A success in Muzaffarpur, Bihar
CSE’s intervention and hand-holding has helped 31 city wards adapt segregation at source and composting at the household level.
Centre for Science and Environment urges Bihar to segregate and ramp up waste collection and releases book on Solid Waste Management at Patna
Not in my Backyard, book on solid waste management by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is one of the first of its kind attempts in India to understand the state of solid waste management in the country, the numbers behind it, the gaps that exist and the path towards harnessing the opportunities
Children in the Chulha Trap
This quick assessment has been carried out by Centre for Science and Environment to as certain how switching from biomass-based solid fuels to cleaner liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking of mid day meals in anganwadis (day care centres that facilitate informal learning under supervision) in Biharcan help reduce exposure of children to toxic air.
What it takes to deliver midday meal
The tragic loss of 23 young lives because of contaminated food in a Bihar school is unacceptable. But it is also a fact that the Mid Day Meal Scheme, under which cooked food is compulsorily provided to children in government schools, is too important and critical to give up on. The only questions that matter are: why does the scheme not work as well as it should and what can be done to fix it?
Request from local villagers: assessing impact of asbestos fibre cement roofing sheet plant in Chainpur, Bihar
The proposed Asbestos Fibre Cement Roofing Sheet factory owned by M/s Balmukund Cement & Roofing Ltd., village Chainpur, block Marwan, District Muzaffarpur, Bihar has started an illegal construction of project before the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) accorded Environmental clearance.
EIA report for asbestos fibre cement roofing sheets project in Chainpur, Muzaffarpur
Illegal Construction Chainpur
One man, 22 years, a road
Fed up of state's highway fixation, villagers connect themselves to the world by Alok Gupta, Gaya Shaking hands with Ramchandra Das is like clasping a stone. His hands are callused by 11 years of cutting a hill to build a road all by himself. Das’s only companions were a hammer and a spade.