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Release of Excreta Matters in Kolkata

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), released ‘Excreta Matters’ – its 71-city study of how India’s urban centres manage their water and sewage in Kolkata on 1 September, 2012. The study focused on Kolkata's water and sewerage issues and suggested a way forward. His Excellency the Governor of West Bengal Shri M. K. Narayanan and the honorable Union Minister of State for Urban Development Shri Saugata Roy jointly released the report.

Too little water and too much waste is Hyderabad’s bane. City needs innovative solutions: says CSE

• New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) releases Excreta Matters, its 71-city study of how Indian urban centres manage their water and sewage.

Release of Excreta Matters in Hyderabad

Date: July 25, 2012

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based research and advocacy body, SaciWATERs, released  ‘Excreta Matters’ – CSE’s 71-city study of how India’s urban centres manage their water and sewage in Hyderabad. Based on an exhaustive survey carried out across India, this study critically analyses current practices in water and sewage management and presents a roadmap for the future.

The report was released by Adhar Sinha, managing director, Hyderabad Water Supply Board.

CSE to release its report on water and sewage management in Indian cities – including Bhopal and other cities of MP

Date: 6th July, 2012
Venue: Hotel Lakeview Ashok, Shamla Hills

CSE invites you to the official release of the report in Bhopal. Shivraj Singh Chauhan, chief minister, Madhya Pradesh will do the honours. Sunita Narain, director general of CSE, will make a presentation. The release would be followed by a panel discussion involving some of the key policy makers and civil society representatives from the city (see details below).

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan will officially unveil the report

Restore your lakes and ponds, revisit the public-private-partnership schemes: CSE suggests to Bengaluru

• New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) releases Excreta Matters, its 71-city study of how Indian urban centres manage their water and sewage.

Manage your sewage, CSE warns Meerut

• New Delhi-based research and advocacy body, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) releases its study on water and wastewater management in Meerut

• Meerut depends on groundwater -- inspite of the Ganga, Yamuna and the Kali Nadi in its vicinity. Ground sources diminishing at an alarming rate

• Only 25 per cent of the city’s households are connected to the underground sewerage system. No sewage treatment

'Excreta Matters' release in Bengaluru

Date: June 28, 2012

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has recently released its seventh State of India's Environment titled Excreta Matters. In this report we have analysed the water-sewage situation in 71-cities across India, including Bengaluru, to provide decision makers a detailed description of the problems associated with urban India, and to map where cities get their water and where their waste goes. We believe this understanding is critical to find a sustainable and affordable paradigm of urban growth.