As the island city of Mumbai came to a standstill on Tuesday due to a heavy rainfall, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation deployed 28,000 workers who worked...
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha together account for a massive 60 per cent of the people in India who still opt to defecate in the...
A petition alleges that that chemical waste, e-waste, and medical waste transported from Kerala is illegally dumped in the border district in Tamil Nadu causing pollution
Underlining grim facts about the sanitation levels in states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, Param Iyer, Secretary in the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation said...
Around 120 residents of Karnataka’s Belagavi District participated in the massive cycle rally held on National Sports Day to spread awareness about Swachh Bharat Abhiyan through...
August 29 in Mumbai was the wettest day in the city in 20 years after rain paralysed the city with severe floods and waterlogging, people took...
Nearly 20,000 of Bengaluru’s civic workers have not received their due wages for the past three months and allege that the contractors have been withholding their...
An association of waste pickers together with volunteers will man 16 ghats to prevent people from indiscriminately discarding waste during idol immersion
Gone are the days of drab looking public service messages, ‘Say No To Open Defecation’, ‘Stop Littering’, today across India, cities are adopting creative, witty ways...
Every household in Leh district has dry composting toilet which processes human waste on the spot and turns it into manure 15-20 days
Nearly 200 private schools in Nizamabad have been identified as having inadequate sanitation facilities for its students, prompting the municipal corporation to bring together all such...
After two children drowned in a pond with industrial effluents at Saeedpur village, the Union Environment Ministry has asked the Central Pollution Control Board to issue...
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...
