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 Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, Haryana, has served a time-bound notice on all municipal councils to stake claim to the smart city status. The civic bodies have been asked to submit details within a week. Out of 100 such cities across the country, the Government of India has chosen …
Karnataka ranks among the top five states that have taken a lead in building community and public toilet seats under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, the Swachh Bharat Mission. Delhi has built the highest number of community and public toilet seats, while Gujarat tops in building individual household toilets. …
Maharashtra government has set aside a Rs 2,500 crore budget and engaged 22 departments in planning to provide water, power, lodging, security and transport in the Kumbh Mela starting in Nashik on July 14. The Maharashtra government has set aside a Rs 2,500 crore budget and engaged 22 departments in …
Birender Singh calls upon corporate to participate in the clean India Mission with dedication and commitment. He also asked the state government to choose and adopt from 54 affordable, scalable, sustainable technologies to solve the problems of drinking water contamination and to construct cost effective toilets in the rural areas. …
In a record of sorts, District Administration has constructed 682 toilets in the schools across the district in last three weeks. Another 225 school toilets are also at finishing stage which will make the total number as 907. The fast track construction through special inter-departmental teams was achieved keeping in …
Government is of the view that self-regulation is not sufficient and a law to enforce the cleanliness drive will help the purpose Seeking to provide legal backing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, the government is drafting a law under which municipalities can punish those found spitting, …
Bhopal: In a unique initiative, Harda district administration has offered 25 paise more for a litre of milk, if villages from which it is sourced, are free from open defecation. "So far, 30 villages in Harda district have been freed from open defecation under the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan. A 25 …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal launched the second World Bank (WB)-funded ‘Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Project’ worth Rs 2,200 crore here today. The project is aimed at improving water and sanitation services across the state. In his inaugural address, Badal thanked the World Bank, especially its Country …
A recent study has revealed that in over 60% of the schools surveyed, students avoid using the school toilets. The main reason for this is lack of hygiene or (in the case of girls) privacy. This raises questions about Union finance minister Arun Jaitley's statement on Tuesday that the central …
Imparting momentum to Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s Clean India mission, the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh government has made it mandatory for its employees in rural areas to have toilets at their houses in order to spread awareness about hygiene in remote areas. A circular in this regard has been issued by Chief …
Keen to make Goa the first clean state in the country by 2015, governor of Goa, Mridula Sinha , met with leading business people of the state and sought their co-operation, support and contribution. Appreciating the support extended by industrialists to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission), a national …
To adopt a model slum where a osmosis plant will be placed Each summer, the city sees a spike in water-borne diseases. However, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has decided to educate and bring in a positive change this summer with ‘one slum at a time.’ The association has announced …
Sulabh International founder Padma Bhushan Bindeshwar Pathak on Monday said Madhya Pradesh has better sanitation facilities as compared to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'clean India' campaign, Pathak said the movement has brought about positive change in the country in last one year. However, he lamented …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on waste water and sewage treatment plants, 11/05/2015. State-wise, the capacity of sewage treatment plants in Class-I & Class-II towns as per Central Polution Control Board report published in 2009 is at Annexure-1.
Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Anandiben Patel pushing hard for cleanliness in government offices and public places under the Mahatma Gandhi Swachata Mission, the state government's key public offices do not seem to follow the mission objectives seriously. No less than 410 government-owned premises - which is …
Nirmal Bangla draws financial support from the plans sanctioned to states under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched Swachh Bharat Mission, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has launched a sanitation drive with a different name — Mission Nirmal Bangla. The West Bengal government brought all …
Only three out of 11 chief ministers attended the first sub-group meet to discuss ways for its implementation Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project, does not appear to have enthused a majority of the states. Only three out of 11 chief ministers turned up on Thursday for …
To be launched on May 1, works taken up for creation of facilities Soon, villagers will get to dispose household garbage in the way it should be. As part of efforts to take solid waste management to rural Vellore and ensure sanitation, the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) has taken …
Gujarat generates 8,336 metric tons of urban solid waste per day. The total solid waste generation in the country was1.33 lakh metric tons. This was revealed by the Union ministry of urban development in Lok Sabha, citing the 2013 report of the Central Pollution Control Board. The ministry was replying …
Varanasi: Sidelining the deadlock continuing between Varanasi Municipal Corporation and A2Z, the company assigned for handling solid waste management (SWM) in 2010, the district administration officials, on Saturday, visited the Karsada plant of solid waste dumping and disposal site to ensure its opening from Monday. The plant is expected to …
