Drowning In Human Excreta
Sanitation for urban India means building flush toilets and linking them to sewer systems. But the price of chasing this dream is leading to an environmental catastrophe. MANOJ NADKARNI analyses our flush and forget mindset
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Policy Support Unit (Bangladesh)
The Policy Support Unit (PSU) for Water and Sanitation Sector (WSS) provides technical assistance for the Local Government Division (LGD), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives
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Water wise in Uttarakhand
Scientific implementation of developmental programmes is needed for the optimal utilisation of water resources
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Scaling the heights: social inclusion and sustainable development in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh has the reputation of being stable, inclusive, cohesive and well-governed and it stands apart in many respects from its neighbors in northern India. It has additionally, achieved remarkable
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Prevention is the only cure
Diseases due to change in the environment are on the rise, especially in India. <font class='UCASE'>Olavi Elo</font> , World Health Organization <font class='UCASE'>who</font> representative in India, tells S<font class='UCASE'>onia Kapoor</font> ab
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Tirupur water supply and sanitation project: an impediment to sustainable water management?
The New Tirupur Area Development Corporation Limited (NTADCL) is the first public private partnership, set up in 1995 primarily to supply industrial water to Tirupur, a major export centre for knitwear, in India.
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Wheezing ecosystems, livelihood services and climate change resilience in Uttar Pradesh
Increasing urbanisation and the accompanying changes in land-use patterns are leading to a silent crisis through the destruction of ecosystems and the services they provide to support the poor, as well
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Depressing data
The achievements of Habitat I have been limited. This was so because of the economic crisis of the '805. According to official statistics, at least 280 million urban and more than 800 million rural
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INDIA
The Delhi government has decided to ban plying of all 12-year-old light and medium commercial vehicles, includ ing tempos and matadors and 15-year-old two wheelers in the city from January 1, 2001.
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Treasure tapping
THE Environmental Resources Research Centre (ERRC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, seeks to promote research and studies in identification of natural resources, and their use by developing required
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Safe drinking water by 2004: Centre
Union Rural Development Minister Shanta Kumar said the centre aimed at providing universal access to safe drinking water by 2004 and reducing the number of people lacking proper sanitation facilities
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Centre will consider plea on sanitation campaign
The Union Rural Development minister, M. Venkaiah Naidu, today said the Centre would consider favourably Tamil Naidu's request to cover five more districts under the 'total sanitation campaign'. In
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India State of the Environment Report : The Monthly Overview, September 2013
The Kerala government has decided to appeal against two national green tribunal orders that said that the government should take note and adhere to the recommendations of the Western Ghats Expert Ecology Panel (WGEEP) report while approving private and commercial development in eco-sensitive zones. Read more in this September 2013 edition of the Monthly India State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.
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Peer Review
Environmentalists express their views on the chief minister of their states
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The poor anatomy of health care
The linkages between environmental degradation and human health are well established, but it seems that governments, especially in the developing world, are the last to hear the news. And because of
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Bhutan State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, March, 2014
<p>The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) signed a letter of agreement to start a program – called “Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas” – for improving rural livelihood in Bhutan. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bhutan.</p>
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Homework on global summits
Representatives of the South must pull up their socks on garnering vital data on the ongoing policy debates
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Pakistan State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, November, 2013
<p>The Global Climate Risk Index 2014 has ranked Pakistan among the three most affected countries worldwide for three consecutive years by climate-related catastrophes. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly Pakistan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.</p>
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Pakistan State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, October, 2013
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) have begun working on a feasibility study for the construction of waste water treatment plants on the Ravi river at two sites at an amount of Rs 486 million. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Pakistan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.
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An Environmental Agenda for the New Government
The NDA government must have a proactive and positive environment agenda. It must strengthen environmental oversight and not weaken regulations. But it must go beyond clearance of projects to take