The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over allegations that inadequate sanitation facilities at the Maha Kumbh Mela have led to open defecation along ...

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Claim: India is number 1 in open defecation globally. Fact Check: This is false, Over 20 countries, particularly in the Sub-Saharan African region, have higher rates. An infographic claiming India is ...

JAKARTA: Thousands of Jakartan households are still practicing open defecation across the city due to overcrowding and poor housing conditions. The city administration is pushing to build more ...

Based on the Joint Monitoring Program report (2014), published by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), 55 million people in Indonesia practice open defecation, making it the second highest ...

Students say they’ve stopped going on morning walks, as cop aspirants use open MU plot for defecation, urination; ask govt to put an end to misuse of their campus Here, have a look and do something ...

The 'Strong Together' project, a collaborative effort between Plan International Ghana and Safisa Ghana Limited, aims to address the pressing issues of open defecation, improper waste disposal, and ...

The National Green Tribunal has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, Prayagraj Mela Authority and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board in response to claims that poor sanitation ...

In 2019, former President Muhammadu Buhari signed Executive Order 009, titled “The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order”. With this, the government set its mind on ...

Only 142 of the 744 Local Government areas, LGAs, in Nigeria have been certified open defecation free by the Federal Government. Read Also: Uromi Killing: Untold story of how villagers identified some ...