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 …
Mumbai The Central Railway (CR) will install water-free urinals at suburban railway stations soon. According to sources, the CR will come up with water-free urinals consisting of a china vitreous fixture and a patented replaceable cartridge. The cartridge will be connected with a drain line. There will not be any …
NEW DELHI: Princess Mathilde of Belgium on Tuesday called upon developing countries to adopt low-cost toilet technology promoted by non-government organisation Sulabh International to achieve
Lack of hygiene, few numbers and inconvenient locations are reasons why women refrain from using public conveniences in the Capital. With the approaching Commonwealth Games, however, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is set to change all that. The civic agency has invited bids for the construction of
Two billion tons of human and animal waste and industrial pollution are dumped into waterways every day around the world, according to reports released in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 17th annual World Water Day
To make it swifter for tourists and citizens to access washrooms, the Delhi Tourism department will soon come up with a map of Delhi pointing out the places where public toilets can be found. The move comes after the department received complaints about the lack of toilets in the city …
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation plans to turn nearly 200 public toilets smell-free, including those in the integrated sanitary complexes constructed in areas where the below poverty line families live. Ozone sterilisers will be installed in the toilets to rid these of smell. Two sterilisers were installed on Wednesday in the …
NEW DELHI: Sulabh International, which operates public toilets across the country, has refused to take up any work offered by the MCD for the maintenance of public toilets in the Capital in view of upcoming Games. This comes in the wake of recent allegations levelled against it by MCD Leader …
A Swedish entrepreneur is trying to market and sell a biodegradable plastic bag that acts as a single-use toilet for urban slums in the developing world. Once used, the bag can be knotted and buried, and a layer of urea crystals breaks down the waste into fertilizer, killing off disease-producing …
Miscreants have removed the doors of the toilets Not in use: The Integrated Women and Children Sanitary Complex in Pudur Agraharam in Veerapandi Union lacks basic facilities such as water.
New York, March 2: A Swedish entrepreneur is planning to mass produce Peepoo, a biodegradable plastic bag that acts as a single-use toilet, which may help millions of urban slum dwellers in develop- ing countries like India. The bag, which is current- ly undergoing field trials in India and Kenya, …
Poor sanitation helps spread disease, yet efforts to provide subsidized toilets have been resisted for cultural reasons in many developing countries. To improve the rate of uptake, some people are now advocating a market-based approach.
Meera Srinivasan Students of some Corporation schools have little choice CHENNAI: Students in some of the Corporation schools in the city are in a fix. They cannot use the toilet when they need to, due to lack of hygiene and poor maintenance. The stench near the primary block in the …
Thirty-something Gulab Kunju remembers the days when she would drink milk to quench thirst because drinking water was scarce. Her village Dhaurada had three hand pumps to meet the needs of more than 120 families settled in four hamlets. Each day she would make several trips to the nearest hand …
MUMBAI: After asking bulk consumers, clubs, gardens and hotels to make arrangements for their own sources of water, the BMC has now announced that it will discontinue supply to the city
The State government will construct 33 lakh toilets in the next two years, announced Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday. The drive will be taken up in villages under the
An environment-friendly public toilet, designed by IIT, Kanpur, is finding support from the Indian Railways and UNICEF,writes SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY The road ahead Of what use is technological progress if basic waste disposal is not taken care of? More than half of India does not have access to toilets, says …
Mumbai: Fifteen thousand litres. How much water is that? For a city battling water scarcity, where every drop counts, it has to be a lot in quantifiable terms. A group of youngsters from a local community in Santa Cruz is gifting that much water to the city on a daily …
Kaushik Chakravarthy, Bangalore, Jan 18, DHNS Half of the schools in Karnataka have no toilets. If you think that is shocking, how about this one? In every fourth high school, girls have to share toilets with boys! These shocking revelations are among the findings of a nation-wide survey on the …
