In Uttar Pradesh village declared Open Defecation Free, most households don’t have toilets

Semra’s residents say the vigilante-style Swachh Bharat campaign has only stigmatised them without providing an alternative.

Khabar Lahariya

· Jan 29, 2019 · 07:30 am

Open defecation has fallen after Swachh Bharat campaign but not as much as government claims

A study on open defecation from 2014 to 2018 reveals the good and the bad of Swachh Bharat implementation in north India.

Aarefa Johari

· Jan 09, 2019 · 06:30 am

Swachh Bharat’s urban-toilet plan is running 76% behind schedule

The ambitious toilet-construction programme to make India open-defecation free is slipping.

Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 29, 2016 · 08:30 pm

Swachh Bharat: Centre asks banks to help rural India build toilets at home

The Ministry of Finance has included water and sanitation as new fields for priority-sector lending by commercial banks.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 09, 2016 · 05:06 pm

70% of urban India’s sewage is landing up in its rivers and seas

The treatment capacity of the country's sewage plants is nowhere near enough. And that's just one of the problems.

Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 28, 2016 · 09:30 pm

This amazing trash can for the sea could be the answer to the Ganga's garbage problem

Australian surfers built the machine after being fed up with all the rubbish in the sea.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 22, 2015 · 12:43 pm

Corporations ignore Modi’s call to donate to the treasure chest for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

So far, the largest donation for the Swachh Bharat Kosh has come from Mata Amritanandmayi, a spiritual guru in Kerala.

Anumeha Yadav

· Oct 13, 2015 · 11:30 am

How India's refusal to shed caste prejudices is undermining Swacch Bharat

There are strong links between widespread open defecation and rural Indians' views on purity and untouchability. How can these be addressed?

Sangita Vyas

· Oct 02, 2015 · 03:30 pm