Jaipur
More than half of Jaipur's city population lives in urban areas: Census 2011
Jaipur, March 5, 2012: The population and size of slums and underdeveloped areas in Jaipur are swelling with increased migration of people from rural areas to urban. Presently, more than half of the city's population resides in urban areas.
But 10 years ago, as per the 2001 Census, more than half of the population lived in rural areas here. But the 2011 Census shows more people are now living in urban areas, and points that since 2001, people have been continuously moving towards urban areas for employment.
Nagaur to get drinking water from Indira Gandhi canal
Jaiupr, Jan 29, 2012: After finding presence of excessive fluoride, nitrate and salinity in drinking water to have caused health problems in Nagaur, the government has decided to use water from the Indira Gandhi canal for supply to the district with the help of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) funds.Union minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has recommended to the department of economic affairs (DEA) a proposal for the Nagaur Lift Water Supply phase II for external finance assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).The proposal is for
Submit scheme to keep Jaipur clean: High court tells city corporation
Jaipur, March 6, 2012: The Rajasthan high court has asked the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) to submit its scheme for keeping the city clean. The directions were given to JMC CEO Lok Nath Soni who appeared before the court during the hearing of a petition filed on the issue on Monday. Soni has been directed to reappear before the court with the scheme details on Tuesday.
The petition was moved stating that the civic body was negligent in keeping the city clean as heaps of harmful waste and choked drains could be seen all around the city.
Low level of rural sanitation in state
Jaipur, Feb 26, 2012: Rural sanitation and hygiene in line with Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) and government of India (GoI) guidelines is abysmally low in Rajasthan. On an average, only 12.9% people in the state use toilets despite a reported expenditure of Rs 273.1 crore in the previous financial year (2010-11) for building toilets.
Jaipur drinks poisonous water
Jaipur, Feb 21, 2012: It makes up 70% of the Earth and about 78% of your body; an absolute must for sustaining all life on our planet, the availability of this primary element — water — is the birth right of ever creature. Yet, Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, and one originally designed keeping in mind the available water resources, ranks top in state's contaminated drinking water supply list.
