Sanitation

Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district bagged the Prime Minister's award for large-scale construction of school toilets under the Swachh Vidyalaya

The latest edition of the Swachhta Status Report brought out by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has revealed that the

Due to increased instances of open defecation in urban slums, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has urged the 

Guwahati’s permanent freshwater lake, the Deepor Beel, home to both resident and migratory birds is now harbouring an unwelcome tenant – Municipal garb

In recent years, especially after the launch of major programmes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, sanitation has become a hotly debated topic in India. Crores of rupees have gone into building toilets but they remain unused, villages that were declared open defecation free (ODF) are unable to sustain that, and sewage treatment continues to be a big challenge.

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests in its latest edition of the Plastic Waste Management Rules has made it mandatory for local bodies to

Acknowledging that a massive behaviour change is needed to transform the city’s solid waste management scene, the Greater Chennai Corporation has embarked on a mission to

Residents were in for a huge shock last week when they witnessed thousands of fish turning up dead in Bengaluru’s Ulsoor Lake.