The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Working Group on Urban and Industrial Water Supply and Sanitation has met to deliberate on the critical challenges of this sector and in particular it has explored best practices to suggest the way ahead. This report focuses on one aspect of its task – urban water and sanitation.
Even after spending Rs1.90 lakh to replace old pipes, the civic body failed to stop leakages and was unable to reduce the amount of wasted water. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) supplies 3,400million litres of water every day, out of which 20% (700million litres) goes to waste because of leaks. …
Delhi’s water sector is likely to undergo massive changes with the introduction of several legal reforms. Delhi Jal Board CEO Ramesh Negi on Friday said if the city’s water demands are to be met, preservation and reuse of water are a must and “effective legislation could be used after suitably …
Urbanization has emerged as a key policy and governance challenge in India in recent years. While urban development accelerates the process of economic growth, it can also make growth more inclusive too. Since faster economic growth and inclusive growth are likely to be the objectives of 12th Plan, urban development …
With 1.6 crore people, insufficient rainfall and a river that is barely there, Delhi seems destined for water starvation. Yet, even a city like Delhi can stave off the looming crisis if it switches from the spend-now-pay-later consumption pattern.
FOR the past two years 1,500-odd families in a small town of Tripura have not received a modest drinking water supply. Reason: a dispute over water withdrawal from the Feni river, the international border between India and Bangladesh. Though the Feni passes through Sabroom, the town entirely depends on groundwater. …
New Delhi: Faced with a growing gap between demand and supply, Delhi government is now working on an ambitious proposal of placing parallel pipelines for providing potable and treated waste water for flushing of toilets, washing of cars and other purposes. The city government has identified several urban areas where …
The water supply to the Latur city was earlier managed by Latur Municipal Corporation (LMC) and had faced major problems in terms of supplying water to its citizens due to source limitations and very poor water supply accounting. From LMC, the water management function was transferred to Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran …
Recognizing the changing scope and character of private sector participation in Indian urban water supply services, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has undertaken a study to review these projects. This study reviews trends and the factors that have facilitated or impeded the development and implementation of projects in the …
The National Capital Region Planning Board has approved seven projects costing Rs 397.96 crore to augment drinking water supply and improve sewerage facilities in towns of Haryana falling in the NCR. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said here today that three projects related to the augmentation of drinking water …
The detailed project report (DPR) for the Krishna phase-III project that will bring an additional 90 million gallons of water per day to the city has been submitted to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Board by the Tata Consultancy Engineers Limited, Mumbai. The DPR pegs the total project cost …
A Project that could have taken a few more years to be resolved due to the inter-state water sharing dispute between Delhi and Haryana, the Munak carrier-line channel, is finally on the fast track. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has sanctioned Rs 50 crore as payment to Haryana immediately, against …
Taking cognisance of the report appeared in various periodicals that the water supply of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is contaminated, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued a notice to the DJB to explain what measures it has taken to ensure potable water in the city. The reports were …
New Delhi: The MCD has sent a fresh list of the 642 pipelines that might be leaking, leading to contamination of potable water to Delhi Jal Board. Meanwhile, DJB accepted that it gets about 20-40 complaints of contamination every day but added that the complaints were attended to immediately and …
Mangalore: The Mangalore City Coporation had been mulling on providing uninterrupted water supply in its limits for quite some time now. Now the proposal on the 24X7 water is ready. The total estimated cost of the project would be Rs 138 crore. Once the proposal on the 24X7 water supply …
The handbook first examines some of the key areas of vulnerability to climate change within urban water systems. It also proposes flexible and future-oriented urban water planning as a means to address climate change and implement adaptation actions. This can be achieved through strategic planning, which is a continuous, regularly …
The growth of the earth’s urban population and areas continues as a major demographic trend; it is projected that 70 % of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050. Urban growth today is most rapid in developing countries, where cities gain an average of 5 million residents …
This report by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra discusses the concerns around the private water supply augmentation project in Khandwa town in Madhya Pradesh under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT), a Government of India scheme for infrastructure development in small and medium town. The number of …
