Meet Geeta Sandal – Senior Project Officer of Sustainability Management
An urban planner and water expert, Geeta has been a part of the Sustainability team at ICLEI South Asia since 2014. She is primarily involved in the project dealing with Integrated Urban Water Management System for Indian cities. How do you think your area of work and skills have helped ICLEI in its goal of […]
Spotlight on Bhagalpur (India) – Interview with Hon’ble Mayor Deepak Bhuwania
What do you think are Bhagalpur’s main achievements in the field of sustainability? Bhagalpur is considered as the second largest economic and educational hub of Bihar and well known for its silk and cottage industry in India. The city has two air quality measuring stations; one in Aadampur and second in Chameli chowk. The ambient […]
ICLEI extends segregation and door to door plastic waste collection to the city of Jaisalmer
The pilot project on door to door plastic waste collection is ongoing in Jaisalmer. The city has now shown interest to expand the scope of the project to segregation and collection of all waste at household level in ward five. Eco friendly bags are presently being used by residents of fort city and ward five […]
Bio- toilets for improving sanitation facilities in informal settlements in Nashik
ICLEI South Asia in collaboration with Nashik Municipal Corporation has recently initiated implementation of the pilot project in Amrapali and Phule Nagar slums. The resilience intervention identified for the same is the establishment of bio- toilets (which is an eco-friendly mode of waste management). This implementation is a part of Misereor funded project on Urban […]
Cities to get grants for building climate resilience infrastructure
The Small Grants Fund that was constituted to support innovative and result-oriented interventions to build resilience in partner cities of Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) in India and Bangladesh, shall be disbursed to Gangtok and Nainital in India and to Singra, Mongla and Kustia in Bangladesh. The grant is aimed at encouraging local […]
Government of India releases manual on municipal solid waste management
The Minister of Urban Development Shri M Venkaiah Naidu launched the revised CPHEEO Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management, while inaugurating the Swachh Survekshan 2017 in New Delhi, on 6 August, 2016. ICLEI South Asia was involved as the national technical expert in revising the first version of the manual. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale […]
ICLEI’s PROMISE to strengthen capacities of four cities in India
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability South Asia has selected four city governments whose capacities would be strengthened under Promotion of Inclusive, Sustainable Growth and Diversity to Strengthen Local Governments (PROMISE) project. The project that is supported by the European Union aims to build capacities on integrated, participatory, inclusive and sustainable development, and efficient resources mobilisation and […]
Meet Sasi Madambi: ICLEI employee who has championed the art of multi-tasking
Mr Madambi has spent four years at ICLEI and internalised the processes involved in ICLEI South Asia’s work. Not only does he handle multiple tasks at the organisation, he also tries his best to help out his colleagues. It has been more than four years since you have been working with ICLEI. Could you give […]
Abandoned borewell recharge in Solapur, an AdoptIUWM city, sets an example for drought-hit Maharashtra
A pilot project for recharge of abandoned bore wells in Neelam Nagar area of Solapur, being implemented under the AdoptIUWM project, has been inaugurated on July 29, 2016. Mayor Ms Abute, along with the representative from European Commission Mr Shouvik Dutta, inaugurated the roof top rain water harvesting structure at Shantai Ashram in Neelam Nagar. The […]
Habitat III: Months before Quito, nations come together for prep meet; ICLEI hosts side event
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability recently collaborated with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), Communitas Coalition, Iskandar Regional Development Authority, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing of Indonesia, and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)-Japan for a side event at Habitat III PrepCom3, held on July 27 in Surabaya, […]