Tag: Toilets

Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the HC warned of stern action against the officials who will fail to repair toilets in the stipulated time and suggested outsourcing maintenance of toilets.

New Delhi: Actor Akshay Kumar, a strong supporter of the sanitation movement in India, has joined hands with toilet cleaning brand Harpic to drive the ‘Har Ghar Swachh’ mission. Harpic announced Akshay Kumar as its brand ambassador on Monday. They aim to provide universal access to clean toilets to each and every Indian and emphasise […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Even after coming under heavy criticism over his ‘toilet’ remarks soon after he became a Union Minister, K.J. Alphons on Monday said he will continue to speak of toilets. “No amount of ridicule will prevent me from speaking about the need of building toilets as 67 per cent of the country’s population does not […]

  London: An Oxford University college has become the scene of a so-called “dirty protest” after it introduced gender-neutral toilets recently. Male students of Somerville College reportedly urinated on the floor of the “gender-neutral” cubicles in the college bar last week and wrote on the wall: “We want our… urinals back,” according to an email […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today proposed to set up a  modern truck terminal at Paradeep. The truck terminal will have the facilities like weigh bridge, fuel stations, cold storages, godowns, workshop, rest reas, police stations, RTO office, health care facilities, check posts, Post offices, banks, administrative block, drinking water, electricity, toilets, shops and lodging facility. “The […]

Bhadrak: While the Odisha government boasts of improving its sanitation coverage and achieve Swacch Bharat Mission target, some residents of Bhatapada panchayat of Bhadrak have accused the government of embezzling funds in the name of constructing toilets. It may be noted that Bhatapada is the same panchayat which was awarded with Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) […]

Khurda: Allegations of large scale irregularities in building toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) have come to the fore from several areas of Khurda district raising doubts on the Centre & State government’s target to make Odisha open defecation free (ODF) state in the near future. Most surprisingly, such allegations have come to limelight from […]