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 …
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 …
Hyderabad has submitted a wish list worth Rs 20,017 crore to MoUD, under JNNURM. The ministry's central sanctioning and monitoring committee has approved Rs 379 crore and released Rs 33.22 crore as the first instalment. Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration's (HUA's) population is likely to increase from 5.7 million in 2001 to …
During six months before the survey 41 per cent of the report's customer respondents made more than one small payment (US $0.45 on average) to doctor meters into lowering bills, 30 per cent made more than one small payment (around US $1.90) to expedite repair work and 12 per cent …
The preparation of the CDP for Lucknow has been undertaken in the context of the JNNURM. Although Lucknow formally qualifies for JNNURM funding for being a state capital, it also is a million plus city and has a rich heritage. The CDP offers a city assessment, a vision for the …
The CDP provides both a perspective and vision for the development of a city. It presents the current stage of city’s development, sets out directions of change, identifies thrust areas, suggests alternate routes & strategies & interventions for bringing about the change, provides framework and vision within which projects need …
people from about 104 villages of Thane district near Mumbai have threatened to break valves of the pipeline supplying water to the metropolis and bring the city's water supply to a halt. The reason: all their water sources have been completely diverted to Mumbai and they are facing acute drinking …
1892: Tansa phase I to supply 77 mld water to Mumbai 1915: Tansa phase II to increase the supply to 82 mld 1925: Height of Tansa dam raised to increase water supply to 150 mld 1948: Tansa phase IV adds 181 mld water to Mumbai 1948 to 1957: Modak Sagar …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and presented an eight-point memorandum seeking the Centre's full support and financial assistance for some major infrastructure projects and development schemes proposed for execution in the State. The projects to be taken up for implementation by the …
The present study deals with the physico-chemical parameters of ground water quality in Mundargi taluk of Gadag district, Karnataka state, the study has been carried out during September 2003. Research findings for fluoride content in drinking water reveals that more than 90% of the total sample analysed were found to …
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has decided to invest Rs. 776 crores on development of infrastructure in Gurgaon in the next three years and undertake four other major projects involving an investment of about Rs. 85 crores. These include remodelling of Gurgaon Water Supply Channel, construction of a multipurpose …
This year, Chandra Nagar village in Savli tehsil of Vadodara district got water from the SSP. It received water for the third year in succession. And for the third consecutive year, water did not reach the village service area as promised. The plan was: each water users' association at the …
Interview with Anil Naidoo, Director of the Blue Planet Project, which is fighting against the commercialisation of water. Anil Naidoo was a key organiser of the alternative forum as a counter to the World Water Forum in Mexico City recently. He is Director of the Blue Planet Project, an international …
AT the fourth World Water Forum held in Mexico City in March 2006, the 120-nation assembly could not reach a consensus on declaring the right to safe and clean drinking water a human right. Millions of people the world over do not have access to potable water supply. But it …
Privatisation of water is taking root in India, often aided by political and bureaucratic corruption. Alongside, resistance to this is also building up. The Sheonath River Project is turning out to be Chhattisgarh's worst inheritance from undivided Madhya Pradesh. The project, India's first river privatisation experiment, was handed over to …
2001: THE old man shuffled his feet, acutely embarrassed. No matter which part of India you're in, the first thing you do is offer your guests a glass of water. And this was one part of Nallamada in Andhra Pradesh blessed with that element. Things had changed, though. "Please don't …
The Chhattisgarh government handed over a stretch of the Sheonath river to a private company to manage water distribution without setting up independent regulatory authorities that could establish guidelines under which a private firm could manage a common resource. A long lease without a regulatory mechanism can lead to unforeseen …
