Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
The Goa Government and Zuari Industries Limited (ZIL) signed a new agreement under which PWD will supply 8,500 cubic metre of water per day to the company at the rate of Rs 33 per cubic metre.
Three senior Congress leaders have refuted the claim of Mr P.K. Dhumal, a former Chief Minister, that work on the Bamsen-Mewa water supply scheme was started by the BJP regime and asserted that the project could not take off because of the failure of the government to arrange funds. Joining …
To cope with the water scarcity arising out of global warming, the state government has mapped out a plan for the augmentation and remodelling of all water supply schemes across the state, according to Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. He was addressing a rally after dedicating a Rs 57.2-lakh lift water …
A rural water supply scheme backed by the World Bank is to be implemented in 5,744 villages in Punjab. Also, a project to strengthen state highways at a cost of Rs 1,800 crore has been agreed to in principle by the World Bank. A total of 2,124 villages do not …
Drinking water facility will be made available in the source less localities of Madhya Pradesh by the end of the year. The government has already identified 7964 water facilities.
Africa's two highest mountains will lose their ice cover within 25 to 50 years, environmentalists have said. Ice will disappear from Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain and Mount Kenya, the second highest, if deforestation and industrial pollution are not stopped, said Fredrick Njau of the Kenyan Green Belt Movement.
All samples of water taken by the health authorities from different places in the city following the death of a migrant labourer allegedly after consuming contaminated water from Public health taps on September 30 failed purity test. More than 24 labourers reportedly fell sick due to contaminated water in the …
The Delhi Jal board is redrawing the complete logistics of the much touted Sonia Vihar water treatment plant after a drastic reduction in water supply by Uttar Pradesh since the end of last month.
In what could be the beginning of rural population getting clean and safe water without the efforts of the government, WaterHealth International Inc. (WHI), a company focused on providing clean and safe drinking water in rural areas through commercially viable facilities but at a price affordable even by the poorest …
WaterHealth International Inc (WHI), through its India arm, is planning to offer safe and affordable drinking water to rural communities, using a model that included water purification technology. Announcing this here on Tuesday, Dr Tralance Addy, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WHI, said ICICI Bank had announced a Rs 4-crore …
A lawsuit against a stem cell transplant programme alleges that it failed to ensure its stem cells were in good condition and concealed problems from patients, a newspaper reported. The programme treated 40 adult patients in 1998 and 1999 whose stem cells were processed using a method intended to save …
With UP not releasing the required raw water for Sonia Vihar plant even after several reminders from the Centre, CM Sheila Dikshit is likely to take up up the matter at the highest quarters. Sources say Dikshit is going to raise the issue with PM Manmohan Singh for some final …
Even as the State government is finding it difficult to get approval from neighbouring States for the Indira Sagar (Polavaram) project on Godavari river, the Centre has suddenly revived the Inchampally major irrigation project which has more inter-State disputes. The Inchampally project, which has been pending since 1960s, was not …
Khanapuram Haveli sarpanch Buggaveeti Sarala has launched an indefinite hunger strike along with six other panchayat members, demanding funds for a drinking water project in the village, Andhra Pradesh. The project has been a long-standing demand of the villagers who are now forced to consume fluoride-affected water. Ms Sarala said …
In the coming 5to 7 years Mumbai will get an additional water supply of 455 mld. The Rs 1,550 crore Middle Vaitarna Water Supply Project aimed at Increasing the water approved by the Cabinet Expenditure Finance Committee headed by Union Finance, Secretary Adarsh Kishore, in New Delhi.
Tubewells have been so popular in rural Bangladesh that about 12 million have been installed, yielding water that is convenient, free and low in bacteria. But every fourth well is polluted with arsenic, with the result that millions of people are exposed to a severe environmental hazard. We explore this …
LTTE's water war: In the last week of July, the Sri Lankan army launched a ground offensive against Tamil tiger rebels to regain control over a key water reservoir in the northeastern city of Trincomalee district. The battle is considered to be the fiercest since the 2002 cease-fire agreement. Till …
• Adopting modern accrual-based double entry accounting system with e-governance features such as GIS and MIS • Reform of property tax with GIS • Levy of reasonable user charges to recover full operation and maintenance costs • Internal earmarking within local bodies' budgets for basic services to the urban poor, …
function table() { var popurl="files/images/20060831/30-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=450,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } In a tearing hurry, the jnnurm directorate has cleared over 23 infrastructure projects worth Rs 86,482.95 crore to meet the March 31 deadline. Only nine, worth Rs 803.19 crore, are for the urban poor under bsup (see table: Poor release). "Slum development is …
