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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 ...
- Maha Kumbh: Ganga water at Triveni Sangam unsafe due to high BOD levels, reveals Govt dataThe Ganga water at Triveni Sangam during the ongoing Maha Kumbh has been deemed unsafe for bathing due to high levels of biological oxygen ...
- 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...
- Shocking! Did you know Bill Gates once sniffed latrine pit odour & drank water from faecal sludge?The billionaire wrote extensively on the sanitation problems we are facing today.
- 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...
- Budget focus: Mission clean air, drinking water, sanitationTo tackle the ‘burgeoning problem of air pollution’, the Centre has set aside Rs 2,217 crores for 42 urban centres with a million-plus popu...
- 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...
- Government launches 'Swachh Survekshan 2021'; states also to be rankedAccording to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, state ranking will also be announced under the survey, to be measured based on their f...
- 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'.
- 2018 goals: Ashok Hinduja, Naina Lal Kidwai want to be more than just healthier, wealthier & wiserHere is what business and sports personalities want to accomplish in the new year.
- 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 ...
- 80% of India’s surface water may be polluted, report by international body saysEven as India is making headlines with its rising air pollution levels, the water in the country may not be any better.
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