NAGPUR'S year-old dream of becoming garbage bin free is nowhere close to realisation. Under the bin-free city project, launched by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), 530 of the city's 700 garbage bins have been removed till now. But they have been replaced by open dumps. NMC started the drive in …
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission adopted a reform-linked funding approach, the culmination of two decades of active debate and experimentation in the urban development sector. Yet, progress of both fund utilisation and reforms under the programme has been tardy. As a second phase of the mission is planned, …
Cleanliness and maintenance of Panjim city is proposed to be monitored by a special enforcement squad that will operate round-the-clock and work in tandem with various departments concerned. The squad is likely to be constituted within the next two days under the co-ordination of the Corporation of the City of …
To all those who feel that non-resident Indians talk more than they end up doing for their country, Sunil Bhatia should come as a pleasant exception to the rule. Last month, this Pune born and bred academician, who is currently an associate professor of human development at Connecticut College in …
The aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of UASB reactor for treating municipal wastewater. The study has been conducted for the UASB reactor installed at Tapovan, Nashik in Maharashtra during the year 2005.
The study is to analyse the solid waste disposal system and suggest suitable modification in the present solid waste management practice in city and find out the gap and deficiencies and suggest the remedial measure in the form of solid waste management plan to have safe and clean environment in …
Despite mak ing numerous foreign junkets to study the subject of sanitation, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is yet to give the city even the minimum number of toilet blocks. Though the MCD has been indulging in big talks to give the city the modern toilet blocks managed by foreign …
Forty persons, including women from nine families living, at survey number 2A/8 on Bhau Patil Road in Bopodi are using nearby open ground as public toilet facility. This was after the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) demolished a public toilet they were using for last 25 years without making any alternate …
