Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
A year after the Gujarat government declared that the state has become open defecation-free (ODF), the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its latest report has dismissed the claim, saying “it does not appear to be correct”. The CAG report, which was tabled in the state Assembly during …
Egypt’s Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr, signed on Monday with the director of the United Sates Agency for International Development (USAID) in Egypt, Sherry Carlin, an agreement for the second stage of infrastructure support with a total grant of $65m. The minister explained that the agreement included …
Understanding of the factors driving global antimicrobial resistance is limited. We analysed antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic consumption worldwide versus many potential contributing factors. Original Source
The Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic in the West Bank and Gaza is part of a global initiative to improve evidence on the linkages between WASH, poverty, and service delivery at the local level. The Diagnostic explores long-term trends in access to improved water and sanitation, assesses …
Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day. This waste is rich in water, nutrients, energy and organic compounds. Yet waste is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse, whilst millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water. …
This policy brief looks at water security risks in Burkina Faso through a gender lens, providing insights on how gendered norms and practices produce differentiated risks. In many countries, traditional divisions of labour mean that women conduct the majority of unpaid work related to the collection, transport, and management of …
Thousands of lives are at risk in Kenya's slums as dirty water and poor sanitation fuel the spread of deadly diseases, said the winner of the world's largest humanitarian prize on Wednesday. Kenyan charity Shining Hope For Communities (SHOFCO) - which provides clean water, sanitation and health services to more …
Access to safe, clean sanitation facilities throughout the day is important as safely managed sanitation helps protect both human health and the environment. Although there has been impressive progress in recent years, the challenge will only increase, as work towards safely managed sanitation for all. To help start addressing the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 21/08/2018. The applicant had approached NGT for direction to relocate the Solid Waste Plant (Bandhwari sewage treatment plant in Haryana's Gurgaon district) set up by M/s. Eco-green Energy at …
Arusha — The government is planing to spend Sh530 billion to put up networks for clean water and sewage in Arusha City. The minister for Water and Irrigation, Prof Makame Mbarawa, made the statement here yesterday during the ceremony to sign contracts for the projects in the city. He insisted …
THE government has signed a 40bn/- contract to improve a sewage drainage system and expand its network in Arusha City. The contract was signed between the Arusha Urban Water Supply and Sewage Management Authority (Auwsa) and the Beijing Construction Engineering Group of China at $17m. The Minister for Water and …
This report is the culmination of a study conducted by the Accountability Initiative (AI) on Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin in 2017 on the request of the Udaipur district administration. The study understands the outcomes, and the processes, which led to Open Defecation Free status in selected Gram Panchayats.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abbrem (KEEA) Municipality, Nana Appiah Korang has advised women not to accept marriage proposals of men who don’t have toilets in their homes. He said women could play a critical role in helping government to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and also reduce …
Lack of sanitation is one of the world's leading development challenges. Globally, around two billion people don't have access to appropriate sanitation, with around a billion of them having no toilet. Provision of a hygienic sanitation solution, coupled with regular handwashing and access to clean, drinkable water, is known to …
AN Edo High Court presided over by the the Chief Judge of the State, Justice E. F. Ikponmwen has nullified the Edo State Sanitation and Pollution Law2010, describing it unconstitutional. Claimants in the suit are Mr Johnson Igbinedion and Mrs Eunice Igbinedion. The defendants are Edo State House of Assembly, …
The Kumbh Mela 2019, to be organized in Allahabad at the famed confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and fabled Saraswati, shall be the largest ever religious congregation spread over almost 45 days (through January and February). Going by a conservative estimate, almost 20 lakh people shall be residing at the …
A study of District Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds expenditure, that are collected from mining companies, by Centre for Science and Environment shows beneficiaries have not been identified in any of the mining-heavy districts and funds are not being spent on priority issues such as malnutrition and mortality among children under …
COPPERBELT Minister Japhen Mwakalombe says Government is investing close to US$1 billion in improving access to water and sanitation in the province.Outlining projects on water that Government is putting up in the province, Mr Mwakalombe said Government attaches importance to the people on the Copperbelt. Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company …
Launches ‘Swachh Survekshan’ campaign for rural areas of state Governor NN Vohra launched the ‘Swachh Survekshan Grameen-2018’ at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre here on Tuesday, which aims to undertake a survey to take stock of the progress already achieved by the Swachh Bharat Mission in rural India. The Governor …
Two months after the Department of Basic Education was to announce a strategy to fix sanitation in South African schools, private funding has allowed the department to announce a two-year sanitation improvement plan. However, questions about the legitimacy of the data collected remain. The Department of Basic Education, with the …
