Air Pollution

11% people in Delhi suffering from asthma, claims JP Nadda

Around 11% of the people in Delhi are suffering from asthma the government said on Tuesday while attributing its causes to smoking and air pollution.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2015
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, Asthma, Slums, Population, Health Effects, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare
Habitat And Urbanisation

Uttarakhand, J&K, Rajasthan see improvement in slums

Assam, Tripura and Gujarat show a positive trend in slum vulnerability, indicating a worsening in the condition of the slums in these states

Publication Date: 
21/04/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Slums, Rajasthan, Housing, Rehabilitation, Habitat And Urbanisation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Finish Hirabaug slum rehab project by Dec 2017: HC

The Bombay high court has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to start and complete the slum rehabilitation scheme for the Hirabaug colony here by December 31, 2017.

Publication Date: 
21/04/2015
Vishwas Kothari
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Pune (T), Municipal Corporation, Rehabilitation, Slums, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Habitat And Urbanisation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of residential-cum commercial project under Slum Rehabilitation Authorities scheme at Mulund (W), Mumbai, 08/04/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Arvind V. Aswal Vs Arihant Realtors dated 08/04/2015 regarding construction of residential-cum commercial project under Slum Rehabilitation Authorities (SRA) scheme on plot CTS No.4/6(pt), 4/7(pt), 7,7/1 to 3, 9(pt), 9/1 to 4, 10(pt) (CTS No.4/7 (pt), situated at Mulund (W) Mumbai.

Judgement Date: 
08/04/2015
Tags:
Slums, Slum Upgrading, Mumbai, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Maharashtra, Municipal Corporation, Green Spaces
People

Mormugao houses 90% slums: Survey

PANAJI: The slums in the state are located in Ponda, Margao and Mormugao, but the area with the port town holds 90% of the slum population in the state.

Publication Date: 
25/03/2015
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Slums, Population, Census 2011, People
Habitat And Urbanisation

Shift slums near railway tracks in six months: NGT

The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board and city’s municipal corporations have been asked to rehabilitate people living in slum clusters located near railway tracks in the national capital within

Publication Date: 
23/03/2015
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Slums, Municipal Corporations, Rehabilitation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Rail Transport, Habitat And Urbanisation
Solid Waste

NGT cracks whip, civic body places dustbins

The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed the Railways and Municipal Corporations to identify exact locations for placing dustbins in 46 slum clusters adjoining railway tracks.

Publication Date: 
17/03/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Green Tribunal (NGT), Rail Transport, Municipal Corporation, Slums, Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management
Habitat And Urbanisation

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on review of schemes for slum dwellers, 12/03/2015

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on review of schemes for slum dwellers, 12/03/2015.

Publication Date: 
12/03/2015
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Slums, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), India, Parliament
Sanitation

Solar bio-toilets in 4 slums soon

In a bid to make quick progress on its objectives under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, the civic body is set to experiment with solar- powered bio-toilets that make use of a special strain of bacteria

Publication Date: 
02/03/2015
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Slums, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Toilets, Solar Energy, Drinking Water
Health

Guidelines for preparation of DPRs for providing drinking water supply to slums affects with Acute Encephalities Syndrome (AES) including Japanese Encephalities (JE)

The guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for Clinical Management of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome including Japanese encephalitis describe `Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) including Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a group of clinically similar neurologic manifestation caused by several different viruses, bacteria, fungus,

Publication Date: 
27/02/2015
Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation
Tags:
Encephalitis, Slums, Drinking Water, Water Supply, India, Health Effects, Vector Borne Diseases

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