Panchayats

Cannot contest panchayat polls in MP without flush toilet at home: CM

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh cabinet chaired by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday decided that candidates contesting panchayat elections must compulsorily have flush and water-flow based to

Publication Date:

06/07/2016

Author(s): Suchandana Gupta

Source: Times Of India (Bhopal)

Tags:

Madhya Pradesh, Toilets, Panchayats, Irrigation, Sanitation

Water Pollution

12,000 samples of drinking water to be tested

TWAD Board to test samples from July 1 to 3

Publication Date:

29/06/2016

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Tamil Nadu, Drinking Water, Panchayats, Water Quality, Water Pollution

Solid Waste

Solid waste management plants to come up in 19 gram panchayats

They will beset up at a costof Rs. 3 crore

Publication Date:

24/06/2016

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Karnataka, Waste Management, Udupi (D), Panchayats, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Waste Disposal, Solid Waste

Sanitation

Deogarh may soon earn open defecation-free tag

Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,842 villages in the state have been declared open defecation-free so far.

Publication Date:

21/06/2016

Author(s): Hemanta Pradhan

Source: Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Orissa (Odisha), Open Defecation, Panchayats, Toilets, Rural Sanitation, Sanitation

Energy

Panchayat plans to set up solar power plants

KSEB zeroes in on farm sites at Vithura, Chettachal

Publication Date:

17/06/2016

Author(s): Rajesh B. Nair

Source: Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Panchayats, State Electricity Board (SEB), Hydroelectricity, Energy

Water Supply

Kerala panchayat to cut PepsiCo water supply

Soft drink giant PepsiCo’s plant in Puthussery will be served a memo by the village panchayat to stop drawing groundwater, in view of severe drought-like situation and drinking water scarcity in th

Publication Date:

03/05/2016

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Kerala, Water Supply, PepsiCo, Panchayats, Droughts, Soft Drinks Industry

Haryana’s Panchayati Raj - Excluding the deprived

The conditions imposed by the amendment to the panchayati raj law in Haryana have not only excluded a large section of the population from contesting elections but have also deprived voters of their right to choose. All appropriate measures must be undertaken to ensure that these exclusionary conditions are withdrawn.

Publication Date:

18/04/2016

Author(s): Inderjit Singh

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

51

Issue:

16

pp:

19-20

Tags:

Panchayats, Haryana, Political Decentralisation, Governance, Legislation, Education, Toilets, Supreme Court, Political Parties

Water Resources

227 villages in Maharashtra go dry in just seven days

Even though intense summer is yet to set in, the number of villages facing acute shortage of drinking water has increased from 2,873 to 3,100 in the brief span of a week.

Publication Date:

13/04/2016

Author(s): Prafulla Marpakwar

Source: Times Of India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Water Resources, Drinking Water, Panchayats, Nashik

Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction activity carried out by M/s Alcon Real Estate (Pvt) Ltd., village Reis Magos, Bardez-Goa, 07/04/2016

According to the court, construction of 8 villas in the present matter is being carried out with necessary permissions under CRZ Notification and dismissed the case.

Judgement Date:

07/04/2016

Tags:

Coastal Regulations, Goa, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Panchayats, Supreme Court

Energy