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Panchayat secretaries will take it up from today Taking a step towards eradication of open defecation in the State by 2015, the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) is undertaking a baseline survey on the sanitation status in villages in the district.
THE National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to make certain it uploads on its website all orders on granting environment clearances within seven days of approval, enabling public to be aware of such orders and raise appropriate objections timely. The tribunal, led by Justice Swatanter Kumar, reminded the ministry that it was not just an administrative duty but a "statutory obligation of the MoEF" to put such orders in the public domain so that people are made sentient of the approvals as well as conditions and safeguards to be followed by the project proponent i.e the entity receiving the clearance".
As many as 50 people fell ill after drinking contaminated water at Arahunasi village in Ron taluk on Sunday. People who drank water in the village complained of diarrhoea and a few among them were admitted to a nearby private hospital. The rest were admitted at Dr Bhimsen Joshi Government Hospital at Ron. Two of the victims were shifted to a hospital in Gadag. Though Arahunasi falls under Mallapura Gram Panchayat and has four Gram Panchayat members representing the village, cleanliness has taken a backseat.
This study examines the impact of mandated reservations for female sarpanch (elected heads of gram panchayats) on perceptions of service delivery and women's democratic participation. Using survey data
The Tamilaga Vivsayigal and Thozhilalargal Munnetra Iyakkam has appealed to the State government to ban sand quarrying totally between June and January and during the monsoon seasons. During other periods, only dry sand should be quarried, that too only through local panchayats, it pleaded. In a statement, Marudur M. Shanmugham, founder of the farmer association, said it was because of indiscriminate sand quarrying that the Cauvery had virtually been ravaged.
A comprehensive drinking water project with international standards will be implemented for Ottappalm Assembly constituency, M. Hamsa, MLA, has said. He was addressing a seminar on formulating a development master plan for Ottappalam constituency at Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) on Monday. “Under the project, the purity of water will be tested every two hours. The project will be implemented before 2016,” he said.
Residents to get 20-litre cans at Rs. 12; novel project to boost local body’s income Amidst the growing popularity of packaged drinking water, Mudichur panchayat near Tambaram has ventured into a novel project of supplying purified water in 20-litre cans at a subsidised price to its residents. The panchayat will soon begin distributing water that has been purified in a reverse osmosis plant and packaged in 20-litre cans. The cans will be supplied at Rs. 12 against the retail price of a maximum of Rs. 30.
Presenting the budget for 2013-14, Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Wednesday announced a slew of welfare measures: health insurance for migrants, hike in daily wages, VAT exemption
With the increased contamination of drinking water affecting the health of rural people, the government has initiated steps to test the quality of water at all the villages. Though the task was gigantic to check quality of water with limited number of employees from various departments concerned, the government is using the services of Asha volunteers and Anganwadi workers of respective areas to check quality of water supplied to the rural people. As part of providing quality water, the Rural Water Supply(RWS)) department is conducting training programmes to the Asha volunteers and Anganwadi workers over testing drinking water samples.
In an unprecedented drive against plastic waste disposal at Chinchinim village, local citizens, youth, clubs, maritime institutions and the local panchayat body joined hands to clear the village roadsides of the tons of plastic waste on Sunday. The entire road from Assolna bridge to Orlim bridge and right up to Digafond near Francon’s maritime academy was cleared of plastic waste disposed off by unscrupulous elements.
