The true measure of Swachh Bharat will not only be the toilets built but also the systems created to manage them ...

To check pollution from the sludge generated in different houses, the state government has prepared a project to dispose and treat this sludge generated in houses of 97 cities and towns of Rajasthan ...

Work on the Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) which would manage sludge from over 10,000 households in the areas not covered by the underground sewage system (UGSS), has begun. The plant, to be ...

Emphasising the need for managing the faecal sludge (human excreta) speakers at a roundtable yesterday said this sludge will pose huge threats to environment and public health if not properly managed.

New Delhi: After the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported excessive levels of faecal coliform (FC) in the waters of the Sangam (the confluence of three rivers) at the ongoing Mahakumbh in ...

Till a few years back, vaccum machines called 'Honey suckers' emptied the septic tanks and pit latrines dumped the city's human waste to local streams and lakes. But now the drivers head for farms ...

In Bangladesh, only 1 percent defecation happens in open places. It is definitely a great achievement for us. Now we have to be ready for the second generation sanitation problem: safe management of ...

Although people’s access to sanitation has been increasing over the last decade, there is still a long way to go to address sanitation problems in urban areas, according to the Faecal Sludge ...

The treatment and disposal of septage from toilets is one of the major sanitation challenges being faced by the State. Many a time, the cesspool operators who remove faecal sludge from toilets in ...

American billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates recently reflected on some of the strange things he has done in his life, in a LinkedIn post. The 67-year-old billionaire took to the professional ...