In Brief

Urban growth model needs reality check

Mumbai's solid waste management plans expensive, dangerous

Septic cesspool flood kills nine in Gaza Strip

In Short

Mumbai's fragrant dumping grounds

World Water Week discusses green options to manage water resources

Municipality in South Africa awarded for water and sanitation work

World's biggest trade fair

The US used partnerships to counter multilateralism

Battle of the brackets

The Plan of Implementation is a list of vague expressions

Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

Giant tunnel to save Thames from sewage

Garbage collectors protest in Nicaragua

Drowning in its own rubbish

For Thiruvananthapuram, the only way to manage waste is by flouting rules

Prepaid water meters unconstitutional

Environment Day: Green agenda for new government

Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister

Updates

Delhi rain, waterlogging puts the spotlight on urban flooding

Urban flooding has become increasingly frequent in India’s major cities

A tale of two cities

News Briefs

Letters

Worthy alternative

A new field experiment shows that fertiliser derived from faecal sludge can improve crop yields

In a corner of Bangladesh, manual scavenging is impacting a treatment plant’s sustainability

Manual scavenging is still the mainstay of faecal sludge management in Lalmonirhat near the Indian border; the town’s FSTP is not able to …

Why India remains malnourished

Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …

Can faith heal?

Billed as the largest gathering of humanity in recorded history, Maha Kumbh has commenced in Allahabad. Over the next few weeks, pilgrims will …

Punjab closer to ODF sustainability with community toilet guidelines

Recommendations not clear on how to treat waste, reuse groundwater