Panchkula’s existing landfill site is an exhausted dump yard of unsegregated dry and wet waste, while the newly proposed one may bring the garbage crisis closer...
The danger India’s rivers face today due to pollution was a major topic of discussion at the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India Cleanathon, where experts discussed and...
Though manual scavenging is banned, over 1,400 people have died since 2013, the year the law to abolish manual scavenging was enacted
Lakhs of visitors and its timeless beauty notwithstanding, Udaipur’s Pichola lake is gradually falling prey to pollution for disposal of untreated sewage
West Bengal has made considerable progress to take its rural sanitation coverage to 90.98 per cent and may successfully meet its internal deadline of going completely...
The Dal Lake is battling waste disposal, deposition of pollutants and depleting water quality to hold on to its existence
The twin lakes of Bhopal, of which the Upper lake is a major drinking water supplier for the city, are dealing with problems of urban encroachment...
Northeastern states of India have progressed slowly but steadily in improving rural sanitation coverage in three years since the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan began, but urban sanitation...
Once the famed land of five rivers, Punjab today is struggling with pollution across all its major rivers as industrial effluents is disposed without checks and...
Both Odisha and Chhattisgarh have been instrumental in disposing all types of waste into the Mahanadi, resulting in the river becoming a polluted mess moving towards...
Flowing through more than seven states, Godavari has been at the receiving end of industrial and domestic waste disposal, resulting in the river’s high pollution levels
Bihar’s sanitation coverage of 32.35 per cent is the lowest among all Indian states and the state must step quickly if it is to meet the...
Rajasthan’s rural sanitation coverage stands at over 85 per cent and 11 out of its 33 cities are open defecation free, but allegations of coercion in...
Brahmaputra in Assam is dealing with oil pollution, lack of sewage treatment plants and disposal of waste in the river, resulting in its gradual decay and...
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
