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 …
This paper explores local environmental problems at both the household and neighbourhood levels in Chittagong, based on a broad spectrum household survey. The survey shows that households in poor areas are very exposed to localized environmental problems and thus necessarily develop a wide range of coping strategies around the living …
BENGALURU residents look forward to December 2011, when the new water treatment plant at T K Halli would deliver 500 million litres of potable water every day. This would increase each person’s daily water allowance in the city by 25 litres. Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) fast-tracked the …
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government has provided Rs 100 crore budgetary support to Metro Water for the current financial year in helping it buy water from Chennai Water Desalination Limited (CWDL) and till now Minjur desalination plant has supplied about 3,815 MLD of water, according to Metro Water managing director Shiv …
Gokul Chandrasekar | ENS Growing urbanisation and industrialisation have led to overexploitation of about 37 per cent of Chennai's groundwater blocks TAPS in the metro still go dry, and the water that flows out could be muddy at times. Yet the scene isn't that nightmarish as it could be 16 …
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad:Amdavadis collectively waste 39 crore litres of water everyday. This is equivalent to water requirements of 22.16 lakh people, which is more than 50 per cent of the city
Visakhapatnam, Sept. 13: The city will need 122 million gallons per day (mgd) water by 2015 and the district administration is making efforts to increase resources and streamline the existing supply system. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, district collector Mr J. Shyamala Rao said that special efforts were …
Finds CEPT-AMC Survey On Water Usage Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: Even if Amdavadis do understand the value for money, they surely do not value precious resource water much despite living in a water scarce state. Reason apparently is that they don
Cept Univ Team & AMC Conduct Survey To Find Accountability Of Water Supply Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: How much water does an Amdavadi get each morning from the municipal corporation? For the first time ever, a group of 150 volunteers after having teamed up with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), …
Hyderabad, Sept. 7: People living in the municipalities surrounding Hyderabad can look forward to a project that will solve their drinking water supply problems. The Water Board is likely to get a `2,214-crore loan by December 31, 2010, to carry out works on improving the water supply in the peripheral …
Presentation by Sunita Narain, Director of Centre for Science and Environment at the Plenary session of World Water Week at Stockholm on September 6, 2010. Focuses on decentralized wastewater management and says that localisation is the key & calls for affordable and sustainable approaches to waste management. Presentation given by …
Complex procedures for obtaining water and sewerage connections in urban areas are some of the impediments towards achieving universal access to the services. There are not many analytical studies undertaken to assess the procedures for obtaining new water and sewerage connections and the time taken for accessing the same. Higher …
The demand for basic infrastructure and services in Indian cities has increased phenomenally due to rapidly growing populations. Such unmet demands often adversely affect the quality of urban life, the economic productivity, as well as the process of sustainable development. The main purpose of this brief is to highlight the …
To tackle perennial water scarcity in the City, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is planning to supply nearly 3,000 million litres of water by the end of 2014. For now, BWSSB is focussing on obtaining 500 million litres of water from sources other than river Cauvery, Minister …
In a bid to minimise water leakages from pipelines in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will carry out from October, a pilot project using high-end technology, aiming to fix the problem. According to the civic body, of the total supply of 3,400 million litres of water, Mumbai loses …
With the Ganesh festival round the corner, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is likely to give Mumbaikars some reason to cheer. The 7% water-cut that the city is facing currently may be rolled back by the coming weekend. Citizens can be hopeful that the decision will be taken, as most …
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. Moreover, the Water Board has also resumed operations to draw water from Osmansagar after a gap of nearly three months. The board had stopped drawing …
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has taken up a project under the Economic Stimulus Package to provide 100 per cent coverage of water supply and sewerage facilities in 14 towns, an official spokesman said here on Monday.The towns are Ambala City, Assandh, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Fatehabad, Hansi, Kalayat, Kaithal, Mahendergarh, Narnaul, …
