To encourage menstrual hygiene practices and use of sanitary pads during periods among students, the district administration is installing sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators in schools ...
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Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
As per plea filed, the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation was dumping muck directly in Uttarakhand’s Bhagirathi river during road construction ...
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The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), with the help of the Forest Research Institute, has identified an area of 134,000 hectares, in which plantation is to be done which will help recharge the groundwater which ultimately recharges the river through small tributaries ...
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With all the urban and rural areas in Uttarakhand Open Defecation Free (ODF), the state is now moving towards its next swachhta goal of ODF Plus that aims at improving solid and liquid waste management ...
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In a review meeting, Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari informed that the ongoing projects will create 82 Million Litres per Day (MLD) capacity, so, after completion of these projects, the city will have a treatment capacity of 127 MLD ...
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Post the Yoga Day celebrations at dehradun’s forest research institute ground, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, four students clean up the garbage left behind on the grounds after the event ...
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A steady inflow of tourists had increased plastic pollution levels in Pangot before locals came together and worked towards reducing plastic pollution ...
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The scheme will see low-cost sanitary pads available at Anganwadi centres in four districts in the state ...
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Rural areas of Uttarakhand became open defecation free last year and the urban areas are also close to achieving the 100 percent sanitation objective ...
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The shrines of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath are known for being strewn with waste due to poor waste mnagement of local authorities ...
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