Gujarat generates 8,336 metric tons of urban solid waste per day. The total solid waste generation in the country was1.33 lakh metric tons.

Varanasi: Sidelining the deadlock continuing between Varanasi Municipal Corporation and A2Z, the company assigned for handling solid waste management (SWM) in 2010, the district administration offi

The Centre has allocated about Rs32 crore to Delhi Government for construction of household and public toilets under the Swachchh Bharat Mission for the fiscal 2014-15.

NASHIK: The water and sanitation department of the Nashik zilla parishad has received Rs 8 crore from the central government and the district planning and development councils for the construction

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be strongly pitching for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but the sanitation conditions in rural Maharashtra present a horrific reality.

Constructing Toilets Tops List

Swachh Bharat may have started on a high note, but cleaning up the country is serious business. Apart from investment, it calls for behavioural changes, expertise and scientific knowledge.

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

Having received stick from the National Green Tribunal a few days ago over lack of proper facilities to treat and dispose of solid waste in municipal areas in Telangana, the state government propos

The senior officers like Chief Engineer and General Managers should attend the camps of Jal Sansthan at block levels to ensure that a financial clearance for the drinking water projects is expedite