जब हम बात करते हैं स्‍वच्‍छ भारत और स्‍वच्‍छता की तो हमें सिर्फ टॉयलेट बनाने से आगे बढ़ना होगा. सोचिए कि जब हम टॉयलेट का इस्‍तेमाल करते हैं, तो इंसानी मल कहां जाता है. भारत में 30 फीसदी से भी कम सीवेज लाइनें हैं. तो सोचिए कि रोजाना टॉयलेट इस्‍तेामल करने के बाद यह कचरा कहां जाता है. इस शो में देखिए कि किस तरह संसाधनों की कमी की वजह से इंसानी मल का निपटारा सही ढंग से नहीं हो रहा और यह हमारे जल स्रोतों को भी दूषित कर रहा है.

From water to water - If there are humans, there will be excreta. If there is water use, there will be waste. Roughly 80 per cent of the water that reaches households in Indian cities flows out as waste.

This video shows the state of the Indian rivers and the cause of their pollution. It hopes to create awareness amongst the people about river pollution and the role they play in it. This content is the copyright of CSE - Centre for Science and Environment and has been re-created for the web by Gobar Times, a monthly environment magazine for the young adult.

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has intensified its drive to clean the Mula river of the rapidly proliferating water hyacinth.

On Monday, malaria surveillance inspector Govind Satpute and his team were spotted cleaning the Mula river, which is covered hyacinth, after successfully cleaning Pashan lake.

Satpute, who has been undertaking this activity for the last eight years, said removin

THE issue of mercury leak in the eco-sensitive Pambar Shola forest in Kodaikanal from Hin dustan Lever's thermometer factory was firs brought to notice in 2001 by factory workers and environmental groups.

A pusher tug, a small barge that propels a bigger vessel, drowned in the Hooghly near Prinsep Ghat on Friday night, releasing oil into the river.

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