Over 25,000 rickshaw pullers, 41% and 15% of whom afflicted with Tuberculosis/STDs and AIDS/HIV+ respectively, are communicating diseases to those who commute in the carts regularly, posing major urban sanitation…
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) opens its first of four garbage collection stations at Kalighat Park, allowing the city to take a step forward towards becoming a vat-free metropolis. Senior State…
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will be the country’s first to build two-storey public toilets across the city. While the ground floor is meant for ladies, the first floor will…
There are various ‘Sustainability’ issues concerning waste management in India. Most projects started with good intention by the urban bodies failed to take off. R. A. Rajeev, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, discusses the need for right financial model for such projects.
Kam-Avida has tied up with German company Rico, manufacturers of special cameras for studying sewer lines. It has introduced a new system ‘Conditional Assessment Services’ to detect cracks or breaks…