Sanitation

Lucknow Municipal Corporation targets clean city through GPS tracking

The daily hassle of checking whether garbage from your locality has been lifted or not may soon end with Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) distributing GPS (global positioning system)-enabled han

Publication Date: 
15/05/2014
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow (T), Garbage, Waste Disposal, Municipal Corporation, Urban Sanitation, Sanitation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Natural Cities

Cities should be able to manage themselves and be self-sustaining, with a single energy input. This article presents the idea of natural cities.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2014
Vikram Soni, Arvind Virmani
Economic and Political Weekly
36-40
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Green Buildings, Urban Water Supply, Urban Sanitation, Urban Transport, Architecture, Public Transport, Cycles, Food Supply, Migration, Urban Encroachments, India
Sanitation

PCMC frames policy for construction of toilets

A policy for construction of public toilets and bathing facilities has been framed as part of the city sanitation plan by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).

Publication Date: 
07/05/2014
Siddharth Gaikwad
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Pune (T), Toilets, Urban Sanitation, Municipal Corporation, NGO, Sanitation
Sanitation

Panjim sanitation plan to be model for other parts

Royal HaskoningDHV to prepare sanitation plan for the capital city, which would be later implemented in other parts of the State

Publication Date: 
07/05/2014
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Panaji, Sanitation, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Ministry Of Urban Development, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Urban Sanitation
Solid Waste

Municipal Solid Waste Management Manual - Draft

Urban India is facing an ever increasing challenge of providing for the incremental infrastructural needs of a growing urban population. According to the 2011 census, the population of India was 1.21 billion; of this 31% live in cities. It is further projected that by 2050 half of India’s population will live in cities.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2014
Ministry of Urban Development
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, India, Urban Sanitation, Composting, Waste To Energy, Private Sector, Public Sector
Sanitation

Bhopal Municipal Corporation notice to Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology over poor sanitation

Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has slapped yet another notice on Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) director for overflowing septic tank and lack of sewage disposal system on

Publication Date: 
16/04/2014
Times Of India (Bhopal)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (T), Sanitation, Sewage Pollution, Waste Disposal, Municipal Corporation, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Urban Sanitation
Sanitation

BJP manifesto promises sanitation ratings

A BJP government will introduce ‘sanitation ratings’ where cities and towns will be ranked on the basis of their sanitation and cleanliness and the best performers rewarded, the party manifesto rel

Publication Date: 
07/04/2014
Free Press Journal
Tags:
Sanitation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Waste Management, Water Management, Urban Sanitation, Toilets, Drinking Water, Diarrhoea, Political Parties
Sanitation

The missing link in sanitation service delivery: a review of fecal sludge management in 12 cities

Globally, the great majority of urban dwellers, especially poor people, rely for their sanitation on non-sewered systems that generate a mix of solid and liquid wastes generally termed “fecal sludge.” In poor and rapidly expanding cities, fecal

Publication Date: 
01/04/2014
Water and Sanitation Program
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Sanitation, India, Global, Health Effects, Environment, Sewage Treatment Technology
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding drainage system, Delhi, 03/03/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ashok Mittal & Anr. Vs. NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 03/03/2014 regarding drainage system, Delhi. The Counsel appearing for the Municipal Corporation is directed to file comprehensive and accurate map showing complete drainage system in the colonies and where ultimately the drain water would be discharged.

Judgement Date: 
03/03/2014
Tags:
Drainage, Delhi, Municipal Corporation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Urban Sanitation
Sanitation

Sikkim first State in India with 100 per cent sanitation coverage

In a country ranked poorly on the health and environment front, Sikkim has done remarkably well to become India’s first State with 100 per cent sanitation coverage, according to a report of the dri

Publication Date: 
10/02/2014
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Sikkim, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Toilets, Rural Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)

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