Safety first!

Taking heed of the conservancy workers demand for safety gear while on field, the Mumbai Civic body has ordered for 40,000 gumboots for its workmen at a cost of र…

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Sanitation club

The recently concluded South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) in New Delhi was marked by the presence and resilience of four young students who formed the School Sanitation Club. Set…

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Green future

Mumbai city’s oldest and largest landfill site is heading for a change of image. The BMC is planning to convert a part of the 127 hectares garbage dump into a…

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Safe drinking water for the rural poor

Eureka Forbes has been collaborating with an NGO for the past one year to supply drinking water in villages with a population of around 1500-2000 people. Fifty water purifying plants have already been put up mainly in Andhra Pradesh. A few are coming up in Rajastan and
around Delhi.

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Scientific landfill site

After Gorai, Deonar and Mulund, Kanjurmarg is now emerging as the site for the next dumping yard for Mumbai. The City’s additional municipal commissioner, in-charge of solid waste management R.A.…

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Trash on wheels

As millions of Mumbaikars pack themselves into trains to get to work every morning, they are accompanied by an equal number of cockroaches, spiders, rats and other pests! Commuters complain…

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