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 …
MUMBAI: After asking bulk consumers, clubs, gardens and hotels to make arrangements for their own sources of water, the BMC has now announced that it will discontinue supply to the city
Hyderabad, Jan. 29: The MPs, MLCs and MLAs on Friday unanimously decided to ask the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to revive the Krishna Phase-III drinking water project for the city. They took the decision at the district review committee meeting, chaired by the home minister, Ms P. Sabita Indra …
Faulty method adopted in shifting the main water pipeline at Kadiranahalli junction, located behind Banashankari temple, allegedly by BBMP contractors on Monday afternoon led to the breaking of main water pipeline into two. Nearly three lakh litres of water went down the drain resulting in stoppage of water supply in …
Mumbai Mumbai will have its first desalination plant in the coming months, but the BMC project, costing more than Rs 15 crore, will not be used to treat water for drinking purposes. The civic administration will adopt an expensive project for desalination. However, the money spent might not be worth …
NEW DELHI: The Public Water Agency of the Year 2009-10 award was conferred on the Delhi Jal Board at the fourth Water Digest Awards here recently. The award was presented to Jal Board Chief Executive Officer Ramesh Negi by Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.
Mumbai As per the proposal, corporates will fund and carry out the revival To tide over the ongoing water scarcity, MP Sanjay Nirupam has proposed the revival of six major lakes in north Mumbai on a build, operate and transfer basis. Nirupam was approached by NGO Raichel Joseph Foundation which …
CHENNAI: VA Tech Wabag, an Indian multinational company involved in water treatment projects, in partnership with Israel-based IDE Technologies, has been awarded the contract for executing India
Residents of Kailash Colony in South Delhi are up in arms over the issue of deteriorating conditions of water being supplied by the Delhi Jal Board. The residents have been complaining that despite their repeated attempts to take up the issue with the DJB officials no action has been taken …
Physicochemical characteristics of groundwater and municipal water in Amalner town by taking water samples from five different stations. The study was carried out by collecting four groundwater samples (Two open well, two bore well) and one municipal water sample during November 2007-February 2008. The results were compared with standards prescribed …
The break even cost of treated water from a water treatment plant depends on the capital cost and the operation cost through out its life span. The main capital investments in Garden Reach water works occured in two phases. The operation of first phase was started on 1982 and second …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Madhya Pradesh have shared an enduring partnership in catalyzing a series of state-wide initiatives toward developing basic infrastructure. This report captures the impact of ADB's assistance to the state of Madhya Pradesh since 1999 on its endeavors in fiscal consolidation as …
User charges and better delivery needed Nearly all large cities in India are in the grip of a serious water shortage, as revealed in a series of reports in this paper, which is likely to get worse as migration continues and rising incomes raise people
Nearly 260 billion rupees has been spent to provide drinking water facilities for the public, the government says. Implementation of urban water supply schemes has provided 1.2 million families with the drinking water facilities. In addition rural water supply schemes implemented in 2,241 Grama Niladari Divisions during the last 4 …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: In the New Year, the Capital will get an additional 21 million gallons of water every day. Not enough for the burgeoning city and its growing needs, but not too insignificant to go unnoticed. Two more water recycling plants of the Delhi Jal Board are …
Pune A major portion of the city will go without water on Tuesday as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has undertaken maintenance and repair work at its four major pumping stations - Swargate, Wadgaon, Warje and Pune Cantonment. The maintenance work is part of an exercise to improve the water …
