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 …
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has taken a plan to manage 70 per cent of its supply water from the surface sources by 2021. Managing director of the service provider Taqsem A Khan on Wednesday expressed his hope that by the fiscal year 2018-2019 it would be possible …
Almost 11 million people in Bangladesh will benefit from a project loan to improve the water quality and bring new supplies to the capital city of Dhaka, the Asian Development Bank said. The $250 million water loan approved by the Manila-based development bank for improvements in the fastest-growing city in …
Introducition: Essel Mining & Industries Ltd. (EMIL), a company of Aditya Birla Group is operating Koira Iron mine spreading over an area of 90.143 ha falling under the jurisdiction of Koira, Nuagaon, Kadodihi & Harischandrapur Villages, Koira Tehsil, Sundergarh District, Odisha. Project Detail: EMIL proposes to increase the Iron ore …
The scheme on Repair, Renovation & Restoration (RRR) of water bodies for continuation during XII Plan has been approved by Government of India on 20.9.2013 and accordingly guidelines have been issued in October, 2013. It is envisaged to take up RRR works in 10,000 water bodies with a Central Assistance …
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is planning to initiate Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Phase III in a bid to reduce dependency on ground water. The officials said the project would help reduce the pressure on ground water when the ground water table is falling by two to three …
The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) is going to start work on an ambitious water project that aims to provide 24-hour water supply to the city and adjoining areas. It has been designed keeping in mind the city's population in 2045. The existing water distribution network supplies 115 million litres …
To overcome the water shortages, the government has plans to reach about 140 million acre feet (MAF), which would include surface water supplies through canal withdrawals, canal lining and remodeling, irrigation system rehabilitation and improvement programme, construction of small and medium dams, check dams and retention weirs. About 50.21 MAF …
To overcome the water shortages, the government has plans to reach about 140 million acre feet (MAF), which would include surface water supplies through canal withdrawals, canal lining and remodeling, irrigation system rehabilitation and improvement programme, construction of small and medium dams, check dams and retention weirs. About 50.21 MAF …
In March 2011, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation as part of its mandate to provide technical assistance to states released the Operation and Maintenance Manual to help states to operate, maintain drinking water supply scheme. This updated Operation and Maintenance Manual provides further technical and managerial information on …
Proposed plant plans to use water from the Yamuna river, which also provides water to five hydel power projects in Uttarakhand. Reports that Coca-Cola plans to use surface water from Yamuna for its upcoming bottling plant near Dehradun have raised concern about power production from hydel projects on the river. …
Due to excessive extraction of groundwater to meet the demands of city dwellers, level of the groundwater in the capital is depleting by two to three metres every year. Hydrologists said dependence on groundwater extracted from the city aquifers needs to be reduced by providing alternative sources of water supply, …
Gandhinagar: The Narendra Modi government had formed the Gujarat Water Regulatory Authority (GWRA) on February 14, 2012 — Valentine’s Day — hoping to streamline water usage in the state. But more than a year later, GWRA is a headless, defunct body and almost half of Gujarat is staring at a …
Speakers at a farmers gathering in Rajshahi on Wednesday said the vast barind track has started facing water crises following depletion of both surface and groundwater resources, reports BSS. They viewed Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon, are at very high groundwater drought risks while some other adjacent areas are at moderate …
The present `Master Plan for Artificial Recharge of Ground Water’ is an effort to assess the total recharge potential available in the country along with suitable designs of structures for such recharge. The Master Plan has been prepared by Central Ground Water Board in consultation with the State Governments, in …
Himachal Pradesh today sought financial support from the Centre for the development of water resources infrastructure in the state. Speaking at the sixth meeting of the National Water Resources Council in New Delhi today, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said the state government had launched the World Bank-funded Rs 59.48-crore Hydrology …
New Delhi: The National Water Resources Council (NWRC) on Friday approved the new National Water Policy in its meeting after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured states that the Centre did not intend to encroach upon the constitutional rights or to centralize the regulation over water resources. The new policy envisages …
Climate and water expert Pavel Kabat — director and CEO of the International Institute for Applied System Analysis in Austria — calls for a long-term system approach to water research, new partnerships with the developing world and a change in donor practices, to tackle water-climate issues. He talks to Nature …
The FAO has released a report titled "Assessing poverty reduction potential through investments in agricultural water management: a methodology for country level analysis." The report presents a methodology to analyze the opportunities, constraints and potential of small-scale Agricultural Water Management (AWM) interventions at pilot research sites. The methodology focuses on …
Reports of trace concentrations of pharmaceuticals in the water cycle have raised concerns over potential human health risks from exposure to very low levels of pharmaceuticals in drinking-water. This technical report aims to provide practical guidance and recommendations in managing concerns over pharmaceuticals in drinking-water, taking into consideration the available …
Solid wastes being discarded in open dumping grounds or used as land fill in low-lying areas is causing soil run-off and groundwater pollution. The Pollution Control Board has conveyed this to the GHMC on various occasions, but to no avail. Water analyses around these sites have detected heavy elements, high …
