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. …
"Master Plan to make Delhi slum-free' reads a June 26, 2004 English daily headline. "The Union ministry of urban development plans to prepare a blueprint to make Delhi slum-free in five years. The plan will be ready within a fortnight,' the daily continues. Another tall claim? Potents of another disaster? …
The Centre's 'Sampooran Swachhta Abhiyan' a campaign to ensure complete clean-up was launched today from Kullu district.Under this drive toilet facility would be provided in every house of the village(Kullu).
Corporate funding and managerial skills could be roped in to address issues of health, provision of public toilets and creating infrastructure for the city. In a recent meeting chaired by the Delhi chief secretary S Regunathan, industry representatives and Delhi government officials met to discuss extension of Bhagidari in the …
A campaign for the safety of safai karamcharis known as "Safai Karamchari Jeevan Suraksha Abhiyan'' has been launched to highlight the dangerous and at times even fatal working conditions of safai karmcharis in general and sewer workers in particular in the country. Aimed at sensitising the wider populace about the …
There is an urgent need to restrict dieselisation of the personal car fleet with a fiscal policy that would take away the price advantage of diesel cars. Any further expansion in the diesel car fleet would nullify gains from the CNG programme as these will add to the NOx and …
a move is afoot in the us to soft-pedal on the issue of disposal of dangerous radioactive wastes. The us Senate recently approved a measure included in the Defense Authorisation Funding Bill that would allow the department of energy (doe) to reclassify lethal high-level radioactive waste in South Carolina as …
How is the world faring in terms of water and sanitation? As per figures, Asia is not doing badly. The real crisis is in Africa and in rural Latin America. According to statistics, developing countries such as India are also doing well. But we should never forget that there is …
I travelled in Kerala last fortnight, seeking answers. I wanted to know what government was doing to meet the drinking water needs of people in this wet-drought state. Searching in villages and academic papers, an anomalous statistic caught my eye. According to 1999 estimations of the National Sample Survey Organisation …
Open sewage drains that haven't been cleaned in months and piles of garbage that nobody has bothered to clear. Welcome to Pimpripada. the Malad slum is home to five month old Rohan Sonar, the first polio case detected this year.
During the recently held un Commission on Sustainable Development meet (csd-12) at New York, most developing countries were crying hoarse over lack of basic data and financial resources to meet the millennium development goal (mdg) of sanitation by 2015 (see: 'Another opportunity lost', Down To Earth, May 31, 2004). But …
In deep shit This is what most developing countries are in Country Total population (millions) Annual excrement production (million metric tonnes) Annual excrement not disposed of safely (million metric tonnes) Afghanistan 28.7 2.7 2.4 Bangladesh 146.7 13.9 7.2 Brazil 176.5 16.7 4 Burkina Faso 13.2 1.3 0.9 Cambodia 12.6 1.2 …
Under the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of the United Nations (UN), it has been agreed to halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015. The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, added a similar global sanitation target. All this …
researchers from the us-based Purdue University have discovered a paradox that could crop up if genetically modified (gm) fish are released into the wild. While gm fish are bigger and have more success at attracting mates, they produce offspring that are less likely to reach to adulthood, the researcher found. …
on the night of March 4, 35-year-old Chandramma of Anchetti village in Tamil Nadu’s (tn) Krishnagiri district died after a severe bout of vomiting. The next day, five more people with similar symptoms expired in Anchetti and Takkati, a neighbouring village. By March 8, the toll had risen to eight. …
us citizens need beneficial dietary guidance, indicates a 30-year-long study of the us Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. As per the research, calorie intake of the nation has increased manifolds
The shanties in Yamuna Pushta are packed tight. A dusty and torn curtain hangs over the entrance to Sabina's house. Trunks and cupboards leave little space for Sabina and her family. A kabadiwala has spread his polythene bags and plastic ware at their doorstep. A neighbour's goats roam nearby. "This …
simple remedy: A protein of sheep's red blood cells can become the perfect remedy for brain tumours, as per researchers from B C Roy Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Kolkata. During experiments, the protein, called T11TS/SLFA-3, increased rats' survival time by 350 days
