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. …
This paper builds an analytical and practical framework for using resources more effectively by making services work for poor people. It focuses on services that have the most direct link with human development – education, health, water, sanitation and electricity – and uses examples of service delivery from India, elsewhere …
The Government of NCT of Delhi has sanctioned Rs 2.97 crore for remodelling the Jahangirpuri drain in north Delhi. The urban Development Minister, Mr A.K.Walia, said rainwater collected due to inadequate capacity of the drain had submerged a number of houses.
The Haryana Government has decided to increase the rates of sewerage and drinking water connections for domestic, commercial and industrial establishments in the state. The charges of drinking water are being increased by 50 per cent whereas that of sewerage by 30 per cent. However, these rates have not been …
a child's height may not be entirely governed by his/her genes. The quality of water the child drinks is also a deciding factor. As per a study by researchers from the us-based Johns Hopkins University, children from the poor communities of Peru are nearly one centimetre shorter than kids having …
The Cauvery water issue led to heated discussions between the Treasury and Opposition benches in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. While the Opposition members blamed the Government for its alleged failure to get the State's genuine entitlement, the Ministers blamed the Karnataka Government and the Central Congress leadership for the crisis.
Panchayat Minister Manohar Azgoankar has said that 700 sulabh toilets have been sanctioned for Dhargal area. Mr Azgaonkar was speaking after launching the work for construction of minor road under panchayat funds at New Wado, Nagzar.
North -eastern states which are generlly believed to be lagging behind in development fared much better on this front with at least three fourths of the rural population in villages having access to basic sanitaion facities.
For 3,000 odd families residing in Garodia Nagar, Gharkopar, there may finally be some solution to the unsavoury sanitation High Court. The BMC has estimated the cost of repairing the sewage system at Rs 3 crore. The court also asked the BMC to file an affidavit mentioning the deadline by …
• Developing countries devote more than a third of their budgets on education, healthcare, water and sanitation services, but little is actually spent on the poor • The poor often pay more than the rich for the same goods and travel longer distances to avail basic services • India's richest …
The district administraion and the Improvement Trust have chalked out a programme to renovate existing parks of the town, ensure adequate lights at chowks and public places and improve sanitation.
Accepting that a large number of areas in the Capital had been inundated by the monsoon rain that lashed Delhi on Monday, the Urban Development Minister, A.K. Walia, today urged the area MLAs and Councillors to hold joint inspections of drains to ensure their proper cleaning and prevent misuse of …
Mamallapuram can be a dream destination to globetrotters. But, garbage and harassment by hawkers are turning tourists away from this world heritage site. While a master plan is in an advanced stage of implementation to keep Mamallapuram a 'must-see' destination in south India, the tourist spot is crying for immediate …
With rise in the use of mass consumption in this hill station garbage bags can be seen all around. The forests are used as dumping grounds. The untreated liquid and solid wastes are causing damage of the eco-system.After a spell of rain, small rills are filled up with garbage. The …
The national bamboo mission has listed three major targets: • To use bamboo development as an instrument of poverty alleviation and employment generation, particularly in the rural sector • To promote organised production and processing of bamboo shoots, and their consumption as a part of the national effort to eliminate …
Developed indigenously by scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, the laser heterodyne system for detecting ozone was installed in Antarctica in 1993 on an experimental basis. The system consists of a tunable carbon dioxide laser which acts as a wave-guide and a high-speed liquid nitrogen-cooled mercury-cadmium-tellurium ozone …
In the forthcoming Antarctic expedition (2003-2004), a team of National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad, scientists will undertake a unique experiment to measure the value of absolute gravity (
Step I: Within a village, co-operative members usually meet once a week. A monthly meeting also sorts out problems Step II: Between villages, members interact regularly. Neighbouring villages are often invited to weekly/ monthly meetings, also to enthuse newly established co-operatives Step III: On the first day of every month, …
Fiver persons, including an engineer, died in a sewage treatment plant (STP) at Rohini in the north-west district on Wednesday.According to the police, the victims were all members of a maintenance team which was trying to rectify a sludge storage tank machine in the plant.
