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Bengal plans dolphin parks, Ganga Aarti on Hooghly under Namami Gange pushWest Bengal is set to establish two dolphin parks, including one in Contai. The state will also undertake extensive cleaning of the Hooghly...- BMC announces 10% water supply cut: No water for swimming pools, action against misuse of drinking water and moreMumbai faces a severe water crisis as the BMC slashes supply by 10% to industries, commercial entities, and sports facilities due to critic...
- 'Holistic' preparations underway for Nashik Kumbh Mela but it's a race against time, say authoritiesNashik is gearing up for the Kumbh Mela with massive infrastructure projects and heritage conservation. Authorities are integrating technol...
- Swachh Bharat Mission helped reduce child mortality in India: Arvind VirmaniA NITI Aayog study reveals the significant impact of the Swachh Bharat Mission's toilet construction on reducing child malnutrition and mor...
- Asian Development Bank approves USD 400 million loan to IndiaAccording to a press release by ADB, this initiative is part of a broader strategy to support the Indian government's urban reform agenda, ...
- ADB, Centre sign $200 million loan for expanding urban services in RajasthanThe project will incorporate various innovative and climate-resilient solutions for expanding basic urban services and incorporate nature-b...
- 'Swachh Bharat' good example of how countries can make safe sanitation services accessible: WHOUnder the 'Swachh Bharat' programme, household sanitation coverage increased at a rate of 13 per cent annually between 2016 and 2018, WHO s...
- ET View: Policy focus needed for sewage treatment plantsThe way forward is to proactively augment resources for sewage treatment plants, if need be with public private partnerships.
- SwachhBharat@2: Build smart toilets before smart citiesNow that you are going to build some 10 crore more toilets by 2019, this means you will build some 10 crore more septic tanks.
- IIT-Kanpur adopts villages under Namami GangeTare said IIT-Kanpur is one of the 13 educational institutes directed by the Centre to adopt villages and turn them into role models in san...
- Bill Gates' brilliant poop-water machine just started rolling out in Africa, and it could change the lives of millionsEarlier this year, Bill Gates made headlines for the captivating feat of drinking water that had been raw sewage just five minutes earlier.
- Pilot project to improve sewerage facility gets nodAccording to the government, the pilot project will be first implemented at Aya Nagar which is a village cum unauthorised colony as it does...
- Delhi elections 2015: In Mundka, civic woes are mere poll planksWhile the village consists mostly of Jats and Brahmins, along with other castes, a healthy dose of Muslim population is also present in the...
- PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: It’ll take more than brooms to clean IndiaA look at the jaw-dropping dimensions of the problem makes one wonder whether Modi really has a chance to meet his target to clean up India...
- Centre for Science and Environment insists on river pollution controlNew Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has stated that reinventing the strategy for river pollution control must be on th...
- Firms to help municipal bodies on water, drainage issuesThe Urban Development Ministry is planning to involve private agencies to provide technical support to municipal bodies on issues of mainta...
- Indore, Bhopal pollutes its water resources, heavily dependent on NarmadaIndore is now heavily dependent on the Narmada River (70 km away) for its ware supply. Any break in the pipeline or interruption in power s...
- Indore & Bhopal pollutes its water resources, heavily dependent on NarmadaIndore, the state's commercial capital, once dependent on the Bilawali and Limbodi water tanks, as well as from the Yashwant Sagar dam is n...
- Government funds for sanitation inadequate, private sector should pool inMore people die from inadequate sanitation-related causes in India everyday than 10 aeroplanes filled with 200 people each.
- Can tech trick break Tar Balls?Treated sewage helped clean up oil spill off colaba. Will it work for Juhu?
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