Feb 2, 2012: The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) under its ‘Kishori’ project is all set to prepare young girls to face the physical changes that will take place in them while attaining puberty.

This year, SSA of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat will be a role model in the State with its novel project of distributing sanitary napkins free of cost to 10,250 students studying in classes 7 and 8.

Development activists, local government representatives and government officials Thursday underscored the need for increased allocation in the national budget and greater participation of local people to ensure access to pure drinking water and sanitation to 3.7 million people in coastal areas.

Nara (Hamirpur), January 17, 2012: Chief Minister PK Dhumal said Rs 57.88 crore were being spent on various drinking water and irrigation schemes in Hamirpur district during the current financial year.

Dimapur, Jan 24, 2012: A capacity building training for Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) committee members of 12 villages under Dimapur district was held in the office premises of the Executive Engineer (EE) PHED (Rural) division, Dimapur today.

Bangalore, Jan 23, 2012: The High Court of Karnataka on Monday gave a dressing down to the chairpersons of Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board on their failure to implement its orders to prevent manual scavenging in the State.

“Let the officials and chairmen get down into the sewerage pits and experience the plight themselves. We will forget contempt proceedings against them,” Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen remarked during the hearing of petition by People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL).

Indore, Jan 21, 2012: The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), in a bid to improve sanitation in the slum areas, will be constructing 34 public toilets in the slum settlements. Roughly 30% of the city lives in slums and the city ranks 61st in the sanitation list among Indian cities.

Mayor Krishna Murari Moghe said that construction of a unit will cost Rs 18 lakh, and HUDCO has agreed for a grant of Rs 15 lakh each unit. The remaining amount of Rs 3 lakh per unit will be born by the civic body.

Thiruvanthapuram, Jan 19, 2012: All steps should be taken to ensure clean drinking water and proper sanitation, said CM. He was inaugurating the second phase of Jalanidhi at Kadaplamattom near Pala.
Scarcity of clean drinking water prevails in the state. Lot of infectious diseases is now spreading in the state, mainly due to the unhygienic practices followed by the people.

Jalanidhi is a rural water supply and sanitation project, with the cooperation of local bodies, NGOs, Panchayathi Raj Institutions and people’s committees.

New Delhi, Jan 18, 2012: Presenting the Municipal Corporation of Delhi budget for the year 2012-13 at a special meeting of the Standing Committee on Tuesday, Chairman Yogender Chandolia announced a fund of Rs. 544 crore to be spent on local development by the councillors in the coming fiscal, besides increasing the amount allotted for old age pension and development of rural areas.

Because of pressing health problems related to hygiene and sanitation, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is spearheading a transformation drive in remote barangays where cases are high. The national program will be carried out in the provinces of Cagayan, Catanduanes, Kalinga and Ilocos Norte.

New Delhi, Jan 17, 2011: In a new model of providing affordable healthcare and sanitation facilities, Sulabh International will introduce toilet complexes with attached healthcare centres in the capital, the NGOs founder Bindeshwar Pathak said here on Monday. "Sanitation has also been our prime goal. After seeing the pilot project project of healthcare centre with toilets go successful, we are planning to have more such toilets in the capital within a year," Pathak, founder of the Sulabh movement, said.