Sanitation

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on construction of toilets in schools by CPSEs, Union Government (Commercial)

During the survey of 2,612 toilets reported by CPSEs to have been constructed, 200 toilets were not found constructed in the respective schools and 86 toilets were found to be only partially constructed. The non-existing and partially constructed toilets constituted 11 per cent of toilets surveyed.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2020
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
India, Sanitation, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Education, Toilets
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding management of Jagannath temple, Puri, Odisha, 04/11/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mrinalini Padhi Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/11/2019 management of Jagannath temple, Puri, Odisha.

The SC on November 4 directed the government of Odisha to frame a plan, with support from the Jagannath temple administration for providing shelter and other facilities to people visiting the shrine.

Judgement Date: 
04/11/2019
Tags:
Religious Places, Puri (T), Supreme Court, Sanitation, Toilets, Orissa (Odisha), Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI), Monuments
Sanitation

Order of the Supreme Court regarding discharge of untreated sewage into the Narmada Kund, Anuppur District, Madhya Pradesh, 02/08/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Municipal Council, Amarkantak Vs Digamber Jain Regional Committee & Others dated 02/08/2019 regarding construction by Municipal Council of Amarkantak of a block of bio-toilets at a distance of about 70 meters from the Narmada Kund.

Judgement Date: 
02/08/2019
Tags:
Toilets, River Pollution, Religious Places, Narmada, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Groundwater Pollution, Madhya Pradesh, Supreme Court, Anuppur (D), Sanitation
Sanitation

'Swachh Garhwal' drive to be launched on World Environment Day

Uttarkhand's Tourism Department will launch a cleanliness drive on the World Environment Day on June 5 to spread a message among people about building a clean environment.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Garbage, Toilets, Sanitation
Sanitation

Open ‘bush loos’ are putting people at risk of disease, death

To Ekadeli Loliyak and his family of eight children, a toilet is a luxury they can ill afford.

Publication Date: 
29/05/2019
East African (Kenya)
Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, Health Effects, Kenya, Diseases, Open Defecation, Africa
Sanitation

47 million Nigerians indulge in open defecation — UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said not less than 47 million Nigerians still indulge in open defecation in the country.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Premium Times (Nigeria)
Tags:
Sanitation, Nigeria, Open Defecation, UNICEF, Toilets, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Africa
Sanitation

E-toilet firm Eram Scientific broadens export footprint

Dammam province in Saudi Arabia, as part of the larger plan to partner GCC countries in sustainable sanitation solutions,” Bincy Baby, director, Eram Scientific, told FE.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2019
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Toilets, Sustainable Development, Sanitation
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding remedial measures to deal with the waste generated during Kumbh, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 22/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/04/2019 regarding the remedial measures to deal with the waste generated during Kumbh at Allahabad.

Judgement Date: 
22/04/2019
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Religious Places, Waste Disposal, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Allahabad (T), Uttar Pradesh, Toilets, Sewage Pollution, Solid Waste, Bio-Remediation
Sanitation

Nigeria: Court Sentences Nine People for Open Defecation in Ekiti

Adeosun Abayomi of an Aramoko Magistrates' Court, on Wednesday, sentenced nine people including a traditional title holder and a Clergy to six months in prison each for open defecation in Ekiti Sta

Publication Date: 
11/04/2019
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Nigeria, Court, Toilets, Africa
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of toilets 100 meters away from the temples/kunds, Amarkantak, District Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, 09/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjiv Tiwari Vs Digamber Jain & Others dated 09/04/2019 regarding construction of toilets 100 meters away from the temples/kunds and also for shifting the existing one upto that distance in Amarkantak in Anuppur district. These measures are for checking pollution at the origin of Narmada river.

Judgement Date: 
09/04/2019
Tags:
Narmada, River Pollution, Toilets, Religious Places, Anuppur (D), Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Municipal Corporations

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