Contaminated water killed 13,000 in last four years
Uttar Pradesh had maximum 3,382 deaths followed by West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha...
Contaminated water killed 13,000 in last four years
Uttar Pradesh had maximum 3,382 deaths followed by West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha...
India's rural sanitation programme- Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was started in 1999, with a goal of eradicating open defecation. Renamed to Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) in April 2012, the focus and approach of this programme was supposed to undergo a paradigm shift. Rather than emphasizing only on the construction of toilets, it was to emphasize on changing cultural norms to reduce and...
Abolish manual scavenging: SC
The Court said entering sewer lines without safety gears should be made a crime and that safai karamchari women should be provided...
Manipur villagers spend Rs 400 per month on drinking water
79% people living in villages of the four valley districts in Manipur use raw water from ponds, rivers and canals, says the Village Development Profile published by the...
MoEF revalidates POSCO's clearance
Environment ministry revalidates environmental clearance of POSCO's steel project in Odisha, though a major hurdle of National Green Tribunal's decision on the project, lies ahead.
Finally Vedanta gets defeated...
