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) …
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. …
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 …
CHANDIGARH: The municipal corporation (MC), on Saturday, conducted awareness programmes of segregation of waste at source level throughout city by organizing separate workshops with resident welfare associations under the chairmanships of area councillors of different municipal wards. The teams, including sanitary inspectors, engineering department and other officials disseminated information about …
Public urged to download the app for better position. With the "Swachh Survekshan-2018" scheduled to begin from Jan. 4, GVMC officials are urging the citizens to join hands in ensuring the city first position in the list by giving their feedback in the survey through various platforms. The feedback of …
Civic body has already started the work to step up segregated collection of waste by repairing damaged carts and bins As of December 31, 2017, the Coimbatore Corporation is supposed to have completed its Swachh Bharat work as it gets ready for Swachh Sarvekshan 2018 ranking. This means completing segregated …
Urinating in public will attract spot fines ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 200, while defecating in the open will attract a spot fine of Rs 500 Open defecation in Maharashtra will now invite a spot fine of Rs 500, according to rules framed by the state government. The government …
Mumbai, November 21, 2017: Mahindra Special Services Group (MSSG) a subsidiary of Mahindra Defence Systems Limited, India’s leading corporate security risk consulting firm has won the prestigious International Green Apple Award for the Coconut Project. Mahindra SSG Coconut Project comprised coco painting and coco planting as two initiatives aimed at …
BIJNOR: The Bijnor administration has declared the district open defecation free, with chief development officer Indramani Tripathi on Monday saying that the district panchayati raj officer has received a declaration from all village pradhans in this regard. "We will soon initiate the verification process in villages after which ODF certificates …
Facing criticism from the Opposition on deaths at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, his Lok Sabha constituency for two decades, Adityanath appealed to people to take the pledge to become part of the Swachh Bharat Mission. Lucknow: In his first Independence Day speech, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on …
ROURKELA: The Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has banned sale of commodities in plastic bags below thickness of 50 microns in its market complexes here. The steel plant has undertaken the measure by invoking the provisions of the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2016 with a commitment for strict enforcement …
KOCHI: Even as the UGC directed all universities to install sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators on the premises of girls and women's hostels on Tuesday as part of the Swachh Bharath Mission, many of the women's colleges and hostels in the city already have systems in place for the …
Despite the Modi government’s pitch for Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan, Make in India campaign, Smart Cities Project, Digital India Campaign and the Zero Effect Zero Defect policy (leaving zero effect on the environment), glaring gaps in management of environmentally hazardous e-waste are yet to be addressed. India generates an estimated 1.7 …
Centre's push to resolve sanitation-related grievances in cities is delivering results since it launched the “Swachhta-MoUD“ app, which enables citizens to lodge complaints. So far 11 lakh complaints have been lodged using the app in the past 10 months for issues, including delay in clearing of bins, arrival of garbage …
Court was hearing PILs seeking direction to prevent vector-borne diseases The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Aam Aadmi Party government should run awareness programmes on dengue and chikungunya the way the pan-India campaign on Swachh Bharat is being run. A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and …
The event also had superstar Amitabh Bachchan, the brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat, in attendance. Maharastra’s new campaign against open defecation, Darwaza Band, was launched on Tuesday at the Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium. Part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the campaign is aimed at eradicating open defecation across the state. Speaking …
