Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
Diarrheal disease is the world’s second leading cause of death among young children. It claims more than half a million lives of children under five years old each year, accounting for 9% of global child deaths. It is also a leading cause of morbidity in children, including chronic malnutrition. The …
MUMBAI: The battle over mangroves in Kandivli shows why Mumbai is losing the bigger war to protect its environment; slumlords have encroached on mangroves in Kandivali West and residents said that government agencies have just turning a blind eye towards it. On Wednesday, the BMC carried out a demolition drive …
MEERUT: Residents of cantonment area may soon get innovative water dispensers, known as water ATMs. The installation of such dispensers would be feasible for locals who need clean drinking water when they are out of home, especially during the summer months. Water ATMs will function like regular ATMs, where users …
ATHI RIVER deputy county commissioner Kodeck Makori has announced a cholera outbreak in Athi River town. He addressed a public baraza in the town on Wednesday. Makori said two cases have been reported and being treated at Athi River Health Centre. He said the two adults are from Kwa Mangeli …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Increase in slum population, 16/12/2015. As per information provided by the Office of Registrar General of India (RGI), slum population in Delhi has decreased from 18,51,231 (Census 2001) to 16,17,239 (Census 2011). Details of slum population of million plus Cities (as per Census 2001 …
Mumbai: State revenue and forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said the government would draw up a comprehensive plan for the rehabilitation of slum dwellers on forest land. A day after the devastating fire at Damu Nagar that burnt over 2,000 huts to cinders, Mungantiwar said the delay in rehabilitating those eligible …
Enteric fever due to Salmonella Typhi (typhoid fever) occurs in urban areas with poor sanitation. While direct fecal-oral transmission is thought to be the predominant mode of transmission, recent evidence suggests that indirect environmental transmission may also contribute to disease spread. Original Source
MUMBAI: Mumbai now officially has 3,293 slum clusters. The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) has, for the first time, carried out a Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping of slums across the city, which shows that slum clusters are spread over 9,008 acres or 36.45 sq km. The highest density of such …
Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a subclinical enteric condition found in low-income countries that is characterized by intestinal inflammation, reduced intestinal absorption, and gut barrier dysfunction. The researchers aimed to assess if EE impairs the success of oral polio and rotavirus vaccines in infants in Bangladesh. Original Source
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the CEO of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) as to how he proposes to use the money given by the Railways over a decade ago to relocate J J Clusters along tracks and asked him to take the work on ‘top …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Saloni Singh & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 07/10/2015 regarding dumping of waste on railway tracks. NGT directs Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board take as top priority the proposal of shifting the jhuggies …
As part of its efforts to address challenges emanating from rapid urbanization and develop a vision for future development in Rajasthan, the Government of Rajasthan has prepared an Urban Development Policy. The policy covers following sectors: Urban Transport, Urban Water Supply, Waste Water management, Storm Water Drainage, Solid Waste Management, …
Without increased effort, none of the 17 proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be met, according to a report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). However, if countries emulate the performance of the top-performing countries “there is much to be hopeful about," it says. The report recommends early action to …
The spread of dengue in the district dominated a meeting of the Vigilance Committee of the Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Anandpur Sahib MP Prem Singh Chandumajra. The health authorities told the MP that as many as 17 persons were found positive for …
LUSAKA, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dorothy Zulu's dream is to have a water tap and a small vegetable garden in her home in Ngombe, one of many slums in Zambia's capital Lusaka. To get water Zulu, a mother of six, has to be at one of the dozens …
Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that can cause diarrhoea. Human faeces are an important source of Cryptosporidium in surface waters. We present a model to study the impact of sanitation, urbanization and population growth on human emissions of Cryptosporidium to surface waters. We build on a global model by Hofstra …
MUMBAI: The National Green Tribunal, in a landmark order, directed a developer to remit Rs 3 crore towards the environmental relief fund and stopped the construction and sale of a slum rehabilitation project at Antop Hill till the amount was paid and plans amended to include additional parking space. The …
The managing director of Dhaka Wasa yesterday said all slum dwellers in the capital would be provided with the amenity of legal water supply by this December. Taqsem A Khan was talking to reporters after a total of 304 legal water supply points were installed at Saat Tala slum in …
While the State Government claims to be working on conservation of environment, planned development and boosting tourism in Uttarakhand, the number of slum settlements across the State present a picture that contradicts official claims with more than 500 slums being listed across the State. While Mussoorie is touted as the …
Tribunal directs them to pay Rs.1,000 instead of Rs.5,000 to the Railways The litterbugs who were slapped with a challan of Rs.5,000 for dirtying railway premises appeared before the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday, pleading leniency and promising that they would not litter in the future. Fifteen of the 66 …
