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) …
Maharashtra is the first state in India to formulate a women policy in 1994, which was subsequently revised in 2001. This policy provides for participation, protection, economic development, capacity building and creation of a supportive environment for women. Recognising the spirit of this policy, many development projects and programmes in …
Satish Shile, Bangalore: The State Government lags behind in implementing the Total Sanitation Drive. Karnataka stands at 19th position in the country with respect to its implementation. The progress achieved by the State is almost 12 per cent lesser than the average progress at the national-level. While the national average …
Shillong: Five villages of West Garo HilJs district were given Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) awards under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in a function held at Rombagre village on April 29. TSC was launched in West Garo Hills in 2004 and is implemented through the District Water and Sanitation Mission …
The residence of Baghuwar have reason to smile. This little village in central Madhya Pradesh is proud of its hygiene and sanitation. Every family has access to a pucca indoor, water-economical toilet. '100 per cent open-air toilet free village' proclaims a sign at the panchayat ghar. The 100 per cent …
This report is a synthesis of three individual country studies carried out in Bangladesh, Nepal and Nigeria in 2008-2009 that investigate the sustainability and equity aspects of total sanitation programmes.
Clean drinking water and proper sanitation facilities are indispensable for a healthy life. Sanitation coverage in rural India has been growing at an impressive rate since 2001, thanks mainly to efforts made under the Total Sanitation Campaign. To add vigour to the campaign, an incentive scheme Nirmal Gram Puraskar was …
PARADIP: The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is into its fifth year of implementation in Jagatsinghpur district. Yet the achievement is far from satisfactory. The main aim of the project is to bring about an improvement in the general quality of life of people in rural areas, accelerate sanitation coverage among …
Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is widely and correctly recognised as a revolutionary participatory approach to rural sanitation. It is timely and the purpose of this paper is to review experience gained as it has spread, and to explore options and ways forward for the future. In six of the countries …
CHENNAI: Perhaps fed up with regular toilets getting filled with rainwater, many residents of Kovalam on ECR are now shifting to the Ecosan model of toilets. In fact, many seem to be opting for Ecosan toilets now, though they are costly. Residents are finding the model, which envisages collection of …
Hyderabad, Dec. 16: Around 85 per cent of the rural population in the state still defecates in the open despite efforts made to end the practice through the total sanitation campaign. Though 58 per cent of the the rural areas have toilets, their use is only around 30 per cent. …
Karthik Madhavan They have provided toilets to houses under Total Sanitation Programme on a par with any other panchayat Special honour: Thalavady and Digganare panchayats in Thalavady hills have been selected for this year
President Pratibha Patil recently issued a clarion call for implementing the "total cleanliness mission" in all villages by 2012, saying that sanitation was a key issue. Nearly 250 crore people in the world, most in the Third World, lacked this facility and that the international community, including the UN, was …
After receiving a positive response from Gram Panchayats under the Total Sanitation Campaign, Himachal Pradesh has initiated a special scheme for solid waste management to maintain hygienic living condition in villages. A special Incentive Fund of Rs 40 crore has been set up by the state Government for giving a …
In Krishnaganj gram panchayat in Pohari block of Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district the Total Sanitation Campaign has inspired the village community to think beyond construction of toilets, and create a viable revenue model for community toilets. Situated 35 km from Shivpuri district headquarters on Sheopur road, Krishnaganj is a big …
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday expressed its resolve to provide toilets and potable water in all rural schools across the country by the end of the current financial year. Union Minister of State for Rural Development Chandra Sekhar Sahu made the twin commitments replying to a question in the …
GUWAHATI President Pratibha Devisingh Patil here on Monday called for sustainable village development and solid waste management. She blamed the low sanitation facilities responsible for the large number of school dropouts in rural India. Giving away Nirmal Gram Puraskar to the village heads of 1,059 villages of 13 states in …
The Union Rural Development Minister Dr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, on Sunday, said that one of the main aims of the government would be to put North East on the fast track for achieving total sanitation. The Union Minister further divulged that Sikkim is likely to become the first State to …
