Report filed by the Additional Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Kerala in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the report dated 26.06.2023 received from Hon’ble Justice A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai on the Present Status of Waste dump site at Cubaloor in Mangalpady Panchayat, Kasargod District, …
Many villages gradually get included in cities and urban people also migrate to villages transforming them into towns. Both phenomena require intensive study, including an examination of the defi ning criteria of a "town", and the estimates of urban population.
Street lamps in the villages of the taluk will be lit using solar power, said M S Srinivas Reddy, former vice-president of the Taluk Panchayat. Inaugurating work on installation of the solar power lamps at Dommasandra on Monday, Reddy said the measure was taken to solve the problem of regular …
Consultative meet of presidents on panchayat administration A group of panchayat presidents, including women and Dalit presidents, have called upon the government to appoint full-time resource support groups at the block level and full-time project officers at the district and block levels dedicated to oversee the implementation of the Mahatma …
Chennai Corporation’s new programme to improve lighting in the city will focus on replacement of around 60,000 old streetlights in eight added zones. Mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy at a meeting on Tuesday announced the commencement of the programme to improve streetlighting system in eight zones. The initiative of the civic …
Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture – Adaptation and mitigation to climate change by Raidu. D.V, CMSA at CSE Climate change adaptation workshop: Towards Climate Resilient Communities in South Asia: Emerging Policies and Practices (New Delhi, December 13 - 14, 2012).
Rs.1.95 crore allotted for installing 865 solar streetlights About one-third of streetlights in the panchayats in the district are likely to be converted into solar-powered ones over the next four years. Solar-powered streetlights were being installed in the panchayats under a special scheme announced by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa through the …
In 46 village panchayats of Dindigul district Village panchayats have intensified installation of solar streetlights not only to face acute power shortage but also scale down expenses. To begin with, installation commenced in 46 village panchayats at an estimated cost of Rs.1.1 crore. On completion of the first phase, the …
Jammu and Kashmir has been able to progress gradually in improving the Panchayat Acts, starting from electing the panchayat members by show of hands to direct elections by the people and empowering elected members by means of defining certain powers. However, their functioning in practice demonstrates the glaring deficiencies in …
Nirmal Gram Puraskar till 2011 was given by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India at all levels of PRIs that is Gram Panchayat, Block Panchayat and district Panchayat. It has now been decided that with the transition to NBA, selection of Gram Panchayats to award Nirmal Gram …
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Tuesday all efforts must be made to eliminate open defecation by 2022 as it is the root cause of diseases. He praised the contribution of village panchayats in the sanitation activities at a function here. Mr. Gehlot gave away Nirmal Gram awards to …
With 73 per cent of the rural households resorting to open defecation as per the Census 2011, the government has sanctioned Rs. 35 crore for the construction of integrated sanitation complexes for men in 770 village panchayats. According to a release, each village panchayat will have two complexes costing Rs. …
On the eve of the 12th Plan that promises to launch an urban equivalent of the National Rural Health Mission, an extensive survey of villages has shown that even the NRHM dream is far from being realised. n Indian health program for improving healthcare delivery across rural India. Conducted by …
The District Rural Development Agency should evolve and implement a uniform procedure for setting up solar power units, with a view to achieving the State government’s objective of supplementing the growing demand for energy, said a cross section of councillors at the District Panchayat Council meeting held here on Friday. …
The Rajasthan Construction Labourer Welfare Board on Thursday decided to implement the national health insurance scheme for the unorganised sector workers and announced that it would pay a major portion of the premium to connect stakeholders with the scheme and encourage them to get insured. Minister of State for Labour …
Tense situation prevailing at Paipad, agitators attack migrant workers’ dwelling A tense situation prevailed at Paipad, near Thiruvalla, on Wednesday after a violent protest by the local people against the dumping of waste collected from a colony of migrant workers on the Kothachirappara-Paipad stretch of the Paipad-Kaviyur Road on Wednesday. …
PANJIM: Velsao panchayat in Cortalim constituency will be the first to have door to door collection of dry waste as part of a pilot project by Department of Science, Technology & Environment in collaboration with the Directorate of panchayats. Speaking to media persons, after the meeting with officials of the …
Coimbatore Amrita Vidyalayam students conduct survey on solar power generation Every household can generate the power it needs and also a little more, if only it were to install solar panels on the roof. “Our study reveals that a household will be able to not only meet its average requirement …
PANJIM: The State government has drafted a legislation under which penalty would be imposed on those who litter open areas, especially with bio-degradable waste. The legislation would be discussed at a meeting scheduled to decide various means of garbage collection in panchayat areas, on Tuesday. Environment Minister Alina Saldanha told …
BICHOLIM: The issue of no-objection certificates (NOC) granted by the panchayat secretary to mining companies in the village dominated the recent Mayem-Vaiginim gram sabha. At a special gram sabha held recently, residents highlighted the problems faced by truck owners, while others came down heavily on mining companies. During the discussion, …
Beneficiaries to be finalised at Gram Sabha meetings As many as 2,094 beneficiaries from below poverty line (BPL) families are being allotted the Chief Minister’s Solar Powered Green Houses in all the 10 panchayat unions in the district, Collector Pooja Kulkarni said here on Tuesday. Addressing reporters, she said that …
