Open defecation News
Launched by Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Grameen, the campaign is produced by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, and supported by the World Bank.
The 31-year-old actor also shared an incident when he had to defecate in the open.
Khanna's post had come a month after the city was declared open defecation free.
More than 60 people were arrested here for defecating along the railway tracks during a safety drive, a railway official said on Thursday.
Bihar teachers say no to Nitish's task of clicking people defecating, call it 'an insult to dignity'
The state has asked teachers to photograph those defecating or relieving in the open
Local media reports say that as many as 50 million Pakistanis do not make use of toilets. Or at least don't have access to one.
The man in question has been identified as Pradeep Bhatt, the divisional president of the ruling BJP.
Two sisters, both in their teens, were allegedly gangraped and beaten by three men in an Uttar Pradesh village, police said on Thursday.
She continued to break the stereotype in Bollywood by starring in this year's hit film "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" that throws light on the problem of open defecation.
A man in Jharkhand refused to visit the house of his in-laws as there is no toilet there. Pramod Kumar, a resident of Bhuli in Jharkhand`s Dhanbad district, got married to a girl of Jogtiyabad village in Girididh district on April 15 this year.
The education authorities in Madhya Pradesh have suspended a teacher of a government school for allegedly defecating in the open.
According to a United Nations report published in 2014, out of one billion people defecating in the open across the world, 60 per cent are from India.
Actor Akshay Kumar, whose new film "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" talks about the importance of making toilets, says children are most affected due to open defecation.
The Gonda district, which was voted as one of the dirtiest cities in the country in the recent Swachch Bharat survey, has decided to go green by planting trees having religious significance in a bid to end open defecation.
Last year, Salman was named ambassador for the BMC's anti-open defecation campaign in tune with the Centre's ‘Swachh Bharat' Mission.
Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar starrer 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' will highlight the pressing issue of sanitation in India. The film happens to be a satire comedy which has a solid message related to the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign.
An environment compensation of Rs 5,000 has been announced for those who violated the dikhat.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday set an ambitious target of making the state, including its 59,000 gram panchayats, open defecation free (ODF) by October 2018.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has praised actor Akshay Kumar's support to the Open Defecation Free (ODF) programme of the central and state governments.
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