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 …
After being rapped for wastage of over 40 per cent of water due to leakages in its pipe network, the Delhi Jal Board is now planning to plug the holes, after it awarded contract for leakage management to a Japanese agency, Japan International Co-operation Association. The DJB officials stated that …
Deputy Commissioner Anwar Pasha who reviewed the Jakkalm-adagu Dam renovation works on Saturday, said that works were going on in full swing and were expected to be completed before April 2010. Jakkalmadagu dam is one of the important source of drinking water to the Chikkaballapur city. Pasha said that by …
NEW DELHI: Underlining the need for water conservation, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday cautioned that the city would face a severe water crisis unless consumption is managed properly. The Chief Minister was addressing a national seminar on
GURUVAYUR: A development-oriented budget of the Guruvayur municipality for 2009- 10 was presented before the council here on Tuesday. The proposals in the budget will help turn Guruvayur into a clean city, said Municipal vice-chairman and finance standing committee chairman R V Sheriff while presenting it. The budget shows revenue …
Sandeep Moudgal, Bangalore, Nov 15, DHNS Three years on, Konanakunte still awaits water from Cauvery The wastage generated by these high-rise buildings is let out into the lake.A promise of delivering water in three months has kept the citizens of Konanakunte waiting for nearly three years. Residents say, while the …
Mumbai To solve the water problem that plagues large parts of his constituency, BJP MLA Yogesh Sagar has a plan up his sleeve. The BMC corporator who won the Assembly elections from Kandivili will propose a separate, state-controlled board to ensure equal per capita water supply in the city. Ranking …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: Commercial and industrial consumers in the Capital in the years to come may not be able to use water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board for non-potable purposes. To take its water conservation drive further ahead, the Jal Board has proposed that all non-domestic users …
Supplying water is costly but dealing with its waste is even more so. Realistic pricing means taking rates up 20 times! How will India supply drinking water in cities? Many would argue that the problem is not so much that of inadequate water as it is of the lack of …
AIZAWL, Nov 3: Serlui river, the main source of water in the State capital, has been found to be poisoned by unidentified miscreants, disrupting water supply to many localities in the city today. According to Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department source here, a few fishermen, who went to the river …
Mumbai Over 100 women from Shivaji Nagar slum on Sunday staged a rasta roko at Royal Lane, Juhu Tara Road, to protest against the acute water shortage. The agitation brought traffic to a halt for around ten minutes. The city is facing an acute water crisis, with 15 per cent …
WHO has introduced Water Safety Plan (WSP) in the 3rd Edition of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality to provide a systematic approach for improving and maintaining drinking water safety. This workbook is intended to be used for training within the Region emphasizing a systematic and preventive risk-based approach …
This publication is the second of a set of three WaterAid discussion papers on how to improve water and sanitation services to poor people. The set includes: Access for the poor and excluded: tariffs and subsidies for urban water supply; Water utilities that work for poor people: Increasing viability through …
This report focuses on water and water-related issues and investments, with a particular focus on reducing the vulnerability of water sector investments to the impacts of climate change. It provides a first version of a tool that can be used to assess exposure and screen the investment portfolio on a …
Public Private Partnership (PPP) solutions for Maharashtra's urban water supply sector are being developed under the Mainstreaming PPPs in India Initiative. This toolkit is expected to assist the relevant public entities in the state of Maharashtra for developing PPP-based projects in the water supply and sanitation sector.
Pune While the city is already reeling under a ten per cent water cut, there are chances of a further five per cent slash in water supply. The irrigation department has mooted the proposal, taking into consideration the need for water for the rest of the year, including next summer. …
Mumbai The first-ever public meeting of Mumbai citizens, high-ranking Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials and corporators at the Andheri east ward office saw an overwhelming presence of citizens facing water problems. Nearly 200 residents from western suburbs were present at the meeting along with 20 local corporators, additional municipal commissioners Anil …
