Ranchi University (RU) has finally woken up to the stinking reality of poor sanitation facilities across its campuses. After years of neglect, the varsity has decided to upgrade toilets at all colleges under it and also postgraduate departments. According to sources, it has asked the heads of all 24 postgraduate …
Kate Forde believes dirt is precious to life. The British art historian has showcased dirt in different contexts in an exhibition at London’s Wellcome Collection. “The variety and scale of the waste produced in our factories is the uncelebrated evidence of industrial and economic progress,” says the curator in her …
Health ministry wants allocation to be doubled; Planning panel expected to meet on June 22 India will need Rs 15,000-17,000 crore in four to five years for implementing the Food Safety & Standards Rules, 2011, according to estimates by the health ministry. The Planning Commission is expected to take a …
The average human spends three years of his or her life in the toilet. The filthy streets of Europe are thought to be the reason for the sudden popularity, in the 17th century, of high heels. The poet W H Auden allowed his guests only one toilet paper a day. …
This Asian Green City Index, commissioned by German firm Siemens is an analysis of the environmental sustainability of 22 major cities in Asia with respect to environmental and climate protection. The Asian Green City Index examines the environmental performance of 22 major Asian cities in eight categories: energy and CO2, …
“DIGESTED sludge from modern plants. If used with circumspection. Gives answers to our prayers and chants. For plant food or perfection.” These are lines from Ode to Sludge. The 925 compositions by American poet F M Veatch are among a host of poetry dedicated to sanitation on the site. Then …
ALREADY battling with Japanese Encephalitis, eastern Uttar Pradesh is now under the grip of a mystery fever. Till September 16 this year, 277 children died in 12 districts of the region. The physicians and scientists remain clueless about the genesis of the disease. Though a surge in deaths between July …
On the genesis of the scheme Our target is to ensure not a single milk producer in Anand and Khera districts of Gujarat defecates in the open. This is the region where the milk movement began in 1946, where we strive to improve the quality of the milk chain— from …
NAGPUR'S year-old dream of becoming garbage bin free is nowhere close to realisation. Under the bin-free city project, launched by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), 530 of the city's 700 garbage bins have been removed till now. But they have been replaced by open dumps. NMC started the drive in …
The Union health ministry launched a Rs 150-crore scheme last month to promote menstrual health among rural adolescent girls. Unavailability and high costs of sanitary napkins deter menstrual hygiene in rural India. The scheme aims to provide one pack of six sanitary napkins at Re 1 to girls in the …
Cities in the developing countries have multiple modes of human and animal waste treatment and disposal that finally decide the overall impact on the urban ecosystem, and these have been studied for the city of Bangalore. Four modes are found, namely underground sewage systems, decentralized soak pits and septic tanks, …
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, in his famous speech at Avadi near Chennai in 1955, spelt out the conditions for inclusive growth. He asked and I ask the same question
Tuberculosis (TB) in Bhutan was well under control and in keeping with international standards, according to the programme manager for TB of the health ministry, Dr Pandup Tshering. But, as Bhutan observed World TB Day at Khasadrapchu, Thimphu, on March 28, the programme manager warned that TB could get out …
To all those who feel that non-resident Indians talk more than they end up doing for their country, Sunil Bhatia should come as a pleasant exception to the rule. Last month, this Pune born and bred academician, who is currently an associate professor of human development at Connecticut College in …
A total of 509 toilets have been constructed in schools against the district administration's target of 532. Moreover, toilets have been constructed in all the anganvadis in the district Of one lakh toi lets planned under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in the district, 86,644 have been constructed at houses …
The government has devised the first-ever sanitation policy to ensure access of the entire population of the province to a safe sanitary environment. "Draft of the first-ever sanitation policy along with an implementation strategy has been prepared and it will be materialised following the approval of next provincial government,' NWFP …
For parched Delhiites, the budget this time promises a more comfortable year, even if the summer months may not be its target. With outlay of Rs 1,507 crore the government hopes to improve water supply and sanitation in the city. However, several of the schemes and plans mentioned in the …
About 72 per cent of the rural population and 40 per cent of the people in urban areas in Balochistan were without the minimum required sanitation facilities, says Balochistan Minister for Local Government Mir Abdul Majeed Bizenjo. Addressing a seminar jointly organised by the IUCN, Unicef and the Balochistan government …
The municipal administration directorate commissioner and senior IAS officer, Mr Sunil Sharma, said that state government had allocated Rs 350 crore for taking up sanitation works in all mun-icipalities across the state. Talking to newsmen at the local municipal office here on Monday, he said that state government sanctioned funds …
