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 requirement for separating urine is an appropriate toilet (where men also have to sit to urinate) or a dry urinal, both of which are commercially available. The urine-separating toilet appears similar to a conventional toilet, but the bowl is separated into two sections by a central wall. The front …
The scorching June heat does not induce even the mildest show of discomfiture from people in the resettlement colony of Bawana. Located along Delhi's northern border, the area is one of the two sites where people evicted as per the Supreme Court's directive from slums in April 2006, have been …
The Concerned Citizen's Commission, a coalition of citizens groups, has submitted its enquiry report on the Mumbai deluge of July 26, 2005. The report holds poor drainage, sanitation and waste management system to be primarily responsible for the floods. But the Maharashtra government is yet to pay heed to the …
The Adambakkam lake is among the few large lakes in Tambaram Taluk, Tamil Nadu that did not fill to the brim despite the heavy rains during November and December last year. The lake, which once covered more than 100 hectares, is less than one-tenth the size and on the verge …
The Tamil Nadu Government plans to set up a model eco-friendly toilet in every village shortly. Unlike conventional toilets, the eco-toilet does not dispose of urine and faecal matter, but uses them as valuable resources for recycling. The Rural Development Department recently held a sensitisation programme for its district representatives …
Stunted stunt Driven by IT, plagued by it Bangalore's growth has been exponential, both in terms of population and its urban sprawl. The problem is that its urban infrastructure hasn't grown at anything like the same rate, and development priorities have been skewed by the city's excessive reliance on it. …
The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) related to sanitation rely on flushing systems. Uno Winblad, senior adviser, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden, tells S V Suresh Babu that the ecosan approach can do the job much better How grave is the problem posed by lack of sanitation facilities? According to a …
After the deluge, it's usThe bustle's gone out of Tharangambadi. The once-prosperous Dutch-controlled port was before last year's tsunami a contented fishing village
India is making good progress in increasing access to Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) infrastructure in both urban and rural areas, but is lagging behind expanding access to service that is reliable, sustainable and affordable. This report analyses the main reasons for the gap between infrastructure and service and presents …
Conflicts over water are a grim reality today, and this volume traces the reasons for these conflicts from the micro to the global level. The essays look at how the cumulative effect of gross negligence and mismanagement of water resources over the years have created water scarcity. They point out …
This report provides estimates of drinking water and sanitation coverage in 2004, by country and MDG region. It shows how many people have gained access since the MDG baseline year (1990) and identifies the challenges to meet the MDG drinking water and sanitation target over the coming decade. It compares …
In the direction of fulfilling its social objectives, the Lucknow University adopted five villages for the integrated and holistic growth. The university will assist in the development of villages in areas of education, sanitation and utilisation of developmental funds received from various Central and state government agencies.
The State government is considering to provide underground drainage to 13 cities, including Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, at a cost of Rs 1,273 crore in four years. The other cities are: Eluru, Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantapur, Rajahmundry, Warangal, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Guntur, Nellore and Kakinada. While Rs 520 crore would be spent during …
The city of Guwahati is set for a major facelift with the Centre approving Rs 3,100 crore for it under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission. The priority areas for development under the project include water supply, drainage, sewerage, road, transport, etc. Revealing this at a press conference today, the …
The Union Rural Development Ministry has changed the criteria for awarding Nirmal Gram Puraskar to gram panchayats by revising the slabs for classification of population and amount of award money.However, there is no change in the award scheme for other panchayati raj institutions and individual organisations, which play a key …
The Government will adopt 1,000 villages every year to bring about comprehensive development in rural areas, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, has said. The programme will be implemented from November 1. He was speaking after laying the foundation stones and launching nearly 30 development works in Nanjangud at an estimated …
While Pentagon begins another round of operations to close military bases, a recent survey by a prominent media organisation shows that pollution cleanup at over 100 USdefence department facilities by the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is incomplete. As many as 34 bases closed since 1988 are on EPA's Superfund …
Finance minister P Chidambaram goes to Mumbai to deliberate, with its corporati, upon urban renewal, and promises sparkling growth for this bursting metropolis. On the way to the venue, he is confronted by angry slum-dwellers whose homes have been demolished to make way for the new age city. They say …
The president of the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party, Harsh Vardhan, demanded on Monday that the Chief Minister issue a White Paper on the arrangements made for cleaning all the small and big drains and sewer lines in the Capital before the onset of the coming monsoon. Dr. Vardhan …
