Mumbai: The state urban development department recently informed the Lokayukta that construction work on toilets for women ...

The government is constructing 29,000 \"aspirational toilets\" across India to enhance public sanitation at tourist spots and ...

Since its launch in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission has built 11 crore individual toilets and 2.33 ...

India's sanitation journey has transformed public health over the past decade. On World Toilet Day 2025, the country's ...

Forty-eight percent — nearly 500 million — people in India lack a home bathroom, forcing them to seek public toilets or relieve themselves in the open. While that alone brings up specific health ...

The squat toilets at Sant Jalaram Bapu Nagar chawl in Vasai East with iron doors that were attached on Sunday (right) the same toilets with missing doors a few days ago. Pics/Hanif Patel In the wake ...

Traditional Indian squat toilets, while beneficial for digestion due to natural body alignment, pose cardiovascular risks, ...

A nationwide study has raised serious concerns about the lack of gender inclusivity in public transport system, both in terms ...

Sanitation: Collective Responsibility for Dignity and Planet” – The World Toilet Day 2025 theme echoes India’s holistic approach, integrating cleanliness, dignity, and environmental stewardship.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A lack of toilets and poor hygiene practices in India cost Asia's third largest economy almost $54 billion every year, the World Bank said on Monday. Premature deaths, treatment ...