Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Formal launching of publication and website (www.watsanbd.info) on Disaster Friendly Water and Sanitation technologies, was held under joint aegis of Concern Universal-Bangladesh (CUB) and Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) in the city's Dhanmondi auditorium of Dhaka Ahsania Mission on September 12. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) initiatives in Bangladesh have lot of …
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo GHASIAN MAJHI Over five thousand people in 13 panchayats under Lanjigarh and Bhawanipatna blocks in Orissa, who are choleraaffected, are waging a battle between life and death. 50 adults have perished of cholera in the last one month. , 20, a resident of Miangpadar in the poverty-stricken …
Rural water supply scheme for Andhra has no room for public opinion; price may be hiked later villagers in Andhra Pradesh will soon get their drinking water supply in 20-litre plastic containers. The government has shortlisted five companies that would treat raw water and sell it to villagers. The government …
A clinical trial okays an expensive vaccine for India typhoid is the fifth common disease in India; children are particularly vulnerable. But no vaccine to prevent this contagious disease has been part of the country
BHUBANESWAR: After diarrhoea, malaria is spreading in Western Orissa districts putting the efficacy of the health services to test. As diarrhoea has a long history in the State and takes heavy toll in the backward districts at regular intervals, malaria has emerged as the highest killer in the tribal- dominated …
Mumbai The congested Kalbadevi area has witnessed a a sudden increase in cholera cases with nine persons from the locality already admitted to hospitals in the last two days. The area houses an enormous amount of contaminated water, one of the major causes of the disease. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation …
Mumbai: Hardly had citizens got over the swine flu, malaria, gastroenteritis, and jaundice when cholera has caught certain areas of Mumbai in its grip. As many as 12 patients, all residents of Carvel Street, Ramwadi, Kalbadevi, were admitted to hospital with symptoms of cholera. Eleven of them were admitted to …
Sept. 8: After the swine flu havoc, cases of cholera, jaundice, malaria and dengue are on the rise. A confirmed case of chikungunya has also been reported in the city. In all, 72 cases of cholera have been recorded in the city till September 7 compared to 64 in 2008 …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State Government claimed to have controlled diarrhoea in Kalahandi where the disease has claimed 27 lives in three blocks, reports of more deaths from Bargarh district has put the administration in a tizzy. Reports reaching here said that there have been several deaths in Bargarh district …
The Orissa government has resorted to announcing cash incentives for bringing cholera patients in Kalahandi to hospital as its declaration of a cholera outbreak in the district has failed to bring about the same. With 26 people dying of diarrhoea in the last month in the district, the state government …
Alipurduar, Sept. 1: Deaths caused by water-borne diseases continue to haunt the closed Dheklapara Tea Estate with a three-year-old girl dying of jaundice last evening. Pinki Kheria, a resident of Baider line of the garden, was suffering from jaundice and malnutrition, said Sujan Sarkar, the block medical officer of health …
BHUBANESWAR: Outbreak of diarrhoea in Kalahandi district has assumed an epidemic proportion with 26 villagers reported to have died in less than a month while scores of people have been admitted in different hospitals. Although several doctors
Rabindra Nath Choudhury Aug. 31: A team of medical experts from the Centre on Monday arrived at Bhawanipatna in the poverty-stricken district of Kalahandi in Orissa to take stock of the situation after an outbreak of diarrhoea which killed 24 people in the region over the past one month. The …
The health officer of Madarihat block along with two officials have visited tea gardens where workers have developed symptoms like vomiting, fever and headache. In the past 72 hours, 39 people have been hospitalised. The visit by block medical officer Sujan Sarkar, sabhapati of Madarihat panchayat samiti Bikash Das and …
BHUBANESWAR: As reports of more diarrhoea deaths trickle out of Kalahandi district, 38 till date, a Central team is arriving on Monday to take stock of the situation. The epidemic is sweeping the remote areas and still remains unchecked for the past one month and the administration seems to be …
Hyderabad, Aug. 28: The government has started distributing free chlorine tablets to residents, keeping in mind the increase in number of jaundice cases in the city. According to the district medical and health Officer, Dr Ch Jayakumari, jaundice cases have been on the rise since January this year. A total …
Seven die in one week Gandhian (Gurdaspur): Gastroenteritis has claimed the lives of as many as seven persons, including two children, at Gandhian village here in the past one week while more than 20 are still suffering from dehydration. The village is situated a few distance away from Gurdaspur. Though …
Udhampur : Epidemic-like situation broke out in Majalata tehsil of Udhampur due to supply of contaminated drinking water and has so far claimed two lives while as a number of people have been admitted to hospitals and primary health centres. Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Ajay Khajuria today deputed a tehsildar to …
Health, a state of complete physical and mental well-being and not merely the absence of diseases as defined by WHO, is the prerequisite of all-round development inclusive of socio-economic prosperity. Though stress has been laid on ensuring better health delivery system in rural areas but lack of proper sanitation has …
Twelve persons of Patrahalli village in Mulbagal taluk have taken ill after drinking contaminated water. The villagers on Monday complained of vomiting and diarrhoea. They are undergoing treatment in the government hospital. A recurring issue The taluk health officials said that the incidents of water contamination have been recurring in …
