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 …
A study undertaken to assess the condition of public toilets in slums and resettlement areas of Delhi reveals startling figures on the inadequate number of toilets and urinals for women.
An ecosan toilet is an eco-friendly sanitation product that was devised mostly for women who suffer from poor sanitation facilities. With the ecosan model being able to channel effluent productively and enabling it to be used as compost, setting up of kitchen gardens seemed the best thing to do, finds …
A young Nepali climber is seeking to popularise a toilet fashioned from a plastic bucket with a lid to promote eco-friendly climbing on Mount Everest. Hundreds of climbers flock to the world's tallest peak at 8,850 metres (29,035 feet) every year, with many simply squatting in the open or hunching …
States and cities in the country will have to come out with their sanitation strategies in the next two years, according to a national urban sanitation policy unveiled by the government today. The strategies would be prepared with the financial help from the Urban Development Ministry, which has funds worth …
Barun Roy / New Delhi November 06, 2008, 0:23 IST Jack Sim of Singapore is on a mission to popularise sanitation solutions that developing countries need. Remember Mr Condom? There was a time when even the mention of his name would evoke laughter and ridicule, but Mechai Viravaidya, the indomitable …
Jamshedpur, Oct. 12: People of East Singhbhum district are a proud lot. For the second consecutive year the district has bagged the Nirmal Gram Award for successful implementation of Total Sanitation Campaign. Successfully adhering to basic sanitation and cleanliness guidelines of the government, 13 panchayats of East Singhbhum district have …
One of the many projects of Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) is of building thousands of toilet blocks across Mumbai Metropolitan Region. However, the condition of the toilets in its own backyard seems to be very poor. The MMRDA headquarters in Bandra-Kurla Complex has two wings - one of …
Be it health, water, cleanliness or alcohol consumption, villages in rural Maharashtra are witnessing a silent movement in the last few years, thanks to the women sarpanches at the helm.
Chennai THE Third Tamil Nadu State Report of the 2005-06 National Family Health Survey says access to a toilet facility is almost universal in Chennai. This even as there is dearth of well maintained public toilets and the social nuisance of public urination in the city . The city accounts …
The absence of public toilets is causing immense hardship to the people in Mithi. Shopkeepers, social workers and common people say that though Mithi, the district headquarters town, has a population of over 50,000, the municipal administration and its town planners never considered to build public toilets in main areas …
Pune, July 22 Image Building: 240 of them to be built on BoT basis by Oct Ahead of the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG), the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to install public toilets at 82 locations to prevent open defecation in areas where these amenities are missing. Officials …
How can we arrest people when we know there are not enough public toilets in the city? } Using roads as public toilets is a common sight in the city. Yes, it is banned, but do people care? Yes, there is a shortage of public toilets in the city, but …
A group of teenagers from USA has come visiting the state. And no, they are not sight-seeing or partying, they are giving lessons on hygiene to Amdavadis, villagers of Gujarat and building toilets for them too. And, how! Back home, the teenagers washed cars, mowed lawns and cleaned windows for …
Kannal Achuthan Corporation had to go for tender again A view of a closed public convenience on the Konnur High Road at Ayanavaram in Chennai. The Chennai Corporation's plan to construct new public toilets and allow advertisements on their outer walls is yet to take off. The civic body had …
