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. …
Considered to be the largest contributor to the growth in the world’s urban population in the coming years, India and its urbanisation process have reached a critical juncture. As one of the fastest growing countries, urbanisation is undoubtedly an opportunity and a challenge for India with huge implications for the …
In 2017, the Philippines adopted a set of long-term development goals for the country called AmBisyon Natin 2040. Developed through a participatory process, these goals provide overall guidance as well as a target for a series of more specific development plans. The Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 presents a series of …
Katsina — UNICEF's chief, Water and Sanitation Section in Nigeria, Zaid Jurji, has said, Nigeria is ranked third when it comes to open defecation and something drastically must be done to halt the trend. He said the practice leads to spread of diseases in the environment. "The situation of sanitation …
DHARAMSHALA: Chief minister Jairam Thakur during his address at CSK Agricultural University revealed that he had worked hard to make Himachal first open defecation free (ODF) state during his stint as panchayti raj minister, but it was a result of bad politics that state could not get the place at …
DEHRADUN: Over 400 students from 37 different schools took part in an environmental pledge to save the planet and to improve water, sanitation and hygiene for every child at the Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh on Saturday. The students aged 13 to 14 years, had come to Uttarakhand to take …
The county government of Nairobi has partnered with the Rwandan High Commission to Kenya to improve the cleanliness in the city. Rwanda High Commissioner to Kenya Ambassador James Kimonyo said that the partnership has been informed by the need to replicate the steps taken by his country in keeping its …
Kayunga Town Council has vowed to reject any building plans where developers lack water-borne sanitation facilities. This implies that for developers who plan to use only the traditional pit-latrines on their buildings, their plans will not be considered. Kayunga Town Clerk, Ms Margaret Nansubuga, says council passed the resolution in …
The state of sanitation in Accra is increasingly becoming disheartening by the day and continue to pose serious health threats to residents of the Capital and an embarrassment to the Country in general. Opposite the luxurious Paloma Hotel at the Ring Road Central, lies the handiwork of unidentified citizens, a …
When the Union government nudged them to build a toilet, almost all the families in Jharkhand's Dulmi block complied. But many of them continue to defecate in the open even today. On paper, Dulmi in Ramgarh district has been 'opendefecation-free' (ODF) for about a year. As the state's first block, …
NEW DELHI: Every household in India will get a proper toilet and the entire country will be open-defecation free (ODF) much before the Modi government faces election next year, top government functionaries said. This is the biggest flagship programme led by the PM. While urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri …
The Arunachal Pradesh government celebrated attainment of 100 per cent open defecation free (ODF) status under Swacch Bharat Mission (Gramin) at the Legislative Assembly Complex here on Friday. The State had become 100 per cent ODF on December 31 last year as per Base Line Survey (BLS)-2012 under SBM (Gramin). …
Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) announced cleanliness awards as part of the ongoing Swachh Survekshan 2018 initiated by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Swachh Survekshan is a comprehensive examination undertaken by Government of India to assess development and achievement by cities against defined goals of the Swachh Bharat Mission. …
LONDON: Scientists have developed a simple, paper-based device that can be used to test if a water sample is contaminated, providing a low-cost way for developing countries to limit the spread of water-borne diseases. Inspired by the simplicity of litmus paper - commonly used for the rapid assessment of acidity …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sajay Laloo Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 19/01/2018 regarding establishment of STPs in the town of Jowai, Meghalaya. The affidavit filed by the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Meghalaya states that Jowai Municipal Board has …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government what steps it has taken to bring down prices of sanitary napkins and spread awareness about their use. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and N W Sambre said it was an important issue affecting half the …
According to data provided by the 12 state governments to the Centre, only Rs 2,260 crore of the DMF amount was spent till the end of 2017. As on October 30, 2017, Odisha collected the highest Rs 3,548-crore DMF funds While 12 top mineral-rich states have collected Rs 13,398 crore …
Increased population growth and rapid urbanization have resulted in increased generation of volumes of both solid and liquid waste in the cities. According to the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) World Bank-funded sanitation and water project, 26, 000 cubic meters of waste is generated in Ghana’s national capital Accra per …
Vadodara: Those using public toilets in the city will soon be able to rate their quality through devices installed there. The civic body will be putting up public feedback devices at public as well as community toilets in the city, a decision that was taken under the Swachh Bharat Mission. …
Kota: The ministry of drinking water and sanitation, Government of India, has declared Kota district Open Defection Free (ODF). But situation on ground tells a different story. "On the basis of baseline survey carried out in 2012, at least 1,62,975 families were selected out of which toilets were to be …
Tiruvannamalai: Hundreds of newly constructed individual household latrines (IHHLs) in several remote villages at Jawadhu Hills in Tiruvannamalai district - under the central government's flagship programme of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) (Gramin) - leave a lot to be desired as they are becoming defunct after a day or two and …
