पर्यावरण मुकदमों की डायरी: एनजीटी ने सभी राज्यों में पर्यावरण की बहाली के लिए कार्य योजना तैयार करने का दिया निर्देश
यहां पढ़िए पर्यावरण सम्बन्धी मामलों के विषय में अदालती आदेशों का सार
Many a slip
Can India meet the 2012 deadline to provide safe drinking water to all rural homes?
Muddy Water
पर्यावरण मुकदमों की डायरी: दिल्ली में प्रदूषण रोकने के लिए अवैध ईंट भट्टों को बंद करने का निर्देश
पर्यावरण से संबंधित मामलों में सुनवाई के दौरान क्या कुछ हुआ, यहां पढ़ें-
फरीदाबाद की वेस्टा हाइट्स परियोजना में बार-बार किया गया नियमों का उल्लंघन: एनजीटी
‘Periods don't stop for pandemics, neither should our activism’
Srilekha Chakraborty, the woman behind menstrual health campaign #PeriodsPeCharcha, talks about introducing changes in ways menstrual health is …
Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report
Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift between demand for and supply of water
CHICKEN OUT
पर्यावरण मुकदमों की साप्ताहिक डायरी: इन प्रमुख मामलों की हुई सुनवाई
देश के विभिन्न अदालतों में विचाराधीन पर्यावरण से संबंधित मामलों में बीते सप्ताह क्या कुछ हुआ, यहां पढ़ें –
पर्यावरण मुकदमों की साप्ताहिक डायरी: 13 से 17 जुलाई 2020
Cleansing chronicle
THE SANITARY CITY: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT·Martin V Melosi·John Hopkins University Press·Year&…
Property industry in trouble in Punjab
A look at world urban population
Boom
Problem: Terrain forbids sprawl as in cities in the plains; Status: Alarming population density (people per sq km); Challenge: Policy question is:…
Deaths due to non-communicable diseases increased by 37 per cent since 1990
Kerala, Goa, and Tamil Nadu have the largest share of non-communicable diseases, according to the 2016 India State-level Disease Burden study
In court
No more hospitals
New Age Approach
We need to go back to the drawing board to reinvent a green toilet. If necessary, to go back to our past and find technological innovations that …
Drowning In Human Excreta
Sanitation for urban India means building flush toilets and linking them to sewer systems. But the price of chasing this dream is leading to an …
Mainstreaming co-treatment of faecal sludge for reducing pollution in Ganga
Excreta of 73 per cent of UP’s population is not managed safely. Out of this, 48 per cent is dependent on on-site sanitation systems
Can we save Ganga?
The Ganga is getting political attention. What does it take to clean the river? Down To Earth team travels to the most polluted stretch of the …
New plan, old problem
The proposed Sewerage Master Plan 2031 that promises to end Delhi's drainage troubles underestimates the wastewater volume of the city
India’s sanitation campaign has not improved health of people: study
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan did not help reduce exposure to faecal germs and diseases. Will Swachh Bharat Abhiyan fare any better?
No land for best option: composting
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, does not have a municipal waste-treatment facility. Its only plant to treat solid waste, located …
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