From health to faith, everything at stake for refugees in Greece

Tens of thousands of these migrants now feel trapped in a country that is least equipped to provide care

How to reinvent the sanitation wheel

The city “shit-flow” diagram shows that the situation is grim as all cities either do not treat or safely dispose the bulk of the …

Slums on rent

Dhaka has seen a sharp rise in privately owned slums. Are these a better alternative to 'squatter settlements' common in India?

Better sanitation key to improving children's health: World Bank report

It can help reduce diarrhoea prevalence by 47 per cent among children

Megacities get a Central boost

Taking big business to the trash cans

Stormwater channels

Alitalia apologies to wastepicker but that is not enough

Helping slum-dwellers to help themselves

Involving the community in slum improvement has worked successfully in the Philippines and Mexico. Hidebound bureaucrats in the Third World, who …

Revision of regulation of EIAs for what?

Unrealistic approach killing rural sanitation programme

Water’s value cannot be pegged to its price alone: UN report

The tremendous value of water cannot be confused with the concepts of ‘price’ and ‘cost’, the report said

आम बजट 2021: रोजगार मिलेगा लेकिन जान हथेली पर रखकर करना होगा काम

वित्तमंत्री ने घोषणा की है कि शिप रिसाइकलिंग वर्क से डेढ़ लाख रोजगार मिलेगा, लेकिन आईएलओ के अनुसार दुनिया का यह सबसे खतरनाक रोजगार है

3 in 5 persons at farmer protest sites near Delhi have to defecate in open: Survey

Inadequate provisioning of toilets compromising health, nutrition and hygiene for all protesters, especially women, survey by Jan Swasthya …

पर्यावरण मुकदमों की डायरी: अपशिष्ट प्रबंधन को लेकर वापी नगर पालिका द्वारा एनजीटी को सौंपी गई रिपोर्ट

देश के विभिन्न अदालतों में विचाराधीन पर्यावरण से संबंधित मामलों में क्या कुछ हुआ, यहां पढ़ें-

कानपुर के डंपिंग ग्राउंड में लगी आग, प्रदूषण से हुआ बुरा हाल

कानपुर के भाउपुर में लगभग 25 लाख मीट्रिक टन कूड़े का ढेर पड़ा है, जहां दिवाली की रात से आग लगी है, इस वजह ...

Swachh Bharat Mission: Women take the lead in Himachal Pradesh

The state, with almost 60% of panchayats headed by women, tackled open defection by resolving the water crisis. It was declared open-defecation …

Swachh Bharat Mission: An outstanding achievement, but challenges remain

Including people who still lack toilets, overcoming partial toilet use and retrofitting sustainably unsafe toilets are some of the massive tasks ahead

Swachh Survekshan 2017 results on May 4; government says signs are ‘encouraging’

Besides covering larger number of cities and towns, this year’s survey also gives more importance to citizen feedback  

Why we cannot ignore the poor

One thing is clear—the solutions must work for the poor, for them to work for the rich

For a few dollars more

Developing countries immunised 80 per cent of their children by 1990 and saved millions of lives. But 35,000 children, under five years of age, …

Holy mess

The Supreme Court pulls up the Orissa government for pollution in Puri

New look for seven Indian cities

Left unaddressed

Rehabilitation issue ignored in Kolkata's eviction drive

Sapping structures