This note proposes a structured methodology for engaging in urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) reforms, presents what is usually accepted as best practices, and discusses conditions
Hyderabad Nov. 13: As many as 3.6 lakh houses of the total 4.06 lakh houses in the city will get daily water supply from Friday.
The Twelfth Plan proposes a fundamental change in the principles, approach and strategies of water management in India. This paradigm shift was the outcome of a new and inclusive process of plan formulation,
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today discussed the privatisation of water distribution system in Mehrauli, Vasant Vihar and Malviya Nagar. "The initiation
Ranchi, March 31: Jharkhand High Court today directed the state government and Nagarjuna Constructions, a private company, to furnish a status report on laying of pipelines in Giridih for supply of drinking water.
The Awash Basin is the most utilized river basin in Ethiopia with a number of small, medium and large scale irrigation schemes; urban and rural water supply plans and industries located along the river.
NEW DELHI: Protesting against the acute water crisis in the Capital and alleged lackadaisical attitude of the Delhi Government in tackling the issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party legislators walked out of the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday.
<p>Urban water demand will increase by 80% by 2050, while climate change will alter the timing and distribution of water. Here we quantify the magnitude of these twin challenges to urban water security,
Hyderabad, Aug. 20: Thanks to the copious inflows into the reservoirs that feed the city, the prospects of resumption of daily water supply have brightened.
With rising urban populations and ever scarcer water supplies, cities and companies are teaming up to invest billions of dollars in water management projects, a report said on Tuesday. Around two thirds
By 2030, over a billion people will live in approximately 100 very large cities and 60 % of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Sustainable water management is particularly challenging in
The dialogues, undertaken with a spirit of continuity, focused on five themes: challenges in water utility management, roles of the private sector and civil society, role of water regulators, improving
<p>Federal Minister for Science and Technology Changez Khan Jamali has said that only 20 per cent of drinking water is clean in the country while 80 per cent is not up to the standard which is an alarming situation.
<p>This PwC report is an assessment of the multiple challenges that confront urban water supply sector in India. Presents the reform agenda across various dimensions covering financing, institutions, PPP, resource sustainability & capacity building.</p>
Water industry due to its unique nature faces many problems. Civic bodies will have to manage the supply of water from the limited water resources in order to fulfill the ever increasing demand of water.
Poornima Nataraj Bangalore Oct 5, DHNS The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) actually bills only 53.53 per cent of water it pumps into the City
The shortage of adequate drinking water continues to be the most pressing issue of the new BBMP areas. The epicentre of the crisis is KR Puram and Mahadevapura. Here
Rapidly increasing urbanisation in India has brought much needed focus on the urban development policies in India. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was the first programme to provide
Mysore, Southern and eastern parts of the city will be supplied with water from Kapila As the work on the drinking water component under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (Jn-nurm) progresses in a snail
The poor operation and maintenance of ground level reservoirs puts the people
