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 …
Pune The much-discussed water meter system should be implemented to check wastage of water, state Irrigation Minister Ajit Pawar said in a meeting to address the water scarcity issue, on Thursday.
Pune Even as the city witnessed a fair amount of rainfall on Thursday, state Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Ajit Pawar announced a 40 per cent water cut for the city from Saturday and a 20 per cent water cut in the Pimpri-Chinchwad areas from Friday. With the live storage …
Mumbai With the growing panic among citizens over water shortage, BMC is going all out to take control of the situation. In a review meeting held on Wednesday, the civic administration decided not to impose further water cuts till July 15. It will also issue advertisements in the media appealing …
Basic water supply is crucial to effectively address the challenges of both urban and rural development. Municipal authorities/state governments in developing nations are especially hard pressed to design, develop and finance the basic urban services such as safe and reliable water supply. Various studies on the subject clearly highlight the …
Water resource exploitation has silently supported the blossoming Chinese economy for decades. Unfortunately, that rapid development has ended with depleted rivers and aquifers and degraded water and soil. China is responding with new thinking, policies and technologies to manage water.
Mumbai Even as rains are giving the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sleepless nights, the city may have to brace itself for a 30 per cent water cut if there are no showers in catchment areas of the six lakes that supply water to Mumbai. At present Modak Sagar, Bhatsa, Upper …
Pramod Kumar June 30: The PMO has finally decided to intervene in the issue of acute water crisis in the national capital and has called a meeting of the senior officials of the Central Ground Water Board, Central Water Commission and the Delhi Jal Board over the issue. Besides, consensus …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: With the monsoon playing truant and the neighbouring States threatening to cut supply, the Delhi Government has finally decided to tackle water wastage and leakage, the two major causes that make up for the bulk of the Capital
Pune With water supply badly hit because of delayed monsoons, the parched city is praying for rain, or even a water tanker. But this time around, even the water tankers, particularly those operated by private ones are being scarcely seen, even though people are ready to pay more. The reason, …
Rs 1,448-cr plan for flood prevention to be implemented. Chennai, June 29 The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) will implement a Rs 2,032-crore scheme to upgrade water supply and sewage disposal in Chennai and its suburbs. Moving the demand for grants to the Municipal Administration and Water …
Location: On River Giri, a tributary of the Yamuna, in Renuka tehsil of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh Objective: To supply 1,240 mld water to Delhi for nine months a year and 40 MW electricity to Himachal Pradesh Cost: Rs 2,700 crore; Centre will bear 90 per cent of the project …
Mumbai municipality readies norms for wastewater from kitchens future housing projects in Mumbai would need to have grey water recycling plants to treat wastewater from kitchen, washing clothes and bathing. The treated water is to be used for horticulture and other non-drinking purposes. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai drafted …
Delhi eyes water from Himachal dam but without checking distribution losses in the city Fifty-year-old Jagir Singh Tomar is among the 700 families in Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh who would be affected by the proposed Renuka dam on Giri, a tributary of the Yamuna river. The project, via Haryana, …
Hyderabad, June 26: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is avoiding the payment of nearly Rs 50 crore as water charges to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board. The water board supplies 80 million gallons water per day (MGD). The corporation has not been making monthly payments for …
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs again staged a walk-out in the Delhi Assembly over the water and power crisis in the Capital on Thursday after Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said that
