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With the average population density of coastal areas being 2022/sq km compared to the state average of 590/sq km, the authorities are grappling to find a feasible solution to make coastal areas open defecation free. (Photo: DC)

Telangana Declared 100% Open Defecation Free, 73 Years After...

Telangana achieves ODF status with extensive latrine construction from 2014-2020, transforming sanitation in rural and...

20 July 2024 12:22 PM

Several states which had declared 100 per cent ODF in March 2018 were found by the survey conducted six months later to not have achieved this. (Photo: Twitter/@Swachh_Jalaun)

Telangana tops in highest number of open defecation-free villages

HYDERABAD: In a major milestone, Telangana has become the first state in the country to attain 100 per cent open...

10 May 2023 7:14 PM

The SCB CEO Madhukar Naik said that funds are nowhere related to the manpower as there is adequate staff placed. He added that people, who do not want to pay basic charges for the door-to-door collection facility, prefer littering the area by throwing garbage wherever they like. Army areas are usually clean. It is only the public, commercial and market areas that require more attention. We are not 100 percent in providing all facilities, but we are at least better than our neighbor which is the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, said the CEO. (Representational image: DC)

Sanitation compromised in Secunderabad cantonment area

Hyderabad: The health and sanitation in the Secunderabad Cantonment Area is compromised as the State government did not...

3 Jan 2023 6:45 PM

Telangana figured among the top five performing states where maximum number of villages have been declared as ODF Plus (open defecation-free), according to the Centres rankings released on Friday. (DC File Photo)

Telangana tops Centreâ€™s ODF ranking

Telangana also topped in rural households getting drinking water through taps

19 Aug 2022 7:41 PM