Order of the Gauhati High Court in the matter of North East Eco Development Society Vs The State of Assam & Others dated 17/03/2025. In response to the direction given by the HC on December 18, 2024, an affidavit was filed on behalf of the government of Assam, Department of …
KONARK/BHUBANESWAR: With water-logging posing a serious threat to the historic Sun Temple at Konark, an expert team sent by State Government inspected the heritage site to examine the drainage system there. A six-member team comprising engineers and officials from the government and state-owned Orissa Construction Corporation (OCC) yesterday visited the …
Mumbai: It is raining, and more importantly, it is raining in catchment areas. The lake levels are going up steadily. All this is good news. But, the bad news is that the administration will not risk withdrawing the 15% water cut, imposed across the city last year, till July 15. …
Stay vacated by HC, new sewage plant can finally be linked to network Despite the crores of rupees spent on laying sewer lines and maintaining existing ones, the drainage system in Gurgaon still falls woefully short. Now, with the Punjab and Haryana High Court vacating the stay on the final …
Poor Waste Disposal System, Unauthorised Constructions & Siltation Behind Flooding: NSSO Report THE monsoon may affect the urban poor more as 48% slums are facing acute waterlogging problems, affecting about 4 million households. In 2002, waterlogging had affected 36% slums, as per a report by the National Sample Survey Office …
Mumbai: Heavy rains coupled with strong winds today lashed the city and its suburbs, disrupting air and rail traffic and leading to water logging in many areas. The city received 60.77 mm rainfall since yesterday. Colaba in south Mumbai received 78.6 mm and suburban Santacruz received 95.0 mm, the MET …
The urban sector is being increasingly recognised as a critical growth driver for the Indian economy. The share of population residing in urban areas is also witnessing rapid growth
24% Of Shanties Along Drains, 12% Beside Rly Tracks: NSSO Mahendra Kumar Singh | TNN New Delhi: Even as the Indian economy remains one of the bright spots in the world showing an upward growth trajectory, around 49,000 slums continue to blight the urban landscape forcing lakhs of people to …
Timely steps to ensure regular cleaning of the drains could have given some relief to the lakhs of people of Guwahati city who have to face severe water logging problem even after a brief spell of rain, observed voluntary organisation Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG). The SGBG pointed out that …
This latest NSSO report on the condition of urban slums says that 49,000 slums were estimated to be in existence in urban India in 2008-09. It provides data on living facilities like drinking water, toilet, sewerage, drainage and garbage disposal.The main aim of the survey on condition of slums was …
The weather department's forecast of early monsoons in the national Capital this year has raised the concerns of the Delhi Government. While the weather prediction comes as a respite for the Delhiites from the scorching heat, the Government fears the rains would delay Commonwealth Games projects especially the streets caping …
The Delhi Cabinet has sanctioned additional funds to the tune of Rs 40 crore for the second phase of a stormwater drain to be built along the periphery of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The first phase of the drain was built from the boundary of the airport till the …
The Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Surajmal Garg and Justice Ranjan Gogoi after hearing the PIL No. 81/09 filed by Ketaki Bardalai and Dr Santwana Bordoloi today directed the Commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation and Commissioner of Municipal Administration Department, Govt. of Assam to …
KORAPUT: The villagers of Sibaguda under Konga gram panchayat in Jeypore block have threatened not to cooperate with the census enumerators till their demands are conceded. They alleged that the village had seen several elections and census enumerations in the name of development but it lacks even basic amenities till …
Voluntary organization Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG) has made an appeal to the authorities concerned to take urgent measures like cleaning the city drains once a week, to save the Guwahatians from flash flood during the monsoon. It has also called for coordination among the departments concerned and suggested that …
The field of study and analysis of water governance in river basins is still in its infancy. There are no well developed research designs and survey methodologies for conducting such a study. Thus the present attempt to study water governance in the Man river basin is of an exploratory nature. …
Already reeling under an acute water crisis, Mumbai has been losing an additional 5 million litres everyday since February 17 when a borewell being dug without permission damaged an underground water tunnel in Malad. After a month of grappling with a maze of technical difficulties in undertaking repairs, the BMC …
The Japorigog Jyotirupa Sangha on Thursday alleged that lackadaisical attitude on the part of the concerned departments has aggravated the problem of artificial water-logging in the Japorigog area. The areas Kalyanpur, Nayanpur, Hastinapur, Lakhinagar, Anandapur etc., have been going through a great deal of ordeal during the rainy season with …
The silt thrown up by the gigantic brick sewers under the city is enough to cover the Shahid Minar 10 times over or fill up 150 reservoirs like the Tallah tank. This is the first time the sewers are being cleaned since they were laid in 1859. The Calcutta Municipal …
