Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
Over 40 people were taken ill after consuming contaminated water, supplied by Delhi Jal Board, on the NCERT campus near Hauz Khas on Tuesday. While some of those affected are under treatment at various city hospitals including Safdarjung, Rockland and Saket City Hospital in South Delhi, two persons including a …
At least two persons died and 50 fell ill after allegedly drinking contaminated water over the last few days in NCERT Colony, South Delhi. While samples of water from tanks in the colony have been sent for testing, the Delhi government announced that water tankers had been dispatched to the …
Three persons of the NCERT Colony at Aurobindo Marg died allegedly by drinking contaminated water and around 50 persons were hospitalized in Safdarjung, Rockland and Moti hospitals in south Delhi today. The Opposition put the onus on the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), saying that it has been providing polluted water …
More than 70 people have fallen sick in the past few days at the NCERT campus in south Delhi, allegedly due to contamination of drinking water. "The reports of residents falling sick started coming in from Friday night and have increased over the weekend. The entire Type-1 building has been …
Many A Slip To The Sip • 30 Number of Indian cities where private sector and MNCs have been roped in by civic bodies to manage the water supply. • 0 No project has so far delivered on lofty commitments; most continue to face major opposition from the consuming public …
The 2012 drought in Maharashtra's Marathwada region was mainly the result of lack of good water governance and poor operation of watershed development and irrigation projects. A policy that restrains sugar cane cultivation and modernises all types of water resource development works will go a long way in ensuring that …
Pune: The Development Plan (DP) for the old city areas has insisted on the formulation of a long-term strategy to tackle water supply-related problems. It requires rigorous distribution, modeling and amalgamation of the present network after carrying out detailed distribution and sufficiency analyses, and pressure monitoring. “A master plan considering …
The Bombay High Court today directed Maharashtra government and the state Water Resource Regulation Authority (MWRRA) to take stock of water storage at all dams and its management and allocation by October every year to avoid drought situation. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S …
French water supply services company Veolia Water on Thursday said that it has won contracts for water supply in two cities in Karnataka that would generate nearly 8.5 million euros in revenue for the company over the next six years. The company, among the world's largest suppliers of water services, …
Some 52,000 community water systems and 21,400 not-for-profit non-community water systems across the US will require approximately $384.2 billion of infrastructure investment through 2030 in order to assure the provision of safe drinking water to 297 million Americans, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey …
In the continuing water wars between Delhi and Haryana, Chief Minister of neighbour state Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said Haryana was supplying to national capital more water than its legitimate share according to the 1994 memorandum of understanding. Hooda was speaking at the fifth meeting of Upper Yamuna Review …
JAMMU, May 23: The inhabitants of mohalla Upper Shiv Nagar (Jammu) have been facing severe water crisis since April 2013 due to irregular and inadequate water supply from Rajpura Pumping and Distribution Station (RPDS). Though there are two sources of water supply to RPDS, still the RPDS is facing a …
PUNE: The civic administration has taken a much-needed step towards making citizens accountable for every drop of water they consume and also to measure its loss through leakages. The civic body has started work on a pilot project to install water meters in 1,200 households in Sahkarnagar and Rajas society …
New Delhi: In the absence of additional water from the Munak canal, Delhi Jal Board has put in place several measures to ensure that water distribution is not affected this summer when demand is expected to rise. The water utility will try and ensure an average production of 835 million …
The state government on Thursday told the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court that it has finalised the Maharashtra water resources regulatory authority rules and has sent them for publication in the official gazette. Following a petition filed by Marathwada Janata Vikas Parishad, the high court had on April …
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 …
AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad district court has ordered a stay on the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation's ( AMC) notice to the Aurangabad City Water Utility Company, asking it to start parallel water supply pipeline work by April 30 or the Rs 792-crore contract with the company would be terminated. The civic body …
Bombay High Court (HC) asked Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) Wednesday to hear Solapur farmers aggrieved by the parched Ujjani dam that has allegedly created a drought-like situation in the district. On April 15, HC had pulled up the state government for failing to appoint members to MWRRA. Last …
This has reference to the excellent article entitled “Cauvery Dispute: A Lament and a Proposal” (EPW, 30 March 2013) by Ramaswamy R Iyer on the history, complex dynamics and current status of the Cauvery River dispute. I run a conservation foundation in Bangalore and, as much of our work is …
At the honk of a water tanker, hundreds of women in Bedi village dash to Khari Chowk, leaving aside all other errands. In no time, the queue to fill water stretches for at least half a km and women – some in their 70s and some even pregnant – wait …
