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. …
HYDERABAD: The city may have figured in the list of 50 ‘clean’ cities under Swachh Survekshan 2018, but Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which analysed the results, says the city got the ‘clean’ tag based mostly on visible cleanliness, not waste management solutions. GHMC does not segregate waste at …
The Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation reviews the global progress made towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It builds on the latest data available for the 11 SDG 6 global indicators and will inform the …
Interim report on Shri Jagannath Temple dated 26/06/2018 as per direction of the Supreme Court in Writ Petition No. 649 of 2018 (Mrunalini Padhi Vs Unio of India & Others). The report covers the following aspects: (a) Difficulties faced by the visitors; (b) Exploitative Practices, if any; (c) Deficiencies in …
Sanitation access in schools is important to keep children, especially girl children in school. It is also important to spread the culture of safe sanitation more widely, especially among the young. Using a unique mapping of DISE (District Information System for Education) data on 0.94 million schools and Primary Census …
A fast-changing climate, conflict, inequality, persistent pockets of poverty and hunger and rapid urbanization are challenging countries’ efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a UN report. The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 found that conflict and climate change were major contributing factors leading to growing numbers …
This paper analyses the effectiveness of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) by analyzing the financial and physical progress of the mission and the manner in which funds have been allocated and sanctioned to different activities in various states. It examines the planned allocation of central funds (i) between the SBM …
Health minister David Parirenyatwa, who introduced the bill, said his ministry had consulted widely to ensure that the health law covered a new strain of diseases. The Public Health Act was first promulgated 70 years ago and hence had become archaic. Mashonaland Central senator Damian Mumvuri said there was need …
NAGPUR: Two small cities of the state have been found to be managing their waste better than many bigger Indian cities. Vengurla, a small town in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, was recently awarded by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) for its innovative initiatives in waste management. Also, Vengurla …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mrinalini Padhi Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/06/2018 regarding unhygienic conditions prevailing around Shri Jagannath Temple at Puri. Also there are encroachments. It is also mentioned that there are deficiencies in the management of the Shrine and …
Abuja — The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and an international non-governmental organisation, WaterAid, have revealed in separate but unified documents that 87 per cent (165.3 million) of Nigerians are without basic hygiene facilities in a conservative population of 190 million. The reports, as revealed by the World Health Organisation/United …
WAKISO - Thousands of residents of Wakiso Sub County, Wakiso district have a reason to smile after they got access to safe water and improved sanitation facilities, ending years of water shortage. This follows the launch of a sh750m solar power water pumping system in Lukwanga village that benefited over …
Properly managed sanitation systems and improved wastewater treatment are important for safeguarding environment and enhancing sustainable livelihoods in vast areas of South and Southeast Asian countries. Recovering nutrients and energy from organic waste and wastewater is an effective option for improving environmental and health security, rehabilitating agricultural soils and improving …
Sanitation is currently high on the international development agenda. But for policy to be effective, basic enabling factors are required – the right institutional environment and the right governance structures – which in many countries are not yet fully in place. It is even more important to get these basic …
Govt agency to mechanise sewer cleaning that would give self-employment A first-of-its-kind attempt towards safer working conditions and eventual eradication of manual scavenging from the Capital has received stamp of approval of the Delhi High Court. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which employs around 14,000 sewage workers, has in a …
ADDIS ABABA- A model project that aims to upgrade water supply, sanitation and waste management system in urban areas was launched in Wukro town of the Tigray State on Sunday. As part of the One WASH Plus program, the system integrates innovative and resilient solutions to provide WASH services to …
The department of health Kagandi district local government has commenced a district-wide sanitation campaign to prevent the spread of cholera and other water-borne diseases. District health minister, Peter Situma, said that the sanitation levels in the district are bothersome which motivated the district to start an operation to apprehend all …
Dar es Salaam — The share of water supply, sewerage and waste management sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has gone down by more than 50 per cent over the last nine years. This means that despite implementation of several water projects in Tanzania, the rate of water access …
Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of M/S Metro Waste Handling Vs Delhi Jal Board dated 29/05/2018. The issue relates to the conditions in the tender issued by the Delhi Jal Board inviting bids for mechanized cleaning of sewers in the city of Delhi. One of the …
Every day, African cities create thousands of tonnes of organic waste that could be monetised. Sanitation waste and other wastewater, along with food and agricultural waste, can be turned into profit in the form of commercial fertiliser and soil conditioner, clean energy, and more, as well as contributing to a …
The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history. Starting in September 2014, International Medical Corps (IMC) operated five Ebola treatment units (ETUs) in Sierra Leone and Liberia. This paper explores how future infectious disease outbreak facilities in resource-limited settings can be planned, …
