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) …
Aimed at sanitising six cities of the National Capital Region (NCR), the Ministry of Urban Development is coming up with a new campaign named ‘Asli Tarakki’ (real development), which will be replicated in other States if it succeeds. About 450 young men and women with “communication skills and leadership qualities” …
DEHRADUN: One of the main objectives of the Swachh Bharat Mission is to get all villages and towns to become open defecation free (ODF) which had to be achieved by 2019. Any region which has sufficient number of household, community and public toilets is said to be open defecation free. …
A survey of over 450 government schools across nine states has shown that on an average, one toilet is used by 76 boys while 66 girls make do with one washroom. The assessment of water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools was conducted by WaterAid, an international charity , two …
GUWAHATI- At a time when development is the buzzword both at the government and societal levels and Swachh Bharat campaign launched by the Government is making inroads in wiping off waste and filth from our surroundings, there seems to be no end to the burgeoning problem of municipal solid waste …
Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai on Monday said that Dakshina Kannada will be declared open defecation-free shortly as most of the households have come to have toilets. Speaking after unfurling the tricolour at the Nehru Maidan here, Mr. Rai said that as per a survey done under …
MARGAO: South Western Railway (SWR) has been rated the second most clean zone among 17 zones of the Indian Railways, according to a recent survey conducted by the Indian Railways catering and tourism corporation (IRCTC) for cleanliness ranking. Forty-seven per cent of stations of the SWR come under top levels …
This Report of the Committee deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Eighth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Review of Sanitation Programme in Rural Areas' pertaining to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Residents of these households relieve themselves in open places, drains or railway tracks. Hyderabad: Around 70,000 households in Hyderabad, mostly in the suburbs, do not have individual toilets. Officials said that as per the Samagra Kutumba Survey, residents of these households relieve themselves in open places, drains or railway tracks. …
This report by WSSCC and FANSA gives voice to the sanitation and hygiene needs and aspirations of marginalised groups in India. It is the culmination of 18 consultations held between October and December 2015 with women and adolescents, the elderly and disabled, sanitation workers and transgender persons. Although these individuals …
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan seems to be failing in the Capital as piles of garbage could be seen in the residential and commercial areas in East Delhi. People are complaining that the cleaning staff of the municipal corporation is not clearing the waste from the area.The worst affected areas in East …
BAREILLY: Giving a big Swachh Bharat push towards ending open defecation in rural areas, the district's cleanliness committee has approved construction of nearly 69,000 toilets in the region with an approved budget of Rs 2.18 crore. Speaking to TOI, additional district panchayati raj officer (ADPRO) Vinay Singh said, "A total …
Puducherry government has drawn up a massive Rs 120 crore plan to build toilets for 55,000 households in the union territory without the facility under the Swachh Bharath Abhiyan scheme, Chief Minister V arayanasamy said here today. The CM said he had urged the Prime Minister to make available the …
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said the State would be open-defecation free by December next year and every household would be provided LPG connection. “Haryana would be made open-defecation free by December, 2017, under the ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign and every household would have a toilet,” he said. …
They will beset up at a costof Rs. 3 crore In a bid to improve cleanliness and sanitation in rural areas of Udupi district, as many as 19 gram panchayats will be getting solid waste management plants under the Swachh Bharat Mission at a cost of about Rs. 3 crore. …
An overwhelming majority of Indians surveyed feel that civic bodies across the country have been ineffective in reducing the use of polythene bags in the first two years of the Swachh Bharat initiative in spite of the central government and the National Green Tribunal banning their use. As many as …
Construction of toilets likely to be completed in September This year’s Kerala Foundation Day on November 1 may turn out to be special for Ernakulam in another way as well if things work out as planned. A meeting of local body heads held at the District Collectorate here on Monday …
South Corporation on Wednesday finally launched its first integrated project for collection and transportation of solid waste to make parts of south Delhi dhalao-free. In the past few years, all three corporations have failed in this endeavour. Inaugurating the project, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said, “This project has an …
Mysuru may have been adjudged as the “cleanest city” in the country as per Government of India’s Swachch Bharat ranking. But, the state’s Health Department is sceptical. For, Mysuru, ironically, also has the worst record of dengue cases in the state. “Mysuru district has reported the highest number of dengue …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday appreciated the BJP-led central government's work on pollution control and monitoring but also pointed out tardiness in its flagship programmes like sanitation and Ganga rejuvenation. "The NDA government has taken few important steps towards improving the way we manage our environment …
Dhanbad: At least 58 villages of 19 panchayats under six Maoist-hit blocks of Girdih district were declared 'open defecation-free (ODF)' by the district administration on Sunday. Also, the administration identified around 250 villagers as 'natural leaders of Swachhta (cleanliness)'. These villages have played a vital role in spreading awareness about …
