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 …
Despite implementation of Total Sanitation Programme to eradicate the practice of open defecation in Odisha for more than a decade, the coverage of individual household with toilets has been found to be abysmally low in the State’s rural areas. According to latest baseline survey furnished by Rural Development department in …
Union government has released the first installment of Rs 30 crore to Chhattisgarh under its Swachh Bharat Mission for constructing individual and community toilets and implementing solid waste management. A four-year target (October 2019) has been fixed by state to make it open-defecation free. Talking to TOI, Raipur municipal commissioner …
A total of 32,000 families, out of over 1 lakh families living in Pithoragarh district, are without toilets. The process of constructing toilets is in progress. This was revealed at a meeting chaired by the Pithoragarh District Magistrate with officers of the Jal Nigam, Jal Sansthan and the Swajal project …
Public suggestions on location to be sought Lucknow: Finally waking up to the need for well laid-out, hygienic toilets in public places across the city, Lucknow Development Authority has formulated a plan to construct more than 1000 modular toilets this year. The project would be particularly useful for women working …
Water conservation initiatives such as introduction of environment-friendly vacuum toilets and changes in the design of existing lavatories in trains are some of the proposals likely to be announced in the forthcoming Rail Budget. According to a senior railway ministry official, a concrete plan of action for water management at …
Encroachments on the banks of Konthuruthy river Uncertainty looms large over the lives of 168 families living on the banks of Konthuruthy River in Thevara as they fear that they may be evicted while restoring the river to its original width. The Revenue authorities had earlier carried out surveys on …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of J. K. Raju Vs State of Andhra Pradesh & Others regarding state of the toilets in the schools of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. J.K. Raju, the petitioner appearing in person, submitted that though this Court has directed the States …
Availability of clean water and adequate sanitation facilities are of prime importance for limiting diarrheal diseases. We examined the spatial information on the groundwater quality and sanitation facilities of a village in southern India using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools. Place of residence, position of wells and latrines were mapped …
Bio-digesters, better known as bio-toilets and conceptualised by the Defence Research and Development Organisation for jawans in high-altitude areas, will soon be installed in the city by the Delhi Development Authority. These toilets require very little water and dispose human waste in an eco-friendly manner, doing away with the need …
The inefficiency of government authorities may deprive scores of the district’s below poverty line (BPL) families of seeing construction of a toilet in their homes this year as well. A look at the figures is enough to blame authorities for the slow pace of construction of toilets. Till date, only …
Far-flung and less-developed areas in New Delhi Parliamentary constituency could soon have public toilet facilities built by private companies as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. The initiative taken by New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi in her constituency under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan seeks to bring in public-private-partnership …
According to a book released by the government in a village of 1,200 people not having toilets, each inhabitant indirectly consumes ~ through contaminated food ~ about three grams of faecal matter every day, The Elementary Book on Sanitation in Gram Panchayats brought out by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj …
The idea of building public toilets with a special concrete on foot overbridges which will not let out odour bagged the top prize of Rs 5 lakh in a competition organised by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay seeking “smart ideas” for “smart cities”. The prize was won by Ganesh …
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation will launch a Nationwide Real Time Monitoring of use of toilets from January 2015. The Monitoring System will be unveiled to give a big push to Swachh Bharat Mission, which aims at attaining a 100% Open Defecation Free India by 2019. People across …
With the effort put into the sanitation programme, the coverage in rural areas has gone up from one per cent in 1981 to 32.70 per cent as per Census 2011, and to 40.60 per cent. (Reuters) With the effort put into the sanitation programme, the coverage in rural areas has …
Bharti Foundation today said it has appointed Sulabh International for constructing 12,000 toilets in rural households across 900 villages in Ludhiana district of Punjab. The philanthropic arm of Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Enterprises has committed Rs 100 crore investment under 'Satya Bharti Abhiyan' over the next three years for constructing toilets …
MUMBAI: Almost a decade after the BMC prepared designs for public toilets in the city, it has brought out new design options. The design alternatives for toilet blocks and the logo design with nameplate alternatives have been sent to members of the Right to Pee (RTP), who have been spearheading …
Over 41,200 houses and buildings were damaged and 450,000 acres of agricultural land was damaged by cyclone Hudhud The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation granted $ 500,000 to US-based NGO CARE for taking up cyclone relief works in Andhra Pradesh. The fund will enable CARE staff to meet emergency needs …
KATHMANDU: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide a loan assistance of SDR 38.921 million (equivalent to Rs 5.78 billion) and grant assistance of $1.3 million (equivalent to Rs 127.40 million) to the government for implementation of the Third Small Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Nepal. …
Modi himself will acknowledge contributions of over Rs 1 crore made by individuals and of over Rs 20 crore by corporates The government on Tuesday set up a Swachh Bharat fund to collect contributions from individuals and organisations for its clean India programme. A statement issued by the finance ministry …
