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Food safety workshop for Corporate Canteens
Published on 1 Jan, 2012 at 9:23 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
Equinox Laboratories recently conducted a food safety workshop in Mumbai for corporate canteens. Ashwin Bhadri, Director of Equinox Labs said, “The main focus of the workshop was ‘Hygiene’ – both at the personal level and at the workspace (kitchens). It was topical after the recent spate of food poisoning cases was witnessed at a premier
Moving from IPM to GPM
India has a long way to go before it can go Green with organic pest control systems but the evolution has begun, says Suresh Nair – Interim CEO, ISS Hicare & VP, IFS More and more people are making conscious efforts to use chemicals responsibly. Taking the lead, many in the food processing industry have
Cleanliness drive at Sabarimala
Published on 1 Nov, 2011 at 13:02 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
As many as 4389 sanitation volunteer have been deployed at the pilgrim centre for the intensive pre-pilgrimage cleaning operation at Sabarimala. Organisations like Mata Amrithanandamayi Madhom, Satya Sai Seva Sanghom, Nehru Yuva Kendra and National Service Scheme would be deploying their volunteers and the Vana Samrakashana Samiti attached to Forest department are part of the
Toilet Woes
Published on 1 Nov, 2011 at 12:59 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
More than half of the 80,000 government schools in Andhra Pradesh have no toilets, and where they exist, they are in bad shape. In every fourth government high school, girls have to share toilets with boys. As per official statistics, only 35.34% of government schools have toilets for boys, and just 27.55% schools have toilets
GE and Sealed Air alliance
Published on 1 Nov, 2011 at 9:57 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
GE and Sealed Air’s Diversey recently announced an alliance to deliver water and energy management services to Diversey’s cleaning and sanitation customers around the world. Under the deal, the Diversey team will sell and service GE’s water treatment chemicals, water and process equipment, membrane and cartridge filtration products, analytical instruments and energy management solutions. The
Indian programmes on sanitation – Need to take bigger strides
Published on 1 Nov, 2011 at 9:40 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
At this year’s South Asian Conference on Sanitation in April, social solutions to the problem were discussed, including “naming and shaming” and the “Community-Led Total Sanitation” (CLTS) programme which gets villagers to map the open areas where they defecate
The making of a Green Village
Published on 1 Nov, 2011 at 9:25 in Environment, National, Professional, Waste Management | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Beside a beautiful hillock under the rolling clouds amid rustling winds and lush greenery is the eco-village developed by social activist and Sangli Zilla Parishad member Subhash Patil. Hatnur, located in the Sangli district of Maharashtra, having a population of about 5000, has been nurtured with the concept of sustainable development. “The principles of conservation,
Sweeper-Actor Does a clean act
More than 52 slums in Kalyani, North Kolkatta, have achieved in making their township open defecation free. Sanitation stage shows have encouraged villagers in not only making toilets in their homes but also taught them to keep them clean.
Cleaning Crusade at resettlement camp
Published on 1 Aug, 2011 at 17:38 in Washroom Hygiene | Viewed times | No Comments
Community participation has not only helped women of Bawana resettlement to get an access to basics like water and toilets but has also provided them a safe and secured environment
Gates Foundation launches effort to reinvent the toilet
Published on 1 Aug, 2011 at 13:21 in News | Viewed times | No Comments
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA, has announced the launch of a strategy to help bring safe, clean sanitation services to millions of poor people in the developing world. In a keynote address at the 2011 AfricaSan Conference in Kigali, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the foundation’s Global Development Program, called on donors, governments,
