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. …
ALMORA: A recent review of the Uttarakhand government agenda of providing adequate sanitation facilities in rural households in Almora in 2015-16 showed that 27% of the population in the rural areas defecates in the open. "More than 36,000 rural households do not have toilets," said Chandan Singh Dewri, deputy project …
This report explores the opportunities for investment in sanitation by the private sector, and it profiles 16 initiatives currently being undertaken for the provision of sanitation services and infrastructure, either through corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding, public private partnership (PPP), or independent corporate funding.
The government could achieve just above half of its pledged target on construction of individual household toilets under the total sanitation campaign in the past five years, according to the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India. Despite the priority accorded to sanitation programmes by central government through successive five year …
Evidence from Water.org’s existing programs demonstrates that finance for sanitation is a significant opportunity for the Government of India, donors, financial institutions, and clients. Sanitation lending works and also leverages funding to achieve greater reach than traditional grant based models. By directly integrating financial institutions as part of the strategy …
The Supreme Court has taken note of one of the minimum criteria that a person must have for contesting panchayat elections in Haryana — a toilet in the house — and asked the state government to file an affidavit giving details as to how many poor natives have the facility. …
Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan recommends Swachh Bharat cess on petrol, diesel and telecom services in this report submitted to the Prime Minister. The group includes Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Manohar Lal, and the Chief Minister of …
The State Government has set a target to convert at least one block in each district and 1,040 gram panchayats as open defecation-free under Swachh Bharat Mission during the current fiscal. The State is lagging far behind in its target of toilet construction in individual households. As against a target …
A total of 22 village panchayats have been declared ‘open defecation-free’ in Erode district during the gram sabha meeting last week. Common toilets To curb the practice of open defecation, every household was provided with a lavatory. In the absence of space in households, common toilets were constructed, according to …
Of the total 322 village panchayats in the district, all the houses in 61 villages have individual household latrines. The villages have been declared as open defecation-free by the village panchayats. Officials of the District Rural Development Authority (DRDA)said that the toilets in select villages in Panchayat Unions of Elachipalayam, …
Government of India (GoI) has recently launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G) campaign and program to accelerate efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage, improve cleanliness and eliminate open defecation in rural India by 2019. The proposed World Bank support to the program will enable GoI, in collaboration with State governments, to …
Gujarat high court on Monday ruled that it is the duty of a local authority to ensure proper sanitation so as to avoid problem of diseases like dengue and swine flu. The HC also maintained that the financial constraints should not come in between in fulfilling its bounden duty for …
Union Minister for Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Shri Birender Singh said that the pace of construction of toilets in rural India has gathered momentum and within one year of the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission, about 95 lakh toilets were constructed across the country against the target …
Move to make elimination of open defecation a people’s movement The district administration and the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) have decided to make the elimination of open defecation a people’s movement by enlisting various sections of the people such as women, youth, students, civil society organisations, service organisations and …
Lauding the people of Darjeeling for their initiative to make the Queen of Hills clean and green, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today announced that 50,000 toilets would be built in the hill district. The Chief Minister said both the state government and Gorkhaland Territorial administration are working together …
As part of eliminating open defecation, 60 village panchayats in the district will have Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) and these villages will also be declared as ‘Open Defecation-Free Villages’ from October 2. Under the Swatch Bharat Mission (Rural) that aims at achieving universal sanitation, the district administration has proposed to …
The Bihar legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a legislation incorporating a provision making it mandatory for candidates contesting panchayat polls in Bihar to have toilets at their houses. The provision has been incorporated in the Bihar Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015 which was passed by the Assembly by a voice …
To begin with, co will set up toilets at ghats in Varanasi with low water usage and on-site sanitation tech Enthused by the response to . 100-crore Banega Swachh India proits ` ject launched by Reckitt Benckiser India in September, the maker of Dettol soaps and Lizol cleaners is now …
In the rural area of the Tibetan Plateau (RATP), the characteristics of domestic waste, people’s environmental awareness, people’s willingness to pay and their influence factors were firstly studied by questionnaires, field samplings and laboratory tests. The results showed that, in the RATP, the generation of domestic waste was 85 g•d-1 …
Pregnancy is usually a happy time for women and their families. But, for some women, pregnancy ends unhappily. Some women lose their baby during early pregnancy (spontaneous abortion or miscarriage) or during late pregnancy (stillbirth). Others have their baby earlier than expected (preterm birth) or have a baby with low …
In a record of sorts, District Administration has constructed 682 toilets in the schools across the district in last three weeks. Another 225 school toilets are also at finishing stage which will make the total number as 907. The fast track construction through special inter-departmental teams was achieved keeping in …
