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 …
JAIPUR: In the last three-and-a-half years, some 4,973 gram panchayats have become open-defecation free and 58.26 lakh toilets have been constructed in the state under the Clean India Mission (rural). This was informed by officials to chief minister Vasundhara Raje while reviewing the flagship programmes of panchayati raj and women …
The government is mooting significant changes to the Coastal Regulation Zone notification (CRZ), file inspections under RTI by members of an NGO, Centre for Policy Research (CPR) has revealed. One of the major changes in the draft Marine and Coastal Regulation Zone notification 2017 is to allow "temporary tourism facilities" …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Samir Mehta Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 23/05/2017 regarding open defecation and waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains. NGT directs that the Central Pollution Control Board and the various State Boards in consultation with the Municipal Corporations and the …
The survey was carried out on 407 stations Visakhapatnam railway station is the cleanest, followed by the one in Secunderabad, among the 75 busiest stations. According to a survey, the report of which was released by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu here on Wednesday, the Jammu railway station occupied the third …
The collector set a target of June 2 to complete construction of all these toilets and declared Mahbubabad an ODF. Warangal: The district administration is leaving no stone unturned to make Mahbubabad outdoor-defecation-free by June 2. Collector Preethi Meena said the administration would cancel pensions, confiscate ration cards or cut …
The use of bucket toilets in Namibia will be a thing of the past by the end of 2017, Namibian Minister of Urban and Rural Development Sophia Shaningwa said Monday. Shaningwa made the remarks while addressed a strategic planning workshop in Windhoek. More than 2,000 households in the urban and …
The biggest challenge for India is the dual fight of containing a 'developing' country's health concerns while a flare-up of 'developed' world disorders are its doorstep. On one hald India is combating basic health concerns such as malnutrition, low immunization rates, hygiene, sanitation and infectious diseases. On the other hand, …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Bio-sanitation toilets have been launched in Kenya in order to eliminate pit latrines which have been blamed for contaminating ground water, the inventor said on Thursday. Biogas International Operations Manager Josephat Chege told Xinhua in Nairobi that the Bio-sanitation toilets are more hygienic because the human waste …
Kibaale — Health officials in Kibaale District have revealed that 87 per cent of residents in the district don't wash hands after using pit-latrines. According to a health report which was presented last Friday during a public accountability forum organised by the Office of the Prime Minister and the Resident …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Mukta Sathe & Ors. Vrs. Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India & Ors. dated 21/03/2017 regarding equipping railway coaches with eco-friendly bio-toilets. Ministry of Railways submits that at present there are 55,000 (fifty five thousands) coaches …
A women's group in Luweero District has taken the campaign to boost hygiene and sanitation practices to another level. The group has not only encouraged members to improve sanitation and hygiene facilities in their home but have also spread good cheer to their different communities. Since the group's inception in …
A total of 6.60 lakh hollow cement blocks, 3.60 lakh concrete cement rings and 30,000 cement bags were utilised for the purpose.A total of 6.60 lakh hollow cement blocks, 3.60 lakh concrete cement rings and 30,000 cement bags were utilised for the purpose. TRICHY: In an attempt to equip all …
Mr George Asiedu, a Consultant at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), has called on the citizenry to take advantage of the “Own a household toilet at half price” programme, to curb open defecation. He said available statistics indicated that only 15 per cent of the people …
Almost a year after work started to dismantle it, PWD is all set to redesign the controversial BRT corridor. The 6.2-km stretch from Ambedkar Nagar to Lajpat Nagar Metro station will be made a regular road at a cost of roughly Rs 80 crore. In February last year, officials had …
Khartoum — On the occasion of the World Toilet Day on 19 November, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its latest bulletin that one third of the Sudanese people have access to improved sanitation. The international NGO Save the Children is phasing out its …
SALLONIPALLY: Hardly 40km from the Mahbubnagar district headquarters, Sallonipally was, till just a few days ago, like any other village in the district. But over a period of 48 hours, the village has successfully built 336 toilets, ensuring that every household in Sallonipally has an individual sanitary latrine. Till the …
UNICEF says presently, no fewer than 120 million people in the country lack access to improved sanitation facilities, a situation it said exposes them to public health hazards. UNICEF’s Chief Officer in charge of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Kannan Nadar, who disclosed this in an interview with the News …
Prime Minister Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi There has been a huge political and financial investment on the Swachh Bharat Mission by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The programme, however, is straining to achieve the desired results. There is a struggle to bring in the much required behavioural change among people …
The Mysuru chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has constructed a first-of-its-kind toilet complex atop the Chamundi Hill, which is the first green building of ‘public convenience’ to be certified by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), at a cost of nearly Rs 1 crore to match the …
CHENNAI: At least 17,325 houses in various parts of the city are yet to get toilet facilities. The Greater Chennai Corporation has issued orders to begin work on construction of toilets utilising funds under Swachh Bharat Mission. As per data compiled by the civic body, most of the 6,281 applications …
