Overhauling Sanitation
The Salem Corporation Commissioner has sprung a surprise by overhauling the entire sanitary wing of the civic body’s health department. He transferred a majority of low and middle level workers…
The Salem Corporation Commissioner has sprung a surprise by overhauling the entire sanitary wing of the civic body’s health department. He transferred a majority of low and middle level workers…
Visakhapatnam or Vizag, the second biggest city in Andhra Pradesh,is the first in the country to have taken e-governance initiatives in early 2000. Today, many municipalities in India have replicated Visakhapatnam’s e-governance model. Not just e-governance but its overall performance in environmental sustainability has helped the Corporation bag the prestigious Euro India’s Environmentally Sustainable Cities Award (ESCA) in 2011. These days Greater Vishakapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is busy with another ambitious project that involves segregation of garbage at source. Municipal Commissioner B Ramanjaneyulu explains to CIJ, GVMC’s solid waste management project and the Corporation’s efforts in making a ‘bin-less’ city.
Municipal Commissioner G. Ravibabu, Vijayawada has instructed the officers concerned to prepare a plan for the removal of municipal solid waste as per the rules. Several unique problems and implementation…
An integrated sanitation plan to combat dengue has been chalked out for implementation in all panchayats, town panchayats and municipalities of Nagapattinam district. The measures include mass cleanliness drive, tyre…
A random verification of nine houses in remote Juramunda village under Boudh district, Odisha, showed payments were made to executing agencies for constructing toilets under Total Sanitation Campaign programme. But…
The sanitation department has been given strict instructions to ensure that Noida turns spotlessly clean. The health department has started a campaign to make Noida less susceptible to the outbreak…
The sight of overflowing garbage bins is no more an issue with Panaji, capital of Goa, which started a ‘bin-less city’ campaign almost a decade ago. This is just one…
Frequent and effective cleaning is the key to achieve a healthy restroom environment in a school. Clean India Journal picks up the issue with a couple of schools…
The European Union (EU) has approved a Rs 7-crore city sanitation project for Shimla along with capacity building and awareness in four other municipalities in Himachal Pradesh. The project will…
Ranchi University (RU) has finally woken up to the stinking reality of poor sanitation facilities across its campuses. After years of neglect, the varsity has decided to upgrade toilets at…