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. …
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to engage anganwadi workers to carry out a survey to identify households without latrines in the city. The BMC will take up construction of individual household latrine (IHL) under the Centre's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. After the survey, the BMC will create a database …
This report focuses on the urban water management challenges facing cities across OECD countries, and explores both national and local policy responses with respect to water-risk exposure, the state of urban infrastructures and dynamics, and institutional and governance architectures. The analyses focus on four mutually dependent dimensions – finance, innovation, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Almitra H. Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 20/03/2015 regarding the issue of collection, treatment and disposal of the municipal solid waste in various cities of India, particularly where the population exceed …
Union government has released the first installment of Rs 30 crore to Chhattisgarh under its Swachh Bharat Mission for constructing individual and community toilets and implementing solid waste management. A four-year target (October 2019) has been fixed by state to make it open-defecation free. Talking to TOI, Raipur municipal commissioner …
Castigating municipal bodies here for not clearing garbage, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday observed that the Capital was “not even an Asia-class city” in terms of cleanliness. “How will we make Delhi a world-class city? It is not even an Asia-class city. Despite all the norms and a number …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jagmohan Patidar Vs. Volkswagen Group India Pvt. Ltd. & Others dated 12/01/2015 regarding auto dealers in Bhopal causing pollution.
Bio-digesters, better known as bio-toilets and conceptualised by the Defence Research and Development Organisation for jawans in high-altitude areas, will soon be installed in the city by the Delhi Development Authority. These toilets require very little water and dispose human waste in an eco-friendly manner, doing away with the need …
Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Indian Cities showcases 10 examples of good practices across various sub-themes in the water and sanitation sector, including governance and institutional strengthening; information management; environmental sustainability; community participation; and financial sustainability.
The city's third corporation commissioner in as many months took charge on Thursday. K Vijay Karthikeyan, 28, who completed his MBBS before joining the Indian Administrative Service in 2011, is the youngest commissioner the city has had. Before joining Coimbatore corporation, Karthikeyan served as sub collector in Kovilpatti from September …
WaterAid India (WAI) welcomes the high level political commitments of the Prime Minister on 15 August 2014 of setting 2019 as a goal to achieve universal access to sanitation. In an effort to support this renewed emphasis on ending sanitation crisis in India and also as a committed sector actor, …
Failing systems, caused by fragmented, disorganised and uncoordinated government leadership, coupled with the ineffective application of already-scarce resources, mark the state of urban sanitation in most low-and middle-income countries. The two most critical results are that it impacts very negatively on the health and wellbeing of the urban poor and …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Bhausaheb S/o Bhimaji Kulat & Anr. V/s State of Maharashtra & Ors. dated 05/11/2014 regarding disposal of garbage in Ahmedngar city.
The Kerala State Sanitation Mission will entrust an experienced agency to carry out study on the existing status of slaughterhouses and to prepare a detailed project report (DPR). The initiative will help the state to set up modern slaughterhouses at the identified locations to ensure the hygiene standard of the …
Germany has agreed to provide 4 million euros and services of international experts to help the ministry of urban development in effective implementation of sanitation programmes in urban areas of the country. India and Germany signed a “Implementation Agreement on Support to National Urban Sanitation Policy” on Tuesday by urban …
In a city whose 65 lakh population has just 900 toilets, the corporation has come up with the idea of setting up electronic toilets as a solution. Two e-toilets set up on Gandhi Mandapam Road will be open to the public soon. By year-end, there will be such facilities in …
The Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan is gathering momentum in the schools and elsewhere in the district. The special drive for the cleanliness started on Gandhi Jayanti, Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, is continuing on all school premises, offices, market places and other parts of the town and villages. Sacred Heart School, Indian Public …
Malba , silt from drains is also being removed Snapshots of politicians and officers posing with brooms after October 2 appears to be paying off, with garbage collection by the municipal corporations going up by about 20 per cent in the past week. Swachh Bharat Mission With the launch of …
Since 1986, India has spent over $3 billion on constructing toilets across the country, figures from the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation show. Despite such massive investments, India’s sanitation campaigns over the years have unfortunately yielded limited results. India continues to have the largest number of people who defecate …
The city administration is set to provide toilet facilities in as many as 700 slum clusters in the city as a party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Swachchh Bharat” campaign. The initiative will be undertaken and executed by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) in all the jhuggi jhopri …
