Slums

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste on railway tracks, 07/10/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Saloni Singh & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 07/10/2015 regarding dumping of waste on railway tracks.

NGT directs Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board take as top priority the proposal of shifting the jhuggies which are abutting railway tracks and are generating municipal waste.

Judgement Date:

07/10/2015

Tags:

Rail Transport, Waste Disposal, Sanitation, Garbage, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Slums, Relocation

Habitat And Urbanisation

Draft Rajasthan Urban Development Policy 2015

As part of its efforts to address challenges emanating from rapid urbanization and develop a vision for future development in Rajasthan, the Government of Rajasthan has prepared an Urban Development Policy.

Publication Date:

01/10/2015

Source: Government of Rajasthan

Tags:

Urban Development, Rajasthan, Urbanisation, Urban Transport, Urban Water Supply, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Slums, Economic Development, Urban Planning, Poverty, Urban Environment

Environment

Projecting progress: reaching the SDGs by 2030

Without increased effort, none of the 17 proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be met, according to a report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). However, if countries emulate the performance of the top-performing countries “there is much to be hopeful about," it says.

Publication Date:

21/09/2015

Author(s): Susan Nicolai, Chris Hoy, Tom Berliner, Thomas Aedy

Source: Overseas Development Institute

Tags:

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Poverty, Economic Development, Deforestation, Maternal Health, Education, Malnutrition, Sanitation, Energy, Slums, Climate Change, India, Global

Health

17 dengue cases in Mohali district, MP says fumigate slum areas

The spread of dengue in the district dominated a meeting of the Vigilance Committee of the Municipal Corporation on Tuesday.

Publication Date:

16/09/2015

Source: Indian Express (Chandigarh)

Tags:

Punjab, Mohali (D), Dengue, Slums, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Health

Water Supply

Zambian capital can't quench thirst of its booming population

LUSAKA, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dorothy Zulu's dream is to have a water tap and a small vegetable garden in her home in Ngombe, one of many slums in Zambia's capital Lusaka.

Publication Date:

14/09/2015

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Water Supply, Drinking Water, Water Quality, Zambia, Slums, Urbanisation, Africa

Sanitation

Modelling the impact of sanitation, population growth and urbanization on human emissions of Cryptosporidium to surface waters—a case study for Bangladesh and India

Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that can cause diarrhoea. Human faeces are an important source of Cryptosporidium in surface waters. We present a model to study the impact of sanitation, urbanization and population growth on human emissions of Cryptosporidium to surface waters. We build on a global model by Hofstra et al and zoom into Bangladesh and India as illustrative case studies.

Original Source

Publication Date:

11/09/2015

Author(s): Lucie C Vermeulen, Jelske de Kraker, Nynke Hofstra & et al

Source: Environmental Research Letters

Vol:

10

Issue:

9

pp:

1-12

Tags:

Sanitation, Diarrhoea, Waterborne diseases, Urbanisation, Population Trends, India, Bangladesh, South Asia, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Urban Sanitation, Faecal Coliforms, Slums

Environment

Remit Rs 3 crore to environmental relief fund, National Green Tribunal tells builder

MUMBAI: The National Green Tribunal, in a landmark order, directed a developer to remit Rs 3 crore towards the environmental relief fund and stopped the construction and sale of a slum rehabilitati

Publication Date:

09/09/2015

Author(s): Swati Deshpande, Clara Lewis

Source: Times Of India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Environment Clearance (EC), Construction Industry, Slums, Rehabilitation, Environment, Regulations, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Floor Space Index (FSI), Buildings

Habitat And Urbanisation

Despite conservation claims, State houses almost 582 slums

While the State Government claims to be working on conservation of environment, planned development and boosting tourism in Uttarakhand, the number of slum settlements across the State present a pi

Publication Date:

08/09/2015

Source: Pioneer (Dehradun)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Slums, Tourism, Nainital (D), Land Encroachments, Relocation, Habitat And Urbanisation

Water Supply

‘Legal water connection to all Dhaka slums by December’

The managing director of Dhaka Wasa yesterday said all slum dwellers in the capital would be provided with the amenity of legal water supply by this December.

Publication Date:

08/09/2015

Source: Dhaka Tribune (Dhaka)

Tags:

Water Supply, Drinking Water, Dhaka, Slums, Bangladesh, South Asia

Solid Waste