Pune, Aug. 14, 2013: Around 95.5% schools in Pune district don't comply with the 10 infrastructural parameters under Right To Education (RTE) Act, 2009. This was revealed in the District Information System for Education (DISE) report for 2012-13 prepared ....
Pune, July 4, 2013: The Centre has approved the state government’s Rs 10,392-crore plan for implementation of sanitation and waste management projects in rural areas. The plan will be implemented in 27,902 villages across 33 districts over the next 10 y....
Pune, June 6, 2013: It seems, that the illegal practice of manual scavenging has reared its ugly head in the city. Although some members of a committee formed by the state government this year to look into the issue deny any such occurrence, this MiD DAY....
Pune, May 8, 2014: A policy for construction of public toilets and bathing facilities has been framed as part of the city sanitation plan by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC). It includes rules for construction of toilets by builders, NGOs....
Panjim, May 7, 2014: With Goa striving to meet the target of providing 100 per cent sanitation to the entire state by 2014 end, the Union Urban Development Ministry has come to the rescue by offering expertise to improve sanitation by preparing a city san....
Bhopal, May 7, 2014: An attempt to shame those who defecate in the open by comparing them to animals has evoked a strong reaction in Bhopal’s Harda district. A hoarding showing a man and a dog defecating in the open ....
Maharashtra, April 30, 2014: The Union government may have made elementary education (Stds I to VIII) a fundamental right by bringing into force the Right to Education (RTE) Act, but India perhaps needs another few years to implement....
Mumbai, April 17, 2014: Expressing anguish over Maharashtra government's apathy towards manual scavengers in the pilgrimage city of Pandharpur in Solapur district, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday said it will shock the conscience of anybody to know ....
Kolhapur, April 7, 2014: The focus on tackling vector-borne diseases this World Health Day is apt for the district that has reported a continuous rise in such ailments over the last few years. There has been a three-fold rise in the number of dengue....
Panaji, April 4, 2014: Goa still ranks an undesirable ninth among states and union territories in the country with 20% of the state's households not having toilet facilities within its premises, according to statistics of the Planning Commission. ....
