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) …
The Handbook on ‘Establishment and Management of Community Sanitary Complexes in Rural Areas’ gives a very useful insight on the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of sanitary toilet complexes in a sustainable way. The handbook is intended primarily for programme implementers to help them understand the critical need for CSCs …
Since SACOSAN-III, held in New Delhi in November 2008, India has continued to accord priority to sanitation at the national, state and local government levels. This has resulted in continued improvements in access to sanitation, increased attention to usage of toilets and sustenance of hygienic behaviour change, and safe conveyance …
LUCKNOW: For the second year running, Uttar Pradesh has continued its poor performance on the rural hygiene front. After 2009, when six gram panchayats bagged the Nirmal Gram Puraskar, this year, the state has marked a marginal improvement, with the number of such gram panchayats having risen to 13. However, …
The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Rural Development envisaged a comprehensive ‘Assessment Study of Impact and Sustainability of Nirmal Gram Puraskar’ in the country. The main purpose of the study was to assess the impact of NGP on the pace of progress of sanitation availability and usage …
Efforts to monitor and verify the success of rural sanitation initiatives face many challenges. In India, WSP is conducting baseline surveys that lay the groundwork for in-depth impact evaluations (IEs) to establish the causal impacts of sanitation improvements on specific health and welfare measures. This technical paper reports on the …
SHILLONG, Jan 28: Team leader Christopher Juan Costain of Water and Sanitation Programme, South Asia, an international partnership for improving water and sanitation sector policies, practices and capacities to serve the poor, today expressed its willing to extend support for Meghalaya for effective implementation of the total sanitation campaign. Delivering …
Flagship schemes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Total Sanitation Campaign are facing implementation bottlenecks in rural development minister C.P. Joshi
DAPORIJO, Nov 15: A District Water and Sanitation Mission (DWSM) meeting-cum-information, education and communication (IEC) camp on Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was held in Rijo Conference Hall, Daporijo on November 13, stated a release. Secretary Public Health Engineering and Water Supply Er Tomi Ete while appreciating the large attendance of …
Except for two states in the country, all the remaining ones are going to fall way short of the target of 100 per cent coverage of all rural schools and anganwadis in their regions with toilets by 2011. The target was set for them under the Centre
Following the experience of the NGP - a one-time reward exclusively focused on motivating rural sanitation achievement, and the sanitation reward programs introduced by selected states in scaling up the rural sanitation program, many other Indian states have introduced incentive programs to motivate and reward achievements in rural sanitation by …
The conference of state sanitation ministers organised in Delhi by the rural development ministry called for accelerating Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) & mainstreaming rural sanitation agenda in the public domain. <br>
Union Minister of Rural Development Dr.C.P.Joshi emphasized the need to address the issues of access and quality of sanitation facilities in rural areas across the country. He has also underlined the need to involve Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), integration with other programs and spread public awareness about the advantages of …
State Ministers Conference is scheduled to be held on 28th October, 2010 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The main objectives of the Conference would be to provide a forum for the participation of the political leadership at State level, NGOs and international resource agencies to develop a Strategic Plan of …
Shimla: Rural women have emerged as the main drivers of the campaign to free the state from the unhealthy practice of open defecation in almost all gram panchayats of the hill state. They are playing a key role in bringing about behavioural changes in the orthodox mindset of society regarding …
In Satara, government officials catch public defecators with their pants down Bulletin boards on the sleepy walls of village panchayat offices, rarely greeted with a glance, have started attracting a loyal audience in parts of Satara district over the last three years. That's because boring pamphlets and notices have been …
BHUBANESWAR: Despite the enormity of waterborne epidemics in Orissa, figures don't add up to suggest any encouraging trend on sanitation front. As of August 2010, the State has been able to construct over 30 lakh individual household toilets. But the total requirement is around 71 lakh. The pace has been …
India is experiencing paradigm shift in rural sanitation with the launch of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC). Mobilisation, motivation and innovative financial incentives are bringing about positive sanitation and hygiene behaviour changes amongst rural communities. This document seeks to capture successful case studies, success stories, and best practices from States …
Exposed, untreated excrement can kill by the million. One of the hardest-won UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a 2015 target of halving the proportion of those without sustainable access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Even if achieved, the target would still leave some 500 million on the …
Charanjit Ahuja Chandigarh: The Himachal Pradesh government has been able to cover 78% of its rural population under rural employment guarantee scheme. Sources in the rural development department told FE
