World has met the Millennium Development Goal target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water, well in advance of the MDG 2015 deadline, according to this report by UNICEF & WHO.
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ANANTAPUR, Feb. 14: There will be severe drinking water problem in the Anantapur city in the ensuing summer as water levels in the summer storage tanks and borewells have reduced to dead storage level.
Residents who do not pay water bills may have supply cut off people living in Hubli have one more identity card now in addition to voter cards, pan cards and other cards. The water supply board is issuing tap cards to residents of the Karnataka city to ensure they pay water bills on time. The cards were introduced in the first week of March to improve revenue collections.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madhusudan Sharma Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 27/01/2014 regarding contaminated water being supplied to some of the residential colonies in
In this paper Marieke Adank presents the main features and understanding of what constitutes "small towns" to determine the most appropriate water service arrangement. It points to the challenges in developing a clear typology for small towns and assigning one single model for delivering small town water services.
Africa's urban population is growing faster than that of any other region, but many of its cities are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for food that comes with that growth. The FAO publication
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report for 2007 has pulled up the Delhi Jal Board over its poor water management, delayed projects and water leakage resulting in huge revenue loss.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Urban Development, has embarked on a Benchmarking and Water Utilities Data Book Project for 20 selected water utilities in India. These 20 utilities include 15 municipal corporations, two city boards, a municipal council, a local autonomous body and a private operator.
By Rajib Roy SHILLONG: Unscientifically-laid water-pipes, some running overground and others alongside drains, and their clumsy handling by unauthorised plumbers have caused scarcity of drinking water in various localities of Shillong city.
This study was undertaken to gain an understanding of the baseline water supply and sewerage services in Delhi, and assess consumer coping strategies and associated costs, their preferences for service improvements, willingness to pay and affordability for the preferred options.
Seven persons, three of them children, died and 200 others were hospitalised after they consumed contaminated water in Bholakpur and its adjoining areas in the heart of the new city.
Come June 2008 and citizens will have to fork out a sum ranging between Rs 75 and 110 per month as water tax but under the name of water service charges or water levy.
Touted as the panacea for Delhi's drinking water problem, this dam can only be constructed by breaking a host of forest and environmental laws and riding roughshod over the livelihoods of farmers in about
A slight rise in level is expected in the coming days when water will be released from Bhoothathankettu dam. KOCHI: There has been a 25-30 per cent dip in the water supplied by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) Headworks at Aluva. Areas affected Areas at the tail end of the distribution network, including Kumbalam, Kumbalanghi, Chellanam, Maradu, Mulavukad, Kadamakudy and Chittoor, are amo
The latest World Bank report on reform in India's urban water sector focuses on institutional and fi nancial arrangements between urban local bodies, water service providers and the customer. Like earlier
Mangalore, Zilla Panchayat Executive Engineer Sathyanarayana S L said that 15 proposals on the Multi-Village Water Supply Scheme has been sent to the government for approval. Speaking at the Zilla Panchayat meeting held under the presidentship of ZP President Shailaja Bhat, he said the 15 proposals include three in Mangalore taluk, eight in Bantwal taluk and four in Sullia taluk. The said 1
Numerous localities in the city including Desi Mehamandari, Rajpura Colony and Factory Area have been facing an acute shortage of water for the last couple of weeks. Even though municipal corporation officials have been informed about the menace, they have apparently not seen it fit to ensure round-the-clock water supply. "On normal days water is supplied twice during the day
The International Red Cross (IRC) has released a book, titled “Priceless! Uncovering the Real Costs of Water and Sanitation,” as part of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Cost (WASHCost) initiative. The
May 12: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has been sitting on dirty reservoirs for years now. There are 80 service reservoirs in the city where water is brought from the source and stored before being supplied to the citizens.
