Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)

Based on the experience of slum sanitation initiatives implemented in a number of urban centers in India, over the last decades, this Guide draws out the critical drivers that appear to explain some facets of successful community slum sanitation initiatives.

Publication Date:

01/03/2016

Source: Water and Sanitation Program

Tags:

Urban Sanitation, Sanitation, Slums, India, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)

Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Management of Sewage, 24/02/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Management of Sewage, 24/02/2016. The quantum of sewage generated from Class - I Cities and Class - II Towns is 38254.82 million litres per day (MLD) out of which only 11787.38 MLD (31%) is being treated and the remaining 26467.44 MLD is disposed into the water bodies without any treatment. The city wise details at Annexure-I. The various technologies being used in sewage treatment plants are Activated Sludge Process (ASP), Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR), Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR), Oxidation, Anaerobic Digesters etc.

Publication Date:

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Source: Lok Sabha

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Tags:

Sewage, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), India, Statistics, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Drainage, Sewage Treatment Technology

Habitat And Urbanisation

Urban infrastructure and governance mission under JNNURM

Rapidly increasing urbanisation in India has brought much needed focus on the urban development policies in India. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was the first programme to provide substantial funds for urban local bodies to improve their infrastructure and bring in better governance systems. This article tries to look at the mission from a new public management perspective. The performance of ULBs in project implementation shows delinking from the reforms agenda of the mission.

Publication Date:

09/01/2016

Author(s): Vidhee Kiran Avashia, Amit Garg

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

51

Issue:

2

pp:

41-57

Tags:

Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urbanisation, infrastructure, Governance, Political Decentralisation, Urban Development, Urban Sanitation, Urban Water Supply, Finance, Statistics

Water Resources

NMC’s lack of environment department is showing

Nagpur: The city that once stood as role model for environment is now seeing its environmental resources deteriorate, be it greenery or lakes.

Publication Date:

03/11/2015

Author(s): Anjaya Anparthi

Source: Times of India (Nagpur)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Municipal Corporation, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Rivers, Lakes, Environment Management, Water Conservation, Water Resources

Water Pollution

PM's constituency sees Ganga cleaning project restarting after 6 months

Government officials in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency achieved a major success on Sunday when they convinced the farmers to call off their six months old stir after whic

Publication Date:

02/11/2015

Author(s): Rajeev Dikshit

Source: Times Of India (Varanasi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Ganga, River Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Ganga Action Plan, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Water Pollution Control, Water Pollution

Habitat And Urbanisation

Relocate jhuggies from rail tracks

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the CEO of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) as to how he proposes to use the money given by the Railways over a decade ago to relocate J

Publication Date:

09/10/2015

Author(s): Akanksha Jain

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Slums, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Habitat And Urbanisation

Habitat And Urbanisation

Unpacking Metropolitan governance for sustainable development

This joint publication “Unpacking Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Development” is the product of a close cooperation between GIZ and UN-Habitat. Against the background of rapid urbanization, new forms of power relations between the different levels of government emerge and stronger coordination and cooperation is required.

Publication Date:

01/10/2015

Source: GIZ

Tags:

Urbanisation, Governance, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Environment, Economy, India, Global

Transport