Haryana Chief Secretary, TVSN Prasad has said that the State Government has decided to implement Swachhata Green Leaf Rating System in the State on voluntary basis to sensitize the hospitali… Read More
PHE full form Public Health Engineering is a field that focuses on the provision of clean water supply, sanitation services, and waste management to comm… Read More
Secretary, Rural Development Department (RDD) and Panchayati Raj, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary on Tuesday visited Pulwama to assess the progress of door-to-door waste collection, Plastic Waste… Read More
Septic tanks are safe systems for the storage and subsequent disposal of faecal waste. Through a simple process of decantation and sedimentation, the solids present in wastewater are elimina… Read More
Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) or Faecal Sludge Management, a term often understated, plays a pivotal role in ensuring sustainable sanitation in urban and rural areas. This comprehensive guid… Read More
A one-day capacity building workshop on Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) was today inaugurated by Anoo Malhotra, Director General Rural Sanitation, J&K in presence of Director Rural Develo… Read More
Director General (DG) Rural Sanitation Jammu and Kashmir, Anu Malhotra today conducted an extensive tour of Keller Shopian, to assess the condition of Swachh Bharat Mission in the district… Read More
Director General (DG) Rural Sanitation, Anoo Malhotra Tuesday undertook a comprehensive visit to district Budgam to assess the functionality of Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) assets.Th… Read More
The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation had organised a National Conference on Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission -Grameen (G) on 16-17th February 2024 in Lucknow, Uttar Pr… Read More
Commissioner Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), Mandeep Kaur, today conducted an extensive tour of Jammu city and inspected ongoing works under Jammu Smart City… Read More
The Indian government, in a bid to elevate hygiene and sanitation standards within the hospitality sector, introduced the Swachhata Green Leaf Rating system.
Despite its potential to revo… Read More
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, in association with Thales, announces the launch of the fourth edition of the Carbon Zero Challenge (CZC 4.0), an all-India Eco-Innovation and En… Read More
Context: Indore and Surat were named the joint winners of the cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023.
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Job title: International Consultant for the Development of Climate-Resilient Faecal Sludge Management Strategy and Operative Guidelines for Bauchi State (Remote-5 months)Company: UnicefJob d… Read More
The National Green Tribunal directed the concerned States/Authorities to file fresh report with clear indication as to how many drains have been totally trapped and number of remaining drai… Read More
Uttar Pradesh has achieved yet another major milestone under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase II with all 95, 767 villages in the State i.e., 100% villages achieving ODF P… Read More
There has been a strong focus on improving the sanitation situation in the last decade in India due to the Government of India (GOI)’s flagship program called Swachh Bharat Mission. In… Read More
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) asked the Commissioner of Varanasi Municipal Corporation and the District Panchayat Raj Officer of Chandauli regarding measures taken by them to reduce po… Read More
NA EMMANUEL MBATILO, DAR ES SALAAM
Mamlaka ya Majisafi na Usafi wa Mazingira Dar es Salaam (DAWASA) limeanza na zoezi la kawaida la usajili wa watoa huduma binafsi na utoaji vibali vya uen… Read More
Under the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) half of the total villages in the country i.e., 50% villages have achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus status under phase II of the Mission… Read More
The introduction of Used Water Management (UWM) as a newly funded component for towns with less than 1 lakh population, has led to a paradigm shift in urban sanitation. Focusing on accelerat… Read More
Swachhotsav: Campaign for over 400,000 women entrepreneurs taking up leadership in urban sanitation
1000 Cities targeted to become 3-Star Garbage Free by October 2024” said Sh. Hard… Read More
“I used to accompany my father (a sanitation worker) to learn sanitation work at the municipality. He passed away when I was eight, and I had to join sanitation work to support my fami… Read More
Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, wife of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state, says the state generates 2.2 million cubic meters of untreated domestic wastewater daily. She made th… Read More
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New Delhi [India], December 27 (AF): The Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved projects worth around Rs 2,700 cror… Read More
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has won three National awards in the prestigious Annual India Sanitation Coalition (ISC)-FICCI Sanitation Awards 2022 which were declared Wednesday at the awards function… Read More
Abstract: The world is in the throes of a sanitation crisis today with massive amounts of faecal sludge and wastewater from homes, commercial establishments and industries being discharged i… Read More
Aamir Ali on playing a disgruntled and disillusioned journalist in ‘Life Navrangi'(Photo Credit–Instagram/Still From Show)Popular actor Aamir Ali is seen playing the role of a yo… Read More
JS Water Energy Life, a Delhi-based venture, has recently set up a unique Bio Sewage Treatment Plant (Bio-STP) at the Delhi Golf Club, which costs just one-third of a conventional STP. As pe… Read More
Unit-IX People, Development and EnvironmentChapter 5 : Solid Liquid Wastes and Disaster ManagementWhat is Solid and Liquid Waste?Solid and Liquid wastes are produced by both animal and house… Read More
Sunshine AyurvedaFasting – Ayurvedic approach to detoxification
We’ve seen that Ayurveda focuses more on food intake and how it is utilized in the body, and finally, the way wast… Read More
A single-plane sewer blockage pipe runs underneath from the residence to the roadway in residences with sanitary sewer connections. A blocked public sewage drain grate may, at the very best… Read More
This Bangalore based social startup’s transformative innovation can put a stop to manual scavenging and empower the marginalised communities.
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