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 …
Night-soil (human waste) has been considered a valuable agricultural resource since ancient times. When handled safely, its use can contribute to reducing soil degradation and water scarcity in the areas like the Lahaul valley. Despite such known benefits its use is now decreasing with modernisation. Recognising this, the G.B. Pant …
All schools across the country will have toilet facilities by the year end, Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh said on Thursday. While Sikkim, Puducherry, Mizoram and Haryana have already achieved this target, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan will do …
Your childhood fears about leaking plane toilets have come true. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) recently went on a surprise visit to IGI to check the airworthiness of planes and overall airport safety. The underbelly of a domestic airline's, Airbus A-320, was found to be covered with blue …
After facing flak for the sorry state of build-operate-transfer toilets in the Capital let out by the New Delhi Municipal Council here south of Rajpath, the civic body is getting ready to re-construct and re-furbish 113 free-to-use public toilets north of Rajpath with stricter regulations. For the purpose of implementation, …
Believe it or not, about 310 houses in Aldona do not have toilet facilities. Despite repeated efforts by a resident to highlight the issue, the Aldona panchayat has allegedly not enforced the need to have toilets in houses, while issuing occupancy certificates to the owners. Unhappy with the Aldona Panchayat …
Though there is an economic boom in India there is a flipside to it too. According to estimates there are 80.7 million urban poor in India and a housing shortage of 24.7 million, says Kumari Selja, minister of state (independent charge), housing and urban poverty alleviation. In conversation with Yeshi …
The Delhi gov ernment will soon to take up an integrated sanitation scheme in the city to ensure that all people get the minimum standard of hygiene and do not go in the open for their toilet needs. The Delhi Cabinet will soon give its nod to a proposal to …
Climbing up and down 40 steps ten times a day is not an easy exercise, but for 28-year-old Dil Maya, it has been a daily routine since she moved into a hut near the IMTRAT hospital in Thimphu. The hut, she lives in with her family, does not have water …
Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented rate, particularly in developing countries, with high migration of population from rural to urban areas. As a consequence of urbanization and associated environmental impacts, the issue of providing water to growing urban population is becoming critical. Water management in the context of urban area …
The Sulabh toilets are located in five of the most congested areas of Kabul. They are an important contribution to Kabul's non-existent sanitary facilities.
To all those who feel that non-resident Indians talk more than they end up doing for their country, Sunil Bhatia should come as a pleasant exception to the rule. Last month, this Pune born and bred academician, who is currently an associate professor of human development at Connecticut College in …
If you happen to travel in Rewa Express, you will notice a slight change in its coaches: small steel tanks fitted between the wheels. These are part of environment-friendly toilets, where the excreta is treated and stored. Coaches in Rewa Express, running between Delhi and Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, are …
Toilets in aircraft do not flush with water; suction removes the waste into a collection bin below. When one flushes the toilet, it opens a valve in the sewer line, and the vacuum in the line sucks the contents out of the bowl and into a tank. Since vacuum does …
Pinakini Express between Vijayawada and Chennai has been fitted with newly-built environment-friendly toilets. The train with these new toilets was flagged off on Friday at Vijayawada. According to the South Central Railways(SCR) officials, the new toilets which are manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory, Perambur, are fitted to all the …
A total of 509 toilets have been constructed in schools against the district administration's target of 532. Moreover, toilets have been constructed in all the anganvadis in the district Of one lakh toi lets planned under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in the district, 86,644 have been constructed at houses …
The United Nations has announced 2008 as the Year of Sanitation. This is at a time when at least 2.6 billion people - 41 per cent of the global population - do not have access to latrines or any sort of basic sanitation facilities. Sanjay Krishna, a volunteer, NGO Dhan …
With a view to achieving sanitation for all by 2010, eco toilets will be set up soon in 4500 unions of the country. This was stated by LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal while addressing a press briefing at Cirdap auditorium in the city yesterday on the eve of the launching of …
Commuters at Bandra Terminus, Andheri and Borivali stations in the Western Railway will get to use deluxe toilets, for a price. Under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT) scheme, these modern toilets will be constructed and owned by private parties, but eventually be transferred to the railways after about 15 …
Lack of water supply in toilets, unfenced school campuses, inadequate support from the State government and local bodies have made the premises of many government schools in the southern suburbs of Chennai an unpleasant place for students and teachers. While some government institutions are model ones, many need a lot …
Ladies Circle India (LCI), an organisation formed by wives of members of Round Table India, will construct 100 toilet blocks in rural schools across the country over the next two years to commemorate the completion of 40 years of its inception. Of this, 25 toilet blocks would be built in …
