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. …
Bio-medical waste has emerged as an issue of major concern not only to hospitals and nursing homes but also to environmental law enforcement agencies, media and the general people. (2007)
This manual starts out with a clear expose of the contextual issues surrounding the water and sanitation crisis in many countries of the world, encompassing legal foundations, entitlements, responsibilities and questions of accountability. It addresses how legal obligations flowing from the right to water and sanitation may be realised, giving …
Australia’s overseas development aid assistance is set to increase substantially over the next four years. This much welcomed increase could be stretched in multiple directions to satisfy multiple needs. This paper is a contribution to the debate on how best to direct Australia’s investments to meet the objective of reducing …
This paper examines urban health in low- and middle-income countries, in relation to two sets of environmental issues: persistent local environmental health burdens, and most notably the water, sanitation and housing deficiencies prevalent in the poor neighbourhoods of so many urban settlements; and emerging global environmental burdens that will be …
This booklet attempts to present: key issues in privatisation and commercialisation of water; global experiences of the promises and practices of privatisation, an overview of privatisation projects in the country, a broad picture of the commercialisation of the water sector under the reforms program, impacts of privatisation and commercialisation and …
The Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation is designed to assist policy makers and practitioners in implementing the right to water and sanitation. This publication addresses the vital need to clarify how human rights can be practically realised in the water and sanitation sector. The manual demonstrates that …
The Union Rural Development Ministry has made construction of sanitary latrines compulsory with every house built under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY). The funds available with districts under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TCS) will be used for construction of sanitary latrines. Each beneficiary will now get Rs. 25,000 for construction …
Sanitary workers of the Chennai Corporation will clear garbage twice a day beginning January 1, Mayor M. Subramanian said on Tuesday. Mr. Subramanian said Local Administration Minister M. K. Stalin had launched the initiative in 1996 when he was Mayor. However, the practice was given up later and workers removed …
Mr Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister addressing a conference of the Congress party at Saheedi Jor mela in Punjab appealed to people to give another chance to the Congress in the state to make it West Germany in next five years. He said party's manifesto was being drafted with welfare of …
Apparently with an eye on municipal polls to be held early next year, the city government has urged the Delhi High Court to allow it to provide sewerage facilities in unauthorised colonies here. The government, in an affidavit filed in the High Court on December 11 in a case relating …
The Works Committee of Chennai Corporation on Wednesday approved extending of privatisation of garbage clearance and management to Pulianthope zone (III). Subject to the approval of Corporation Council, which meets later this month, and later the State Government, Pulianthope will become the fourth zone in the city where garbage clearance …
