Sanitation

Only 0.44% toilets built in urban areas in nine months

JAIPUR: Rajasthan is not even close to achieving the target of constructing toilets in urban areas under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission.

Publication Date: 
22/12/2015
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Toilets, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Urban Sanitation, Jaipur (D), Jodhpur (D), Sanitation
Sanitation

Swachh Bharat: industry engagement - scope and example

This report explores the opportunities for investment in sanitation by the private sector, and it profiles 16 initiatives currently being undertaken for the provision of sanitation services and infrastructure, either through corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding, public private partnership (PPP), or independent corporate funding.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2015
Shubhagato Dasgupta, DTV Raghu Ramaswamy, Kimberly Noronha, & et al
Centre for Policy Research
Tags:
Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, Industry, Private Sector, India, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Finance
Health

Environmental transmission of typhoid fever in an urban slum

Enteric fever due to Salmonella Typhi (typhoid fever) occurs in urban areas with poor sanitation. While direct fecal-oral transmission is thought to be the predominant mode of transmission, recent evidence suggests that indirect environmental transmission may also contribute to disease spread.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
03/12/2015
Adam Akullian, Eric Ng’eno, Alastair I. Matheson & et al
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
1-14
Tags:
Typhoid, Slums, Urban Sanitation, Waterborne diseases, Kenya, Africa, Health Effects
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding toilets in the Nehru Place market, Delhi, 01/12/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of All Nehru Place Development & Welfare Association Vs. South Delhi Municipal Corporation & Ors. dated 01/12/2015 regarding availability of useable toilets in the area of Nehru Place market.

Judgement Date: 
01/12/2015
Tags:
Toilets, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Urban Sanitation, Municipal Corporation
Sanitation

AAP, BJP show political will to clean up city

Centre Allocates Rs 96.5 Crore To Kejriwal Govt For First Phase Of Swachh Delhi Abhiyan

Publication Date: 
23/11/2015
Mayank Manohar
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Waste To Energy, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Urban Sanitation
Sanitation

Unsettled: water and sanitation in urban settlement communities of the Pacific

As more and more families migrate from rural areas to Pacific capital cities, water, sanitation and health challenges in rapidly growing informal settlements in key Pacific capital cities are in urgent need of response, according to a new World Bank report.

Publication Date: 
19/11/2015
The World Bank
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Urban Water Supply, Pacific Islands, Sanitation, Urbanisation, Health Effects, Drainage, Women, Child Health, Wastewater Treatment
Sanitation

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan fails to improve sanitation in Jammu

Even after several campaigns launched by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA), the city presents a “dirty look” as failure of the municipal bodies and poor ci

Publication Date: 
04/11/2015
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Municipal Corporation, Garbage, Urban Sanitation
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding collection and disposal of the Municipal Solid Waste, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 28/09/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shailesh Singh Vs. District Magistrate, Ghaziabad & Ors. dated 28/09/2015 regarding collection and disposal of the Municipal Solid Waste in the entire city of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
28/09/2015
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Toilets, Urban Sanitation, Ghaziabad (T), Uttar Pradesh, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Waste Management, Hindon, Waste Disposal, Water Pollution, Municipal Corporation
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cow dung nuisance, Delhi, 24/09/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Resident Welfare Association Vs Deputy Commissioner, MCD (South-West) dated 24/09/2015 regarding huge quantity of cow dung lying on the side of the road no. 5 Arjun Park, Nangli Dairy, Nazafgarh, Delhi. The cow dung remains for months together and is causing environmental and health hazards.

Judgement Date: 
24/09/2015
Tags:
Animal Dung, Urban Sanitation, Delhi, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Dairy Development, Municipal Corporation, Biogas
Sanitation

Govt mulls mechanical cleaning of city roads

To reduce pollution in the holy city, the state government has contemplated to introduce mechanical sweeping of streets and key roads to make these dust-free.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2015
GS Paul
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Urban Sanitation, Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Amritsar (T), Garbage, Sanitation

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