Suez voting rights muddy Maynilad Water auction
Bidders for Maynilad Water Services, a troubled Philippine company being auctioned off next week by the government, expressed disappointment at Manila's failure to resolve a dispute with Suez over
Bidders for Maynilad Water Services, a troubled Philippine company being auctioned off next week by the government, expressed disappointment at Manila's failure to resolve a dispute with Suez over
In a study that would have seemed like science fiction a decade ago, scientists yesterday published the first results from the "Neanderthal genome project". They show that Neanderthals split from our
Voltas, a Tata group company that offers engineering solutions across a range of industries, hopes to use a major contract it has bagged for a water treatment project in Singapore to expand its
Tiny crystals of magnetite, a mineral similar to rust, could provide a simple and inexpensive option for removing hazardous levels of arsenic from drinking water, a breakthrough that could save
To end the woes of residents living in and around leather tanneries in Pallavaram and Chrompet, the Central Government has in principle agreed to set up a Central Effluent Treatment Plant at
Mumbai, the financial capital of India and the fifth largest city in the world, has some bad news in store. The Human Development Report has questioned its claim of being able to provide a 90%
GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of GE Infrastructure, has bagged the contract for setting up a water desalination plant for Tata Chemicals in Metapur in Gujarat. The mobile seawater project,
GE water and process technologies a unit of GE infrastructure announced that it has won its first sea water desalination plant project in India form Tata chemicals Ltd The contract is valued at
To provide safeguards against hazards of overexploitation and tighten the noose around the multi-million crore bottled water and soft drink industry in the country, the Centre is now planning a
Karnataka today requested the Union water resources ministry to file objections to the petition filed by Goa opposing the Kalasa-Bhandura drinking water project being executed by the
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has drawn up a plan to bring 85 per cent of the city's population within the filtered surface water network by 2009. It is investing over Rs 200 crore for the
The water crisis in Agra that had begun in the late summer months aggravated last week. Water supply to most of the city was shut down by the water works following discovery of huge volumes of
Large parts of South and East Delhi are once again in the midst of a severe water crisis as Uttar Pradesh has not been supplying the promised 300 cusecs of raw water to the 140 MGD Sonia Vihar Water
Rajesh Patel, has made up his mind to quit the reverse osmosis (RO) filter company job. Reason? Takers for RO units have suddenly dipped, he says. "Six people in the last week have refused to buy the
In one of the biggest water schemes in the country, the Haryana government has announced individual tap water connection for every household in both rural and urban areas in the state. The scheme is
The joy of UP resuming supply of raw water to Sonia Vihar plant last week after nearly a month's dry spell has proved to be a short-lived one. Instead of the required 300 cusecs, Delhi is getting
The recent cases of dysentery and diarrhoea as reported from the old areas of the city in August can be directly linked to the findings of the ITRC post monsoon environment Assessment Report. The
Come January 1, residents of Salt Lake will have to pay for the water in their taps. This decision was taken at a chairman-in-council meeting held on Thursday. "Water tax is being levied to finance
One of the cultural heritage of the world Kevladev national bird sanctuary Bharatpur Rajasathan could be saved only by the Chambal river which is the lifeline of the area. Due to the laxity of the
Almost 70 per cent of the population in the newly-merged areas of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) are likely to be affected by the new water policy to be decided in the next two months by AMC.