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Delhi's Yamuna-cleaning plan needs reset, not just money: ReportA new analysis suggests a revised strategy for cleaning the Yamuna river in Delhi. The report highlights the need to stop mixing treated an...- SHGs play a vital role in securing a safe water future in India’s hinterlands: Mark Duey, CEO, Water For PeopleThe US-based NGO has been working with India’s SHGs to promote water sustainability across the country, especially in rural areas.
- Rs 8,000 cr spent in 32 years, yet Yamuna’s on death bed. Can it be revived in 3 years?Arvind Kejriwal’s claim that the Yamuna is "poisoned" in Haryana is inaccurate. The river enters Delhi from Haryana relatively healthy but ...
- Swachh Bharat campaign to focus on comprehensive sanitation, waste managementThe government plans to expand the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan efforts on its 10th anniversary. Focus areas include providing toilets for all, ac...
- MoHUA to organise review-cum-workshop to accelerate Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0The ministry said over the last eight years, the Swachh Bharat Mission has revolutionised sanitation in urban India by building nearly 70 l...
- NGT directs Telangana govt to pay Rs 3,800 crore for improper waste managementProviding clean air, water, hygiene and environment have to be the top priorities for good governance, the bench said, adding that the stat...
- NGT imposes environmental compensation of over Rs 2,000 crore on PunjabNew Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed an environmental compensation of over Rs 2,000 crore on...
- NGT slaps penalty of 12,000 crores on Maharashtra for violation of environmental norms in stateThe bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel while passing the direction said that award of above compensation had become necessary under section...
- 50 lakh household toilets to be built this fiscal under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) phase 2Union Jal Shakti ministry Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said for 2021-22, as part of the approved Annual Implementation Plan, Swachh Bharat Miss...
- Govt allocates Rs 40,700 crore for waste management in 2 lakh villages under Swacch Bharat Mission"The Ministry of Jal Shakti under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) Phase 2 is poised to support over two lakh villages achieve solid a...
- FM announces Rs 1.4 lakh crore for Swachch Bharat 2.0In her Budget speech on Monday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman dubbed the initiative 'Urban Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0'.
- Swachch Bharat Mission 2.0 scaled down by Rs 63,869 crore by the urban development ministryThe first phase involved construction of individual household toilets and community toilets to make cities open defecation free (ODF) and i...
- Private players welcome to help bring technology to sanitation sector, says NITI Aayog CEO"Government acknowledges the private sector as a key stakeholder in this sector. Private sector is brimming with entrepreneurial activities...
- Government to introduce bill to make law banning manual scavenging more stringentThe bill proposes to make the law banning manual scavenging more stringent by increasing the imprisonment term and the fine amount, the off...
- ‘Non-ODF areas 13 times more prone to ground water pollution’Villages where people still defecate in open face nearly 13 times higher risk of faecal contamination of ground water as compared to open d...
- Include safe sanitation issues in poll manifestos: ASCIAhead of the polls, ASCI has come out with several suggestions under 'Right to Safe Sanitation for All and At All Times'.
- Water supply, faecal sludge management should be integrated with Swachh Bharat: ReportApart from the need for holistic approach encompassing faecal sludge management, water supply needs to be integrated with the Swachh Bharat...
- Would mindlessly building toilets lead to an environmental harakiri?Over four lakh individual household toilets have been constructed in urban India since SBM was launched.
- Knowledge sharing essential for sustainable water solutions"New technology and knowledge-sharing are essential to ensure that urban communities learn from each other and come up with solutions that ...
- Can Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) propel India out of the sanitation shame?The Joint Monitoring Programme, assessing the water and sanitation status globally, reveals that about fifty percent of open defecators of ...
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