Recycling pact
Pakistan's Karachi district government has struck a deal with the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) to reuse treated effluent. Under the pact, the city government will provide a sewage
Pakistan's Karachi district government has struck a deal with the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) to reuse treated effluent. Under the pact, the city government will provide a sewage
The Plan of Implementation is a list of vague expressions
The US used partnerships to counter multilateralism
Veteran UN negotiator and head of the UNEP during the Rio summit, <font class=UCASE>Mostafa Tolba</font>, reasons why developing countries always suffer at the hands of developed countries
The summit suffered from a crisis of trust
The needs of many were once again compromised to accommodate the demands of a powerful few. Given the alarming tilt towards self interest and unilateralism by the rich, will the concerns of poor countries ever be addressed in global negotiations? <p> <a
Until about 10 years ago, astronomers considered Pluto an enigma. Unlike other planets that fit neatly into a simple architecture four small rocky bodies in the inner orbits and four gas stations in
A 10-year US $4.76 billion rehabilitation and development plan for water supply, sewerage and drainage has been submitted by the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) to the city district government of
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
We need to go back to the drawing board to reinvent a green toilet. If necessary, to go back to our past and find technological innovations that are sustainable and equitable. So that every Indian can have access to sanitation and still have clean water t
The flush toilet system and the sewage system, which goes with modern day personal hygiene and cleanliness, are part of the environmental problem and not the solution. Consider the huge amount of clean water that is used to carry a small quantity of human
By the narrowest of margins, the California State Assembly has approved a bill that could create the nation's first restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions from automobile tailpipes. The bill
The plan for introducing electric trolley buses (ETBs) in the Capital is ready and the first bus could begin plying not long after the Cabinet approves the plan, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said
The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development has sanctioned Rs 54 crore for the construction of a small hydel plant, five minor irrigation projects, three bridges and eight roads in
Government of India and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations signed an agreement for beginning work on a $365000 water resource development programme, which will benefit a
The Supreme Court pulls up the Orissa government for pollution in Puri
The Nepalese government has decided to regulate private medical centres all across the country to make health care system more transparent. "Through such measures the government wants to cut down
to help implement and monitor its sector reform pilot programme more effectively, the Union rural development ministry recently signed an agreement with the World Bank's Water and Sanitation
The rash of leptospirosis cases in Mumbai during the current monsoon points towards the gradual breakdown of health services in burgeoning metropolises
Fish speciate to have food to their taste