Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat on encroachment caused by the vegetable and fruit vendors on 18 meters road near Gorva Talavadi in the area of Baroda under the control of the Baroda Municipal Corporation dated 14/10/2013 in the matter of Hiren Jashbhai Patel Vs Baroda Municipal Corporation. Original …
This paper considers how resilience thinking and, in particular, its emphasis on learning has been applied in 10 cities in Vietnam, India, Thailand and Indonesia. Applying a “shared learning” approach in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) has helped to create or strengthen networks, build appreciation for complexity …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Sher Singh & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 03/09/2013 regarding execution of the work relating to sewage system in Mohali, Punjab.
The residents of the Walled City and other parts came out on streets to protest against the miserable living conditions in the city on Sunday. The people of various wards raised their voice against insanitation and unhygienic conditions in various areas due to negligence of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC). …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mr. Pradeep More & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 27/08/2013 on conducting survey of all the industrial units as well as existing sugar factories which are within 10 K.M. radius from Pandharpur found discharging effluents in the …
This synthesis report, based on a series of case studies (rural Thailand, Bihar in India and Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania) identifies the challenges relating to equity and sustainability of public financing for sanitation and draws emerging lessons on how to improve the allocation of public funds for sanitation. The …
Most of the world's population now lives in urban areas, and in developing regions the proportion living in cities and towns has risen from 35 percent in 1990 to 45 percent in 2010, from 1.4 billion to 2.5 billion people (Jacobsen et al. 2012). A 2008 World Bank analysis estimated …
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that the government would soon announce a sanitation policy and build public toilets in Bangalore in proportion to the City’s population. He was replying to a question by Shivajinagar MLA R Roshan Baig (Congress) who said that were only 504 public …
Residents of Carleston Nest, a 10-flat apartment on Lloyd Road, Cox Town, got a shock after their water bill for July shot up 171 per cent. Reason: The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) had quietly issued a government notification on June 13, 2013, increasing water and sanitation charges …
This is the latest publication by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation. The report details global progress towards the MDG target for drinking water and sanitation, and what these trends suggest for the remainder of the Water for Life Decade 2005-2015. This report also provides the …
With the changing face of Delhi, delivery of essential services like drinking water and sanitation to the people living in slums ought to be a policy priority for the government. However, public spending in the Eleventh Plan (2007-12) for slums seems to have been unresponsive and inadequate, leading to poor …
Thiruvananthapuram will be declared free of open defecation At long last, the State capital is ready for Nirmal status, by which it will join the list of districts that have been declared free of open defecation, a major challenge to State efforts to combat contagious diseases. The work to get …
The Twelfth Plan proposes a fundamental change in the principles, approach and strategies of water management in India. This paradigm shift was the outcome of a new and inclusive process of plan formulation, which saw the coming together of practitioners and professionals from government, academia, industry and civil society to …
Urban governance under the 74th Amendment Act has been ignored in Karnataka. A study of Dharwad district shows that the Act is not implemented in letter and spirit and governance and planning is done through a small section in the deputy commissioner's/collector's office and has no links with the chief …
This study explores the politics of urban water supply and sanitation delivery in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, where improvements in coverage have been achieved within a national context characterised by almost three decades of civil war. Though Colombo is by no means an unqualified success, or representative of …
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Low Cost Sanitation for Liberation of Scavengers started from 1980-81 initially through the Ministry of Home Affairs and later on through the Ministry of Welfare. From 1980-90, it came to be operated through the Ministry of Urban Development and later on through Ministry of Urban …
Jaipur:Not only the opposition but the administration too has picked holes in city’s sanitation work. Taking a strong exception to the muck and dirt scattered during the chief minister’s programme at the Scouts & Guides headquarters located at Ram Niwas Bagh here on Monday, the district collector shoots a letter …
Today, there are at least three basic facts about the waste that we see all around us in Indian cities and towns. One, gone are the days when garbage was considered a “waste” in terms of the huge spending that local bodies had to make to collect and dispose it …
This S R Hashim Committee report on urban poor submitted to UPA government in December 2012 set the criteria for identifying the poor living in urban areas for various government schemes.
CSE in collaboration with Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), Chittagong, Bangladesh organised a briefing workshop on “New Paradigms of Urban Wastewater Treatment – Challenges and Options” at Chittagong, Bangladesh on September 24, 2012. The aim of the workshop was to introduce the concept of Urban Wastewater Management and Rethinking for Sustainable …
