Smart city financing laden with trouble
Allocation of funds is not equitable even as local bodies face difficulties in generating money
Highlights of Sunita Narain’s speech at IDS Conference in UK
According to her, the world cannot succeed in environmental management unless we achieve inclusive economic growth
Mr Modi, how about including garbage in your sanitation deadline?
India is the sixth largest garbage generating country, but has made provision to treat only 12.5 per cent of it
Bringing the basics to a neglected slum
An NGO is helping residents of a Kanpur slum to get amenities like drinking water, latrines and medical care
Violent homecoming
10,000 families from Delhi's Yamuna Pushta slums were 'resettled' in Bawana this March. NIDHI JAMWAL went to meet them
Sewage stink
Many townships in Greater Noida are not connected to the sewage system
What a waste
Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink
A clean miss
The new Swachh Survekshan ranking promotes cities with poor waste management practices
Say no to plastics
Health-watch
Life expectancy in India will be 71 by the year 2025, says the latest World Health Report
Managing wastes
The MEF draws up an ambitious plan for the management of municipal solid wastes
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Besides illegal structures, tourist influx, focus on sanitation systems in Himalayas too: CSE
Most Himalayan towns lack sewerage systems; millions of litres of grey water seeps into the clayey, loamy soil, making landslides inevitable
PM Modi launches Jal Jeevan Mission App on Gandhi Jayanti
In a virtual meeting with members of ‘Paani Samitis’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of the Jal Jeevan Mission
Slurry from toilet biogas systems fetches Gujarat farmers better price
Slurry discharged by toilet-linked biogas plants, when used as manure, improved crop yield, its appearance and hence increased its market price …
After India becomes ODF, Nigeria faces a mounting challenge
The African nation is set to replace India with the largest number of open defecators
Building toilets won’t make India open defecation free: World Bank study
The research analysed attitudes of people in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur, all of whom had toilets in their houses. Almost half were unwilling …
This is what Africa can learn from India's sanitation story
Despite the limitations of the Indian model of sanitation, Africa can draw inspiration from its many positive aspects
Will Africa meet its sanitation target?
African countries, although serious about safe and total sanitation, are likely to miss Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
How these five states in India are making it difficult to meet global SDG commitments
NITI Aayog CEO got it right, almost. Just five states are increasing the global challenge of meeting sustainable development goals
Weak municipalities, governance failure stalling progress of Swachh Bharat: experts
The panelists suggested that the Centre should find ways to reform governance and change attitudes
Uttar Pradesh: drought of solutions to a flood of challenges
Poor health infrastructure, energy poverty and agrarian crisis are jostling each other to garner attention of new government
A first-of-a-kind campaign in Pune creates awareness about sanitary waste segregation
The Red Dot Campaign by SWaCH cooperative is sensitising people about the importance of proper handling and disposal of sanitary waste
Why it's easier for India to get to Mars than to tackle its toilet challenge
For an emerging country like India, it is relatively easier to take part in exploratory missions to Mars than to tackle its sanitation challenge