Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Debi Prasad Banerjee Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 22.04/2024. The application was filed by the applicant alleging that Barasat Government Medical College & Hospital, Barasat has dug an open hole …
The Haryana Assembly today passed a landmark legislation making educational qualifications and toilets at residence premises mandatory for the candidates of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) amid a walkout by the Opposition Congress. With this, Haryana became the second state after Rajasthan to fix educational and other qualifications for the …
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Minster of Environment and UNICEF country representative have called for behavioural change in the attainment and sustainability in ending open defecation in The Gambia by 2017. They were speaking to journalists at a press briefing held at Dalagass Community in CRR after the …
LUAPULA Province Minister Brigadier General Benson Kapaya has called on chiefdoms to work towards ending open defecation to improve public health and curb water-borne diseases. Gen Kapaya said poor access to sanitation is one of the major contributors to ill-health, mainly manifested in water-borne related diseases such as cholera. Gen …
President Yahya Jammeh has made a declaration that The Gambia would be "open defecation-free" by 2017. The declaration was announced by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, who represented the Gambian leader at the launching ceremony on "Ending Open Defecation" in The Gambia, held at the Dalagas Community in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vishwas Madhavrao More Vs. Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samittee, Pimpalgaon Baswant & Ors dated 01/09/2015 regarding sewage disposal facilities at the market yard of Krishi Utpanna Bazar Samiti, Pimpalgaon Baswant, Nashik (D). Previous Order
A lot of hype has been created around the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. But funding from sources such as the corporate social responsibility coffer is wholly inadequate. Moreover, reliance on public-private partnerships without strengthening the capabilities of the existing public agencies in the field through adequate budget allocations and proper training …
Move to make elimination of open defecation a people’s movement The district administration and the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) have decided to make the elimination of open defecation a people’s movement by enlisting various sections of the people such as women, youth, students, civil society organisations, service organisations and …
Lauding the people of Darjeeling for their initiative to make the Queen of Hills clean and green, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today announced that 50,000 toilets would be built in the hill district. The Chief Minister said both the state government and Gorkhaland Territorial administration are working together …
As part of eliminating open defecation, 60 village panchayats in the district will have Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) and these villages will also be declared as ‘Open Defecation-Free Villages’ from October 2. Under the Swatch Bharat Mission (Rural) that aims at achieving universal sanitation, the district administration has proposed to …
It has emerged that one of the major factors preventing the government from rolling out its plans to ensure proper sanitation in the country is the non-adherence of many of its partners to the subscribed guidelines developed by the government. In its desire to support the development of a cost-effective …
While insufficient sanitation facilities often get represented in statistics and are reported in the literature on urban infrastructure planning and contested urban spaces, what is often left out is the everyday practice and experience of going to dysfunctional toilets, particularly by women. By analysing the practices and problems associated with …
PANAJI: Despite the stipulated requirement of a minimum area of 60 sq m for an anganwadi centre, when 713 centres in the state were selected for scrutiny audit, 71% of them were found to be functioning in areas less than 30 sq m, half of the stipulated requirement, and 50 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jagmohan Patidar Vs. Volkswagen Group India Pvt. Ltd. Ors. dated 17/08/2015 regarding auto dealers in the city of Bhopal who were found to be violating the provisions of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 …
Microfinance for business has had mixed impacts but there is evidence that it could succeed in funding sanitation facilities in developing countries The time when microfinance was seen as the miracle cure to lift people out of poverty is long gone. The funding crisis in India in 2010 and evidence …
Around 60 million Indonesians, or 39 percent of the total population, do not have access to proper toilets, causing disease and even death, an official has stated. “As a result, 5 million babies in Indonesia face the risk of death,” said Rina Agustin, secretary director general of the Public Works …
178 villages in the district have achieved 100% open defecation free status; Sindhudurg tops the list. Pune district has figured second on the list of districts in the state where a large number of villages have achieved cent per cent Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, according to a recent survey …
The Swachh Bharat rankings released by the Union urban development ministry on Saturday has placed Kolhapur at 158th position among 479 class I cities in the country. Interestingly, Kolhapur is ahead of six cities recommended by the state government for the Centre's ambitious smart cities project. In 2009, the city …
PATNA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in Bihar have made it mandatory for candidates contesting village elections to have a toilet in their home as part of a move to improve sanitation in the country, a senior official said. The Bihar state assembly on Wednesday passed an act stating that …
The Bihar legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a legislation incorporating a provision making it mandatory for candidates contesting panchayat polls in Bihar to have toilets at their houses. The provision has been incorporated in the Bihar Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015 which was passed by the Assembly by a voice …
To begin with, co will set up toilets at ghats in Varanasi with low water usage and on-site sanitation tech Enthused by the response to . 100-crore Banega Swachh India proits ` ject launched by Reckitt Benckiser India in September, the maker of Dettol soaps and Lizol cleaners is now …
