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THE DIRTY TRUTH

Explosive analysis by new Hindi magazine says government far from meeting its sanitation target

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Book Release and Workshop on Solid Waste Management: Reinvention, Opportunities and Way Ahead, September 15, 2016, Bengaluru

What direction should waste management take in metropolitans? What does the future hold in store? Are landfills the answer? Is Waste-to-energy technology still a good bet? Why segregation is the key? These are some of the questions that come to our minds when we discuss waste management in some of the bigger cities of India.  Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi is conducting a half day programme in Bengaluru on Solid Waste Management to discuss the scenario of waste management in the country and what should be the agenda for a clean India.

Back to toilet school

Last August 15, speaking from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the prime minister made a very important announcement—his government would ensure “there is no school in India without separate toilets for boys and girls” by the next Independence Day. Exactly one year later, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has announced that this target has been met and that some 417,000 toilets have been built in 261,000 schools.