Sanitation

Jorhat, Sept. 5: Birbal, one of the nine jewels of Emperor Akbar’s court, had famously said that being able to answer nature’s call was the greatest bliss on earth. The Jorhat Municipal Board is out to ensure the same relief for people out on the streets with its plan to construct four modern public paid toilets in two different areas of the town.

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New Delhi: The U.S. Army has shown interest in replicating the low-cost Sulabh public toilet system in Afghanistan. It plans to construct 40 public toilet complexes linked with biogas digester application — a low cost toilet model designed and developed by the Sulabh International, founder of the NGO Bindeshwar Pathak said on Sunday. In a communication to the Sulabh International, Edward T.

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SAMBALPUR: The State Government’s push to get all children between the age of six and 14 into school is yielding mixed results: Overall enrolment has indeed increased, but girls here are not deriving their fair share of benefits. Lack of toilets in primary and upper primary schools under Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) has been reflecting on the enrolment and drop-out rate of girl students in the di

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It’s a goof-up that had a rather long life — 10 years almost. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been charging the same tax twice from many of the city’s residents. It collects the sewerage tax along with the assessment tax (property tax). The same tax is again levied along with water bills. But for a query under the RTI Act, it would have continued unnoticed.

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Ranchi, Aug.

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ANGUL: Waste spilling onto the road along the canal in the town continues to be an eyesore. The problem persists despite the fact that the municipality has been allotted five acres at Kusasinnga for dumping garbage. It has also availed of the sanctioned ` 11 lakh in March last. However, there has been no headway in the tender floated by the municipality for the boundary wall.

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Green drive to take time, says official - NCP to plant 2000 saplings on Purno birthday; Manipur’s Rs 50-lakh scheme seeks people’s support Imphal, Aug.

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By Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Aug 29: With no respite from the diarrhoea epidemic in the mountainous and vast Doda district mainly caused by contaminated water, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry is deputing its team to the district tomorrow to inspect water resources and suggest corrective measures to tackle the epidemic and prevent its recurrence in the future. Authoritative sources told

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SRINAGAR, Aug 29: The Governor, N. N. Vohra, today visited the holy cave of Shri Amarnathji and the camps at Panjtarni, Sheshnag, Baltal and Domel to review the status of the ongoing special sanitation drive being carried out under his directions.

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Charanjit Ahuja Chandigarh: The Himachal Pradesh government has been able to cover 78% of its rural population under rural employment guarantee scheme. Sources in the rural development department told FE “the rural department has earmarked Rs 909 crore during the 2010-11 fiscal to cover another 4.5 lakh families under the scheme.

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