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. …
Just how do our cities fare in terms of sanitation? Come March 2010 and a rating list for 441 class-I cities is likely to be ready. The initiative, which will also include instituting "nirmal shahar puraskar (clean city award)", was launched by the ministry of urban development here on Wednesday. …
Water is crucial for development and for the well-being of people, as well as for achieving the national goal of "Gross National Happiness". Even though Bhutan has a fairly large quantity of fresh water it cannot afford to be complacent. The country faces a number of challenging issues in water …
Because of lack of proper sanitation, communicable diseases spread causing considerable loss and disabilities to human resources. Considering this, the international community has set the provision of sanitation as part of the Millennium Development Goals, aiming to reduce the number of those without adequate sanitation facilities to half by the …
Privatization of solid waste management (SWM) services has been a debated topic and has come under greater focus in recent times. This has been because of various developments such as the Supreme Court order of 2004, directing all metros to set up scientific landfills, and the funding model available under …
NEW DELHI: To tackle the problem of stench emanating from public conveniences in the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to upgrade 1,000 of them into waterless urinals in view of the upcoming Commonwealth Games. The proposal was approved by the MCD Standing Committee on Thursday. According to …
Asian Sanitation Data Book 2008: Achieving Sanitation for All features raw data and analyses on the sanitation situation in 27 cities in the Asia and Pacific region and calls for actions to ensure improved access to sanitation in more rapid and efficient ways.
Poor sanitation is responsible for the spread of a number of communicable diseases, resulting in lost productivity, reduced quality of life, and improvishment. Sanitation is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve public health. Using nationally representative data sets, the report presents analyses of progress, differentials, correlates, and challenges …
This paper discusses the dynamics of land use in the inner city of Lahore, based on a study of the Mochi Gate locality in particular. This includes a description of the evolution and transformation of the area over time and its development into a successful centre for wholesale, small-scale manufacturing …
TWO months ago, a fleet of hydraulic trucks of a private company started collecting garbage from homes in many areas of Nagpur. The trucks transport the garbage directly to the landfill site managed by another private company. This privatization of garbage collection has alarmed some 5,000 ragpickers who earn their …
NEW DELHI: The face of toilet complexes in the city is all set for a makeover. They will be converted into swank new modern complexes complete with coffee shops, fast food joints and flower shops if all goes well as per MCD plans to change the concept of public toilets …
KARUR: A team from the World Bank working under the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has visited Karur and interacted with the Karur Municipality officials to lend its expertise in formulating a city sanitation plan. The WSP is undertaking similar exercises in Hoshangabad and Gwalior civic bodies in Madhya Pradesh. …
Pune Launching a drive against those littering in public places, the civic administration on Monday took action against 69 pan stalls, 15 hand carts and 39 hawkers for creating unhygienic condition in the public places. Earlier, Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade had directed the civic administration to initiate action against citizens …
BARC to help deal with waste The Bombay high court on July 21 set up a four-member committee to look into the feasibility of decentralized waste management in Mumbai. The court passed the order on a petition by the Smoke Affected Residents Forum, formed by Chembur residents, affected by pollution …
Cities in India are moving towards commercially viable models of urban water and sanitation delivery to fill the widening gap between demand and supply. Cost recovery through upfront beneficiary contributions is increasingly becoming a key consideration in the provision of piped water and sewerage. This paper examines the Greater Bangalore …
In garbage dumps on the eastern outskirts of Delhi, Ravleen Kaur unearths an extortion racket that runs on a lapsed contract This is not what I had in mind when I signed up for journalism. I had dreams of becoming a war correspondent and cover conflicts in, say, Afghanistan. But …
Under fire from several quarters over the pathetic state of sanitation, Sulabh International Social Service Organisation have promised to put the public toilets in order and have offered to set up a chain of Public toilets in the Commercial Capital. Honorary Chairman of Sulabh International, Sushil Kumar along with his …
Access to safe sanitation would, for some 2.5 billion fellow citizens without it, improve their health, dignity, local environment and economic well-being. While most people would agree that the poor and vulnerable should be supported to obtain sanitation services in ways that promote social equity, are people-centred, participatory and affordable, …
