Blue and Green Drop Project Report 2024
The 2024 blue drop results show an alarming increase in unsafe municipal drinking water, with 13% of blue drop tests across the country that point to unsafe drinking water. The drinking water of 28 towns
Sewage
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WASA's saving grace
DHAKA Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWSA) has earned a notoriety for claiming the largest share of road digging, and as if that was not enough, for supplying undrinkable water that even stinks in a large swathe of the metropolis. These sending livability index of Dhaka life further down, the denizens have had a plenty of reasons to feel hard done by.
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Open manholes continue to risk lives as concerned departments sleep Asifa Amin Koul
Three months have passed since the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) impressed upon the state government to fill all the open bores, manholes and pits for the safety of the people, but the instructions seem to have no takers so far.
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Duban Pura sunk in sewage
Duban Pura, a locality on Multan Road, lacks the basic facilities of a functional sewerage system that has caused a lot of problems for the local residents.
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CCC hopes to reduce waterlogging
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) hopes to rid the city of the serious waterlogging up to 90 percent this year with the completion of dredging and widening work of the canals and drains before the upcoming rainy season. Sources said the work for dredging and widening of 144 canals in the port city started in December last year that would be completed this month.
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Kolkata Corpn plans phase 2 of drainage scheme
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has drawn up plans for the second phase of a sewerage and drainage improvement programme under the Kolkata Environment Improvement Project at an estimated investment of Rs 2,500 crore, according to the Project Director, Mr Vivek Bharadwaj.
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Matara drainage system a failed project
The drainage system in Weligama town is another failed project in the south that has created a health hazard and a death trap in the town with a thick population. The residents of the area said the ill-advised project that cost Rs.4.5 is an eyesore in the town and a waste of foreign aid.
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Matara Drainage system: A health hazard
The drainage system in Weligama town is another failed project in the south that creates a health hazard and a death trap in the town with a thick population. The residents of the area said the ill advised project that cost Rs.4.5 million is an eyesore in the town and a waste of foreign aid.
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Reverse laying sanitary lines causing misery
S Lalitha,DH News Service,Bangalore: The laying of the main sanitary line on CMH Road in the reverse direction and its lack of alignment with the cross roads around has made living in Lakshmipuram area of Ulsoor a miserable experience. The new pipeline was laid as part of the ongoing Metro Rail work by its previous contractor over a year ago.
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Fogging to be introduced in Dibrugarh
DIBRUGARH, March 25
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Ranchi flunks amenities test
Ranchi, March 24: The state capital is not only a dirty place to live in, it also lacks proper basic amenities. This has been revealed by a study conducted by a New Delhi-based NGO.