Industry

 Review of film 'Wasted'

Film>> Wasted Swecha Productions directed by Anshul Uniyal and Vimalendu Jha 16 minutes Wasted captures the journey of waste from an apartment in Vasant Kunj, a neighbourhood locality in south

Publication Date: 
30/07/2007
Bharat Lal Seth
Down to Earth
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20070731
0
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Rag Pickers, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Cinema, Delhi
India

 Scrap godown fire in Ghaziabad kills one

on march 9, 2007, a fire in a scrap godown in an unauthorised colony in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (up), killed a young boy and left many injured. The cause of fire is still unknown. The godown is

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Shailesh Kumar
Down to Earth
Tags:
Nagarpalikas, Urban Sanitation, Plastics, Waste Disposal, Hazardous Products, Hazardous Industry, Supreme Court, India, Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad (D), Toxic Wastes
Solid Waste

Willingness of the poor to pay for improved access to solid waste collection and disposal services

This study uses a contingent valuation method and multiple linear regression techniques to determine the factors that could affect the willingness to pay for solid waste collection and disposal services of householders residing in the squatter and low-cost flats in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2007
Mohammad Wahid Murad, Mohammad Abdur Raquib, Chamhuri Siwar
Journal of Environment & Development
16
1
84
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Poverty, Malaysia
Solid Waste

Managing solid waste in Delhi: A critical appraisal of the role of municipal bodies

Delhi generates about 8000 tonnes of solid waste per day and municipal bodies are able to collect only about 60 percent of the generated waste. Quantity of collection of solid waste has increased overtime, but the rate of increase has not been consistent.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2007
Bikramaditya Kumar Choudhary
National Geographical Journal of India
53
1
73
Tags:
Nagarpalikas, Urban Sanitation, Solid Waste, Waste Management, India, Delhi, Statistics
India

 Urban renewal: more talk, less infrastructure

on january 25, 2007, the Union government approved 22 more urban development projects in 11 cities across the country. The Union ministry of urban development (moud) approved Rs 795 crore under the

Publication Date: 
27/02/2007
S V Suresh Babu
Down to Earth
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Urban Sanitation, Finance, Government Of India (GOI), India
Industry

 Excreta's economy: a true experience

Every society must understand how the excreta it produces is managed. It teaches us many things about water, about waste, about technologies to clean, economics and politics: of who is subsidised to defecate in our societies. But, most importantly, it teaches us humility. We know so little about our own world.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2007
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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18
Tags:
Water Pollution Control, River Pollution, Yamuna, Sewage Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Drainage, Urban Sanitation, India, Delhi
Air Pollution

 Waste dumpsites choke Chennai

a recent report on the ambient air quality around Chennai's Kodungaiyar waste dumpsite has sent out a strong health warning to over 100,000 residents living in its vicinity. Everyday, the Corporation

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Urban Air Quality, Respiratory Diseases, Nagarpalikas, Urban Sanitation, Plastics, Landfill, NGO, Chennai (D)
Water Supply

Punjab urban water and sanitation policy 2007

The Punjab Urban Water and Sanitation Policy of the Government of the Punjab is intended to guide and support provincial institutions, District Governments, Tehsil Municipal Administrations, Water Utilities and communities for improving water and sanitation services.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Government of Punjab
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Punjab
Poverty

 Creation of Greater Bangalore will strain the city's resources

karnataka's decade-old plan for creating a Greater Bangalore entity has finally got a fillip with the state government's recent go-ahead for the merger of seven city municipal councils (cmcs), one

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Nagarpalikas, Urban Sanitation, Political Decentralisation, Karnataka, Bangalore (D)
India

 Revision of regulation of EIAs for what?

the Union ministry for environment and forests has recently amended its draft notification putting in place a new regime that will govern environment impact assessments (eias), (see

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Air Transport, Urban Sanitation, Rag Pickers, NGO, Brazil, India, Delhi

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