Tag: Swachh Bharat Mission

Puri: Even as the Odisha government is claiming that it’s working hard to make the State open defecation-free, allegations of large-scale irregularities in the construction of toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) has surfaced in Puri district. It was alleged that funds to the tune of lakhs of rupees were siphoned off by preparing false […]

Jagatsinghpur: Large-scale corruption in toilet construction under Swachh Bharat Mission continued to surface in Odisha with the residents of Talapada panchayat in Jagatsinghpur raising their voices in this regard on Tuesday. Locals alleged about Rs 70 lakh sanctioned for construction of toilets were misappropriated in Talapada panchayat. They said the government funds were embezzled by […]

Nabarangpur: Reports of financial embezzlement and irregularities in various schemes and yojanas seem to have become a regular affair in Odisha with two more cases of alleged corruption in toilet construction under Swachh Bharat Mission coming to fore recently. The State Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department on Saturday suspended Jharigaon BDO Debendra Bahadur Singh […]

Bhubaneswar: The Konark Sun Temple is among the list of 12 iconic sites which will be covered under Phase IV of the special clean-up campaign- Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) in India. The Centre has recently announced the list of iconic sites which will be taken up under the Swachh Bharat Mission. Apart from Konark, the […]