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Jairam sets target to make India ‘clean’
1 July 2012 4:33 AM GMTThe union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday that India has embarked on a 10-year mission to turn into an open-defecation-free...
Govt hikes support for building toilets
8 Jun 2012 1:09 AM GMTThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its nod to increase the amount for construction of an individual household toilet from the existing Rs...
Toilets can wait, Delhiites want mobiles
8 May 2012 12:46 AM GMTDelhi has shown a substantial improvement in overall living conditions in all socio-economic parameters since the last decade, with around 91 per cent...
Urban sanitation hopelessly inadequate: panel
30 April 2012 8:26 PM GMTA parliamentary panel has expressed 'distress' over an overwhelming number of sanitation and drainage projects remaining incomplete, noting that 4,861...