The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2017-18, conducted by an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) under the World Bank support project to the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G), has found that 93.4% of the households in rural India who have access to a toilet use it. The NARSS also re-confirmed the Open Defecation Free (ODF) […]
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India and ADB sign $250mn loan to improve rural connectivity in 5 states
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India yesterday signed a $250 million loan to finance the construction of 6,254 kilometres all-weather rural roads in the States of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal under the Prime Minister’s Rural Roads Program (PMGSY). The First Tranche Loan is part of the $500 […]
Naxals pushed 1000-year old Lord Ganesh idol from the cliff, but hope is there!
After a 1000-year-old Lord Ganesh idol, situated atop Dholkal hill in the Naxalite-plagued Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh went missing and was found 13,000 feet down the hill in pieces, many lost their hearts. This Lord Ganesh statue was frequented by many devotees and was a sign of normalcy in the otherwise Naxalite bastion. Tagged as the Dholkal Ganesh, […]