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 …
‘Use and get paid’ toilets in Ahmedabad In an innovative incentive to eradicate open defecation, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has announced a scheme under which people will be paid Re. 1 for using public toilets. The civic body has turned around its ‘pay and use’ public toilets to ‘use …
A recent study has revealed that in over 60% of the schools surveyed, students avoid using the school toilets. The main reason for this is lack of hygiene or (in the case of girls) privacy. This raises questions about Union finance minister Arun Jaitley's statement on Tuesday that the central …
President Tasks 7,000 Service People for Slum Upgrading, Youth Empowerment Growing up in Evaton, in Gauteng, Themba Msukwini had to use a bucket system. Like many in Evaton, Msukwini he had no access to basic sanitation services and as a result struggled to live a dignified life. But much has …
African leaders at a conference in Dakar, Senegal have committed to ending open defecation in their countries by 2030, and to work towards giving every person access to safe sanitation and good hygiene. Recognising that poor sanitation in Africa undermines the continent’s social and economic development and has serious health …
Following the recent announcement in the railway budget to make Rameswaram a green station, the Madurai railway division has started allotting more bio-toilet fitted coaches to the station. One of the important pilgrimage centres attracting lakhs of pilgrims from across India, Rameswaram is well connected with major North Indian destinations …
Zambia just took one big step forward toward becoming an "open-defecation-free" country. According to the Southern African nation's government, no one in the country's Chienge district is relieving themselves in the open, NPR reported. It's the first district in Zambia to do achieve the status. The milestone, set last month, …
Imparting momentum to Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s Clean India mission, the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh government has made it mandatory for its employees in rural areas to have toilets at their houses in order to spread awareness about hygiene in remote areas. A circular in this regard has been issued by Chief …
Bhashantek slum residents are paying five times higher than the other Dhaka city dwellers pay for getting minimum facilities of sanitation and waste management. But they are being deprived of the facilities as well as their fundamental rights. “There is no garbage container to dispose domestic waste and sanitary sewer …
Mr Kamal Kar, Founder and Chairman of the World-wide Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Foundation, has asked government to demonstrate the political will towards eradicating open defecation in the country. Dr Kar’s Foundation is spearheading a world-wide campaign to eradicate open defecation in countries where the practice is a major …
Climate change in Ethiopia is occurring against a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanization, entrenched poverty and a heavy burden of disease, and there is little information on specific health risks with which to approach adaptation planning and strengthen adaptive capacity. Using detailed household surveys (400 households, 1660 individuals, …
Sulabh International founder Padma Bhushan Bindeshwar Pathak on Monday said Madhya Pradesh has better sanitation facilities as compared to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'clean India' campaign, Pathak said the movement has brought about positive change in the country in last one year. However, he lamented …
The World Bank today signed a $248-million loan agreement for the Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Project to help the state improve its delivery of water and sanitation services in rural areas. According to a World Bank statement, the project aims at providing a minimum of 10 hours …
This analytical investigation focuses on the quantification of odorant molecules in the headspace of latrines. Hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan were derivatized under a more stable N-ethyl maleimide conjugate. Since the amount of odorant molecules is very low in the gas phase, we developed a method that had two steps …
The National Green Tribunal has directed Railways and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to identify precise locations for installation of mobile toilets near slum clusters adjoining railway tracks in the capital. Expressing concern over the delay on the part of the authorities, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice …
For over five years, the Social Justice Coalition in Cape Town has called for expanding access to safe and clean sanitation facilities in Khayelitsha and other townships in the city. Despite the overwhelming need for such services, the municipal government has yet to fulfill its duties to provide them at …
Improving access to public toilets in South African urban settlements may reduce both the incidence of sexual assaults by nearly 30% and the overall cost to society, a study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Management found. Development and human rights organizations have …
Sexual violence is a major public health issue, affecting 35% of women worldwide. Major risk factors for sexual assault include inadequate indoor sanitation and the need to travel to outdoor toilet facilities. We estimated how increasing the number of toilets in an urban township (Khayelitsha, South Africa) might reduce both …
Global Communities, a non-governmental organization, predicts that 720 villages and towns are likely to be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) after five years of networking with its project "Partnership for Advancing Community-Based Projects (PACS)." Global Communities currently operates in Nimba, Bong and Lofa counties and indicated that villages and towns …
With poor sanitation estimated to cause 280,000 deaths per year worldwide, improving sanitation is a key policy goal in many developing countries. Yet governments and major development institutions disagree over how to address the problem. A new study released in Science today found that in Bangladesh, a community-motivation model that …
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to engage anganwadi workers to carry out a survey to identify households without latrines in the city. The BMC will take up construction of individual household latrine (IHL) under the Centre's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. After the survey, the BMC will create a database …
