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 …
Visakhapatnam, May 2: Mr E. Uttam Prasad of Emani Colony in Visakhapatnam says he will not welcome visits of friends and relatives this vacation season. The killjoy that is making this vacation a friendless one is water shortage.
Visakhapatnam, May 2: Mr E. Uttam Prasad of Emani Colony in Visakhapatnam says he will not welcome visits of friends and relatives this vacation season. The killjoy that is making this vacation a friendless one is water shortage.
For the rapidly urbanising developing world, safe and affordable water is key to health and livelihoods, as well as meeting the Millennium Development Goals. But providing it demands innovative models. Where the context allows and the approach is appropriate, private sector involvement can generate win-win outcomes. Poor people can gain …
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. …
Throughout the developing world, many water distribution systems are unreliable. As a result, it becomes necessary for each household to store its own water as a hedge against this uncertainty. Since arrivals of water are not synchronized across households, serious distributional inefficiencies arise. We develop a model describing the optimal …
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. …
Increasing water shortage in the City will be the issue in focus at the second session of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council on Friday. BBMP Opposition leader M Nagaraj and MLA N L Narendra Babu protesting against irregular water supply. DH PhotoLeader of the Opposition, M Nagraj said …
Hyderabad, April 27: Unable to sustain daily drinking water supply as promised, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board quietly reverted to alternate day supply in several areas of the core city. Denizens of these localities were shocked as authorities discontinued the supply without any notice. Paradoxically, water supply …
New Delhi: Delhi may finally get its rightful share from Munak canal, but only for the Commonwealth Games. After intervention from the Centre, Haryana has agreed to give Delhi 20 million gallons per day (MGD) water from whatever it will save due to Munak canal project. The state, however, continues …
No headway in making the neighbour part with 80 MGD of additional water Delhi was banking on additional water to be released from Munak Canal Haryana now denies having agreed to give any extra water to the Capital NEW DELHI: After several rounds of meetings, some chaired by officials of …
New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board was on Monday conferred an award by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) for its efforts to improve the water management system in the national Capital. The award for the best performing water utility of the year 2009-10 was given to the Jal …
Ahmedabad: Pleased with the progress Jnnurm projects have made in Gujarat, Union urban development secretary M Ramchandran said the state was ahead in terms of certain key reforms and some cities have met their deadlines for projects. Ramchandran was in Ahmedabad on Monday to review the progress of JnNURM projects …
As part of its ongoing drive against wastage of water, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) collected over Rs 16 lakhs in the last one month by imposing spot fines against those whose overhead tanks were found to be overflowing. The drive is being intensified to ensure that there is no …
LUCKNOW: Reports of drinking water being a scarce commodity may be routine from rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, but even urban areas are not without their share of water woes. Though the scorching sun and scarce supply are both routine annual occurrences, the government, not surprisingly, only wakes up to …
India will need to spend $2.2 trillion (Rs 97.35 lakh crore) on its cities by 2030 to meet the urban infrastructure demands, a report released by the McKinsey Global Institute said today. Nearly $1.2 trillion (Rs 53.1 lakh crore) is the capital expenditure needed to fund construction of infrastructure for …
Pune Even as the Pune Municipal Corporation has been drawing flak from all quarters for failing to minimise the losses during water distribution, municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade on Wednesday tried to defend the water distribution losses saying that 30 to 40 per cent of losses can be found in any …
ITANAGAR, April 21: A team of high level state officials led by Development Commissioner V K Dev along with Special Secretary Finance Amit Singla and Secretary Planning Ankur Garg today inspected the ongoing project of Augmentation of Water Supply for Itanagar Township (Phase-II) sanctioned under JNNURM. The project is being …
Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to waive off charges on additional water provided through tankers to areas at the fag ends of the supply line.
Visakhapatnam, April 19: All the major reservoirs in Visakhapatnam including Raiwada have dried up and both the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) and private water distributors have made this an opportunity to expand their business interests. People have to apply six days before getting a water tanker from the GVMC, …
Pune Even as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has appealed the citizens to save water, the civic body is perhaps oblivious to the wastage of water in its own headquarters. Citing the issue as sheer negligence on the part of PMC, civic activists Vivek Velankar, Jugal Rathi and Vishwas Sahasrabuddhe …
