Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
State Potable Water and Sanitation Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani said that the amount allocated for construction of toilets under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) is inadequate and that the State Government will raise this issue with the Central Government. Naithani said this at the launch of the National Sanitation Awareness Campaign …
Of the 15.51 lakh households in Uttarakhand under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), 10.41 lakh have been provided with toilets. The State’s toilet coverage under the programme is about 67 per cent. Work on construction of toilets for the remaining 5,09,830 families will be facilitated through NBA and MNREGA funds, …
All Govt Staff Too Required To Construct Toilets. It might sound “oppressive“ p but the Rajasthan government is con e templating an effective regulation to curb open defecation for people having d no toilets in their households. If the government has its way , toilets might soon t be made …
Guntur: Minister for panchayt raj Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu on Sunday said that the state government will provide Integrated Sanitary Latrines (ISLs) to 62 lakh families in the next five years to improve living standards. Mr Ayyanna Patrudu, along with Assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasads Rao and agriculture minister Prattipati Pulla …
Poor sanitation is thought to be a major cause of enteric infections among young children. However, there are no previously published randomized trials to measure the health impacts of large-scale sanitation programs. India's Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is one such program that seeks to end the practice of open defecation …
In the context of the declaration of the plan to achieve Swachh Bharat by 2019, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has prepared a note on the Swachh Bharat Mission. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: The present goal under NBA is to achieve 100% access to sanitation for all rural households …
In its bid to tackle sanitation and waste management issues in the country, the government on Wednesday decided to make India free from open defecation on a priority basis. At a high-level meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which had senior officials from about 10 ministries, the government outlined …
Total Sanitation Campaign scam in Garo Hills TURA: Central funds for construction of toilets in different schools of East Garo Hills have allegedly been misappropriated to the tune of over Rs 5 crore during the tenure of the then deputy commissioner and current Tura DC Pravin Bakshi who allegedly allowed …
Providing safe drinking water and hygienic standard of living appears to be low on the priority of the State Government. The project Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), supported by Drinking Water & Sanitation Department, covers schemes to provide safe drinking water, managing hygienic disposal of human and animal wastes besides sanitation …
These Gurgaon villages will see enhanced wastewater treatment capacity Sixty villages from Gurgaon district have been short-listed for the implementation of Solid and Liquid Waste Management Project under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) for the current financial year. The project will help in segregation of solid waste and considerably enhance …
Mr Jaitley has fallen into the old trap of financing meaningless cleaning initiatives Listening to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Union Budget 2014 seemed to be a little bit of everything and lots of nothing. It is also difficult to pass a verdict on a government that has had barely 45 …
Arun Jaitley will be presenting his maiden Budget on July 10. Technically, it will be a budget for eight months only but such occasions have been used earlier in dramatic fashion. A similar Budget presented by none other than Manmohan Singh himself in July 1991 effected a revolutionary shift in …
The ministry has finalized targets for the first 100 days of the new government under various components of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA). consequently targets have been fixed for each of the States/UTs to be achieved by 31st August, 2014.
The authorities in Fatehabad have set a target of constructing toilets in 4,964 house under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. Speaking to mediapersons after reviewing the progress of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan in the district, Deputy Commissioner DK Bahera said the authorities had already achieved the 73 per cent of the target …
To ensure availability of pure drinking water in rural areas of Chhattisgarh, one lakh new water connections will be given in one month under the Nal-Jal Supply Scheme by launching a special campaign. Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Ramsevak Paikra, in the State-level meeting of departmental officers has directed …
Despite Sufficient Funds, KWA Failed To Provide Safe Drinking Water: CAG Report The latest Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has come down heavily on Kerala Water Authority (KWA) for not providing safe drinking water to people of Kerala, especially when sufficient funds were allotted under various drinking water and …
The rape and murder of two teenaged girls in Uttar Pradesh has put the focus back on lack of access to private toilets in villages, forcing women and girls to go out to defecate in the open which makes them vulnerable to sexual violence. Lack of toilets is also a …
As many as 47 panchayats of Chamba district have recently been declared "nirmal" panchayats for being completely free of open defecation under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA). Besides, the work of making the environs of 30 more panchayats clean will get underway soon. There are 283 gram panchayats in the …
Rajasthan, which ranks among the bottom five states in the country for open defecation, has something to cheer about. Churu is likely to become the first district in state to be declared open defecation free. The district administration's efforts were appreciated by the Union ministry for rural development. Tara Nagar …
The case of Badaun rape and murder has exposed the lack of toilet facilities in the country. In Rajasthan, too, the sanitation facilities are in a pathetic state. As per Census 2011, in rural Rajasthan about 80% households do not have toilet facilities. The state's position is slightly better than …
