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 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Political short-sightedness could lose several city areas the fruits of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA)-assisted water supply scheme. Around 20 Corporation councillors have told KWA officials that the JICA scheme (formerly JBIC) should bypass their wards. The underlying fear, it is understood, is that the public may hold …
Citizens staged a dharna in front of the Town Municipal Council, urging for the authorities concerned to solve the drinking water problem prevailing in Malur town, in Malur on Wednesday. The residents of Hanumanthnagar, Maruthi Layout, Mutton Market, A D Colony and Bhovi Colony took part in the protest. They …
MUMBAI: One of the country's leading engineering and construction firms, Larsen & Toubro Limited, has become the first major corporate casualty of the ongoing water crisis. With lake levels dipping to their lowest, the BMC may decide to restrict supply of 1.5 million litres a day of non-potable water to …
Chief Secretary reviews status of the project work GETTING READY: A view of one of the units at the desalination plant near Minjur that is expected to be commissioned in October. CHENNAI: Treated water from the desalination plant at Kattupalli near Minjur will be supplied to the city from early …
P. Sudhakar To be executed on an outlay of Rs. 18.69 crore TIRUNELVELI: Work on the drinking water project for wards 19, 26 and 27 to be executed on an outlay of Rs. 18.69 crore with the funding of Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Funds Service Limited, Chennai, may commence within …
Supplying potable water to dense populations in developing countries is a perpetually daunting task for water service providers. Badlapur, India, part of metropolitan Mumbai, is one city stepping up its effort to supply its growing population with a 24-by-7 system. This will be a first for the country as currently …
As governments across Asia are searching for ways to increase water security for rural and urban water uses, the need to articulate water rights and improve water allocation practices is rapidly becoming a priority issue to them. The process is made more complex by rapid urbanization, climate change, and other …
Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has decided to file criminal and civil case against those who indulge in tapping water from 18 MGD pipeline illegally. Addressing the general body meeting of the City Corporation held on Friday, members raised objection over the inefficient water supply and water scarcity haunting the city …
There is every likelihood that in the coming months residents of Bhopal may get uninterrupted and regular supply of water. Uninterrupted supply of water is possible from Upper Lake if its level crosses 1662 feet mark. As the situation stands today only 4.20 feet water is needed for the level …
Mahesh Kulkarni / Hubli-dharwad July 24, 2009, 0:13 IST Karnataka project does wonders with water service management Sundaramma, a 45-year-old daily wage earner in the Bengeri locality of Hubli, in Karnataka, has begun to take home Rs 400-500 more every month. Head of a family of six, she no longer …
