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River Yamuna- Dying by default or by design: A public lecture on river Yamuna

Source: Peace Institute Charitable Trust

This presentation is part of a lecture organised by Toxics Link as part of the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan and held at the India International centre in September 2007. It aims to inform, enlighten and suggest solutions to bring back the river Yamuna to a healthy and resilient state. slide showing factories on the banks of the Yamuna

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delhi, , India
Latitude: 28.635308, Longitude: 77.224960

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Norms and standards of municipal basic services in India: Report by the National Institute of Urban Affairs

Studies indicate that the levels of infrastructure services available in urban regions in India are improving, however their quality is still debatable. This paper uses secondary data available from various government report to review the norms and standards for the following basic services

  • Water supply
  • Sewereage
  • Solid waste management
  • Primary education
  • Preventive health care

In addition resource gaps and measures to bridge these gaps are also examined.Read More

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Standing Committee on Rural Development - Eight report - Ministry of Rural Development (2009-2010)

This report by the Ministry of Rural Development is divided into the following sections:

Chapter I: Introduction

Chapter II:Status of implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee

Chapter III: General AnalysisRead More

  • Expenditure by the Department of Drinking Water Supply from 2007-08
  • Share of the budgetary allocation of the Department to the GDP
  • Non-plan expenditure
  • Performance during the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12)
  • Preparedness for Twelfth (2012-17) Plan
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Use of ICT for effective urban governance and service delivery in India - A selection of cases - ASCI and CISCO

This compendium published by Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and CISCO presents selective cases on the use of ICT for effective urban governance and service delivery in India. The document includes the following chapters/sections:Read More

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Integrated approach to solid waste management in Pune city – A working paper in MPRA

This paper by Sanjay Rode, Mumbai University in Munich Personal RePEc Archive presents an integrated approach to solid waste management for the city of Pune. Solid waste is increasing in the city due to growth of population, urbanization, higher per capita income and standard of living, changing lifestyle and food habits.

The first section of the paper explains about the structure of the solid waste in the city. The solid waste according to its constituents is presented in the second section. The third section of the paper explains about the regression result. The last section deals with the policy implication and conclusion.

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Pune, MM, India
Latitude: 18.520430, Longitude: 73.856744

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Wetlands conservation and sustainable management in the Nilgiris - Final project report and local management plan by Keystone Foundation

This document presents the final report of the Keystone Foundation’s Small Wetlands Programme of IUCN-The Netherlands Committee supported initiative on hill wetlands in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve. The area is located at the junction of the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats, or Sahyadris, the two prominent mountain ranges that run almost parallel to the coastlines of Peninsular India and is home to indigenous forest people and is a rare repository of mountain biodiversity.

The Nilgiris is home to unique wetlands that are the source of sustenance of numerous animals and human communities. Wetlands are among the more important reservoirs of biodiversity that nature has painstakingly crafted over millions of years.

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Nilgiris, TN, India
Latitude: 11.491604, Longitude: 76.733652

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Privatisation - A formula for provision or perversion of Municipal Solid Waste Management?

MSWMThis paper by Brooks Anderson of Clear Impression Documentation Services reviews the history, theory and outcomes of public service privatisation in order to weigh its merit and foresee the impact privatisation is likely to have on municipal solid waste management (MSWM) and thereby upon public welfare in India.

In 2000, in response to a Supreme Court order, the Government of India formulated and enacted the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules (hereafter referred to as the Rules) to mitigate a burgeoning solid waste crisis. Pollution from haphazard municipal solid waste disposal was gravely jeopardizing public health, thereby undermining the nation’s development gains.

The Rules’ prime objective was to protect public health and the environment by minimizing disposal of waste in landfills, thereby aligning the government’s municipal waste management policy with its commitments to international treaties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, control the production of persistent organic pollutants, conserve finite resources, and achieve broad development targets.

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Chennai, TN, India
Latitude: 13.060422, Longitude: 80.249583

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Survey of recent sanitation achievement in Himachal Pradesh - A study by Institute of Development Studies

Himachal PradeshThis report of a study commissioned by the Institute of Development Studies on the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) site presents the findings of the survey that was conducted in Himachal Pradesh to assess the progress made by the state in rural sanitation, in the context of the sanitation revolution, which is said to have occurred in the state of Himachal Pradesh in the last few years. 

Himachal Pradesh has a population of about 6.9 million and is over 90% rural. It has a relatively good record on human development indicators and access to public services. However, it showed a dismal awareness on the sanitation front till a few years ago.For example, in 2004, household toilet coverage in rural areas of Himachal Pradesh was estimated at about 28%. In early 2005, the Government of Himachal Pradesh adopted a new strategy to secure better rural sanitation results, which included:Read More

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Monitoring systems for incentive programmes - Learning from large scale rural sanitation initiatives in India - A report by WSP

ODFThis document by the Water and Sanitation Programme includes a guidance note that describes two monitoring systems operational in India for verification of ODF status of a local government.

The first is the verification system for the national award or NGP model, and the second is the state sanitation award model. This note explains the process followed (preverification, during verification and post-verification), results achieved, and lessons learnt.Read More

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Solid waste management initiatives in small towns - Lessons and implications - A WSP report

SWMThis report by the Water and Sanitation Programme describes the efforts undertaken by three small towns in West Bengal, Goa and Andhra Pradesh at solid waste management, which were developed and launched through urban local bodies and which transformed service levels and helped improve compliance with the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, in a context where the state of MSW services in most of the Indian towns has been far from satisfactory. 

Since 1842, with the passing of the first Municipal Act, the responsibility for municipal solid waste (MSW) management in India has been with urban local bodies (ULBs). This was further reiterated under the 74th Constitutional Amendment of 1992. In 1995, a plague in Surat brought the criticality of this function back into focus and led to a series of reform measures in the sector since then. Read More

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