 1,20,000 toilets here on a large scale but their “Swach Kumbh” (clean Kumbh) — claims have seemingly fallen flat as thousands of these were rendered non-functional on the very first day of the mega spiritual, cultural and […]
Bihar man draws funds to construct ’42 toilets’ in his home
Patna, Dec 30 (IANS) A man in a Bihar village has allegedly drawn government funds good enough for constructing 42 toilets in his house, an official said on Saturday. Yogeshwar Choudhary, a resident of Vishnupur Ram village under Hajipur Sadar block in Vaishali district, has managed to draw the funds for construction of toilets 42 […]