No trace of over 60% potable water supply
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and private water operator Orange City Water Private Limited (OCW) have no idea where over 60% of the potable water supplied to the city goes. Consequently, they
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GMADA dries up Chandigarhs water plan
Foiling Chandigarh
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KUWSDB to start retail water supply in State soon
In a bid to improve the water supply services to consumers, the Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Drainage Board has decided to take over the responsibility of retail water supply and maintenance of
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Lack of power makes Old City water supply dry up
Lucknow: VIP residential colonies might be enjoying 24-hours of power supply through arrangement of an alternate feeder in this sweltering weather, but not many would know that the Gaughat and Balaganj water pumping stations, which are crucial for regular supply of water to the Old City area of the state capital, are yet to have the facility.
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Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012, the 43rd edition of this series, includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of
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Declining groundwater level and aquifer dewatering in Dhaka metropolitan area, Bangladesh: causes and quantification
Large abstraction by water-wells has been causing a linear to exponential drop in groundwater level and substantial aquifer dewatering in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The city is almost entirely dependent on groundwater, which occurs beneath the area in an unconsolidated Plio-Pleistocene sandy aquifer.
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Access of the poor to water supply and sanitation in India: salient concepts, issues and cases
Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country has already met its MDG (Millennium Development Goal) in terms of expanding access to water infrastructure although in the parallel subsector of sanitation progress is falling far short of the mark.
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Speed up water projects, government told
The city corporation council has decided to seek government’s immediate intervention in resolving the issue of water scarcity in various parts of the city. The council will exert pressure on state government to hasten land acquisition and other works for the proposed Piravom water supply scheme, which will augment water supply to West Kochi and adjoining areas.
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Piped water set to go into private hands
Piped water with a price tag is closer than we may think. The government has put its first step forward towards privatisation of urban water supply and sanitation services by preparing detailed
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Water harvest rider for new buildings
Ranchi: Upcoming buildings in the city will have to include a water harvesting plan in their design to get the approval of the government henceforth. After constant deliberation of the Rotarians of the state for two years, the state government has finally agreed to make water-harvesting mandatory for every urban building.
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Access to justice for the urban poor: toward inclusive cities
This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall.
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Urban water management in Singapore
Singapore may just have discovered a remedy to reduce water wastage at the household level. The city is known for its long standing efforts at saving water through recycling water and promoting rainwater harvesting. Now, they have started the Water Effic
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Institutional and development issues in integrated water resource management of Saigon River
The article focuses on endogenous institutional factors in the water sector and the challenges and opportunities to an alternative integrated management approach in Vietnam, particularly in the context of its political legacy, current development goal, and Doi Moi reforms, using Saigon River as a case study.
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Urbanization: a critical human dimension of global environmental change
The current issue of the UGEC Viewpoints was conceptualized at the end of the 7th Open Meeting of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change which was held in Bonn, Germany between April 26-30.
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World Bank to fund water schemes for Doon, 6 other dists
To end water woes being experienced in several areas of Uttarakhand, the World Bank has agreed to finance water schemes worth Rs 975 crore in 35 semi-urban areas of Dehradun and six other districts. An
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Developing a functional model for cities impacted by a natural hazard: application to a city affected by flooding
The experience feedback on a crisis that hit a city is frequently used as a "recollection" tool. To capitalize information about an experience feedback from the cities that have been affected by a natural
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M'lore may come under JnNURM: Sorake
'Second phase of Kudcemp work will deal with water supply' The urban development department is pursuing the proposal to include Mangalore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), said Urban Development Minister Vinaya Kumar Sorake.
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Public-private partnerships in India: A case for reform?
The public-private partnership model has emerged as the favoured model of project execution in India, especially in infrastructure, health and education. This article traces the theoretical underpinnings of PPP under a neoliberal, marketdriven and growth-oriented state. It describes the economic imperatives for public and private resource management and the case for PPP.
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Rs 26-crore water institute in Gzb
Aimed at meeting the skilled manpower shortage in the water supply and sanitation sector in the country, a state-of-the-art water training centre will come up in the National Capital Region.
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24x7, metered water supply move begins
After delaying the decision for almost four years, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has finally made headway towards metered water supply in the city. For this, the civic body has appointed a consultant