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. …
NEW DELHI: With the Commonwealth Games approaching fast, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Thursday launched a 15-day sanitation drive to spruce up the city. The campaign would include several short-term and long-term schemes to attune the city to welcome tourists during the Games. The announcement was made by Delhi …
This report aims guiding through next steps in achieving the goal of total sanitation for Hoshangabad. The report analyses various city-wide or Strategic level sanitation technical options available for Hoshangabad and lays down road map for achieving total sanitation.
Isher J Ahluwalia , Ranesh Nair Until 10 years ago, Alandur, a residential suburb of Chennai in the Kanchipuram district, famous for its ancient temples, had no underground sewerage. In 80% of the metropolitan area outside the city of Chennai, most households depended on septic tanks with soak pits. The …
A survey by the Union Ministry of Urban Development to rate cities for their hygiene revealed what most people already know—urban areas across India are weighed down by their own waste. Not one of the 423 cities surveyed got the ‘healthy and clean’ tag. Even Chandigarh that got top rating …
Dharavi in Mumbai exemplifies what is most ugly and what is most inspiring about slum life in a city. How should it be redeveloped to remove the ugliness and yet retain its community spirit, enterprise, ambitions and hope? Current plans are focused on profit-making, by developers and government, with the …
KOCHI: Taking forward the initiative to increase the number of comfort stations in the city, the construction of the second toilet complex out of the nine such facilities on a public-private participation (PPP) model will begin on June 7. According to the agreement, Creative Team - the implementing agency of …
Living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas is associated with increased childhood mortality. As city living becomes the predominant social context in low- and middle-income countries, the resulting rapid urbanization
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The ugly-looking garbage vans, spilling filth on city roads will be things of the past soon. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plans to introduce refuse transfer stations in three locations in the city. If implemented successfully, not just the number of vehicles carrying garbage will be …
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is planning to invite public opinion on the new anti-littering law before getting it approved by the Delhi Government for its eventual implementation.
Prerana Sabnis, Bangalore, May 14, DH News Service: Water crisis in the City seems to be getting worse by the day. Even a public toilet has to get its supply of water from private tankers for its maintenance. Even more surprising is the fact that the public urinal is one …
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN The diamond city has stumbled and fallen from second place and has been ranked the third cleanest city of the country for 2009-10 with 69 points. Union ministry of urban development, as part of national urban sanitation policy, has been selecting top 25 cleanest cities. Chandigarh …
Mangaloreans have a reason to cheer for it has bagged the 8th place on the clenliness index in India. Out of the total 423 cities including 24 from Karnataka where the survey was conducted, Mysore has bagged the 2nd place while Bangalore has been pushed to 12th place. The other …
The ratings exer cise for cleanliness, curb on open defecation, provision of clean drinking water and waste disposal, carried out by the ministry of urban development, has revealed that none of the 423 Classcities in the country could qualify for the "green" category, which was the best cat egory, and …
PRASHANT PANDEY NEW DELHI The capital has scored poorly on the sanitation and waste management in the ratings of the union urban development. Though two of Its urban local bodies figured among the top five, the third and the biggest urban local body, the MCD, figured very poorly on the …
