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Goa State Pollution Control Board report on the status of waste management, sanitation, afforestation, mining and others, 02/03/2023

Monthly progress report by Goa State Pollution Control Board in Original Application  606 of 2018 (Compliance of MSW Management Rules, 2016).

In Goa, where sewer network is not available, septic-tank-soak-pit arrangement is adopted. Many hotels and residential buildings (50 rooms and above) have their own treatment plant (as mandated under the TCP Act 2010). Sulabh toilets are provided for group of houses and bio toilets have been provided under open defecation free (ODF) policy in the state.

Judgement Date: 
02/03/2023
Tags:
Goa, Waste Management, Sanitation, Mining, Afforestation, Coastal Regulations, Water Pollution Control, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Harvesting
Sanitation

NGT asks for report on a residential colony dumping its waste in the middle of a park, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, 22/02/2023

A period of two months was granted by the NGT to a joint committee to submit a report on allegations of a residential colony developed by M/s. Megasons Company dumping solid waste and discharging untreated sewage in the open.

Judgement Date: 
22/02/2023
Tags:
Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution, Housing, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Mathura (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Sanitation

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding sewage management in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 15/02/2023

The Tamil Nadu government was directed by the National Green Tribunal, southern zone, Chennai to publish the new rules and guidelines related to sewage management in newspapers to make the people aware of the same.

The court said that the departments concerned should strictly follow and implement the rules to bring under control the problem of sewage water being illegally disposed of.

Judgement Date: 
15/02/2023
Tags:
Sewage Pollution, Urban Sanitation, Chennai (T), Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Water Pollution, Municipal Corporations
Water Resources

SDG 6: clean water and sanitation

The Asia-Pacific region has made considerable progress on improving economic and social welfare over the last decade. Water resources have contributed greatly to this transformation through water and sanitation hygiene (WASH), provision of basic services, agricultural expansion, food security and nutrition, and ecosystem services.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2023
UNESCAP
Tags:
Water Resources, Drinking Water, Sanitation, India, Asia, Freshwater Ecosystems, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Sanitation

Understanding enablers and barriers to social protection of sanitation workers

Recognizing the high level of social and economic vulnerability and discrimination faced by sanitation workers, the Government of India (GoI) and several state governments have initiated many programs and schemes, including social protection measures for Sanitation workers.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2023
Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
Tags:
Sanitation, Workers, Dhenkanal (D), Odisha, Health Care, Insurance
Water Resources

Ensuring safe water and sanitation for all: a solution through science, technology and innovation

Access to safe water and adequate sanitation is a basic human right. While progress has been made towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal on water and sanitation (SDG 6), the trends and current status of access to water and sanitation provide cause for concern.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2023
UNCTAD
Tags:
Drinking Water, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India, Global, Science And Technology
Economy

Tanzania economic update - clean water, bright future : the transformative impact of investing in WASH

This eighteenth edition of the Tanzania Economic Update includes a special focus section on improving the quality of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services that could have a transformative impact on Tanzania’s social and economic development.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2022
The World Bank
Tags:
Economic Development, Water Supply, Sanitation, Tanzania, Africa
Sanitation

Joint committee report on STPs discharging sewage in open land, Rewari district, Haryana, 20/12/2022

Action taken report in Original Application No. 627/2022 in the matter of Parkash Yadav Vs State of Haryana in the National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi.

Judgement Date: 
20/12/2022
Tags:
Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Sewage Pollution, Rewari (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Sanitation

Interim progress report on septage management in Delhi, 17/12/2022

At present, no specific area for collection of septage tanks has been earmarked to the vendors and they can collect septic waste from any place throughout Delhi.

Judgement Date: 
17/12/2022
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Water Supply

Strong systems and sound investments: evidence on and key insights into accelerating progress on sanitation, drinking-water and hygiene - the UN-Water global analysis and assessment of sanitation and drinking-water (GLAAS) 2022 report

Findings from the World Health Organization and UN-Water’s Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report shows that acceleration is needed in many countries to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 – water and sanitation for all by 2030.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2022
WHO
Tags:
Drinking Water, Sanitation, Health Care, Water Supply, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Global

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