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  • A sand depot of the Public Works Department that is responsible for quarrying and trade of the mineral in the state
    by Srikant Chaudhary
  • A sand depot of the Public Works Department that is responsible for quarrying and trade of the mineral in the state
    by Srikant Chaudhary
  • A sand depot of the Public Works Department that is responsible for quarrying and trade of the mineral in the state
    by Srikant Chaudhary
  • A sand depot of the Public Works Department that is responsible for quarrying and trade of the mineral in the state
    by Srikant Chaudhary
  • A sand depot of the Public Works Department that is responsible for quarrying and trade of the mineral in the state
    by Srikant Chaudhary
  • Over 50,000 tonnes of Malaysian sand imported by MRM Ramaiya lies unused at V O Chidambarnar port even as Tamil Nadu struggles to supply sand to its construction sector
    by Srikant Chaudhary
  • JCB machines remove the silt left after the Rs 588-crore dam, constructed under the Kumbharambh Arya Lift Project, inundated the entire village
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • Villagers allege and construction officials, on condition of anonymity, accept that use of sub-standard materials in construction of the dam led to this catastrophe, which caused losses in lakhs.
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • Villagers allege and construction officials, on condition of anonymity, accept that use of sub-standard materials in construction of the dam led to this catastrophe, which caused losses in lakhs.
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • A dam, constructed to supply drinking water to residents of parched Malsisar village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, broke, causing flood in the entire region on march 31. A week later, the villagers are still wading through water...
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • A dam, constructed to supply drinking water to residents of parched Malsisar village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, broke, causing flood in the entire region on march 31. A week later, the villagers are still wading through water...
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • A man keeps things on his terrace to dry after the storage tank of th dam, which contained 4,400 million liters, burst and two-thirds of the water entered houses and shops in the area.
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • by Vikas Choudhary
  • People hold ropes to wade through the water, which was supposed to quench the thirst of residents in 1,473 villages in Khetri and Jhunjhunu districts.
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • A dam, constructed to supply drinking water to residents of parched Malsisar village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, broke, causing flood in the entire region on march 31. A week later, the villagers are still wading through water...
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • A dam, constructed to supply drinking water to residents of parched Malsisar village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, broke, causing flood in the entire region on march 31. A week later, the villagers are still wading through water...
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • Despite the fact that 91 per cent of Gonda's rural population or 70 per cent of the district's total population prefer open defecation, shouldn't changing the practice be the aim rather than building more and more toilets?
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • Despite the fact that 91 per cent of Gonda's rural population or 70 per cent of the district's total population prefer open defecation, shouldn't changing the practice be the aim rather than building more and more toilets?
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • Despite the fact that 91 per cent of Gonda's rural population or 70 per cent of the district's total population prefer open defecation, shouldn't changing the practice be the aim rather than building more and more toilets?
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • Under SBM, only 1.7 per cent toilets were turned functional, which still leaves the district with more than 24,000 dysfunctional toilets.
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • by Vikas Choudhary
  • Drives like'Mission 32' can help Gonda achieve the target on paper, but is providing access to toilets the only check box the administration needs to tick to get the open-defecation free status? Guess not
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • Thousands of toilets are being constructed but without a plan for solid and liquid waste management. Till date, nothing has been spent on formulating a plan, say district officials.
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • After the district headquarter of Gonda was declared the dirtiest city in India by the Swachh Survekshan ranking released on May 4, 2017, the district administration decided to launch 'Mission 32', under which they constructed 32,000 toilets within 120 hours.
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh recently built 32,000 toilets in just 120 hours to meet the target of 100 per cent toilet coverage, but is taking up such ambitious projects the way to solving the problem of open defecation?
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • by Vikas Choudhary
  • The launch of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) saw the rate of toilet construction in Gonda pick up. Around three time more toilets were built in 2014-15 compared to pre-SBM. In 2017-18, it went up to 21 times, but were they being used?
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • According to Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, as on March 26, 2018, the district of Gonda had more than 25,000 dysfunctional toilets.
    by Vikas Choudhary
  • Dumping of mixed waste at Ramyanpatti compost ground in Tirunelveli
    by Srikant Chaudhary
  • Dumping of mixed waste at Ramyanpatti compost ground in Tirunelveli
    by Srikant Chaudhary
  • Dumping of mixed waste at Ramyanpatti compost ground in Tirunelveli
    by Srikant Chaudhary
  • Waste collectors in Balaghat tie a gunny bag behind the truck to segregate plastic waste on a daily basis
    by Srikant Chaudhary