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 …
City will get additional 47 million litres of water MADURAI: Corporation Commissioner S. Sebastine inspected the progress of the second drinking water project, to bring water for the city from Vaigai dam, on Monday. He visited the Vaigai dam, raw water treatment plant at Pannaipatti, and many of the places …
K. Lakshmi CHENNAI: Even as the city is preparing for the scorching summer, residents need not panic about their water pipes running dry as the city reservoirs have sufficient storage to meet the increasing demand in the summer months. An official of Chennai Metrowater said the four reservoirs were nearly-78 …
Slum population has doubled in India but their access to basic facilities like water and sanitation has not shown any progress. Among the urban poor, the slum dwellers are the poorest. The very definition of slum points at acute drinking water and sanitation crisis for the slum dwellers. Water Aid …
By S Lalitha, DH News Service, Bangalore: One illiterate, gritty womans novel initiative in D J Halli can serve as an eye opener to both the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the government. Social worker Victoria, a resident of Cauvery Nagar, has single-handedly redressed the water woes of …
NEW DELHI: The Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, has hit out at the Delhi Government for not opposing the Haryana Government
Integrating gender into climate change policy at the local, national and international levels is of paramount importance. Here Lucia Kiwala, Chief of UN-HABITAT
"Right to Water and Sanitation", is a briefing paper (draft)of WaterAid India, based on secondary research. It reviews the current status of drinking water and sanitation in India and concludes that viewing the issue of water and sanitation as a fundamental human right, is necessary to ensure the provision of …
China's water and energy price reform began in the late 1978 after running large-scale interventions in pricing system for long time then has a gradually deep influence on consumer's behaviors. The main objective of this paper is to empirically examine Chinese consumer reactions as a response to the introductions of …
Men in uniform roll up sleeves to restore lake on february 1, the army was out in full strength in Bhopal. They were not out to tackle riots or terrorists but in response to the city administration
Mumbai: The city may have endorsed the Shanghai model for development but its water will be receiving the Singapore treatment. Grappling with water shortage and complaints, city's water department has sought help from experts in Singapore. Engineers from Singapore's national water agency, the Public Utilities Board, will be roped in …
Mysore prepares to receive 24x7 water supply GIRIJAMMA A R lives with her family of five in a middle class locality in Mysore. Last month she paid the municipality Rs 240 for 82,000 litres water consumed over a period of two months. This amount may rise to Rs 350 per …
Coordination between the three departments of the municipality dealing with water supply from the Narmada project, the Yashwant Sagar reservoir and from tubewells will be improved. The responsibility of fixing leakages within 24 hours will rest with zonal assistant and sub-engineers. Public tubewells will be freed of encroachment and public …
Indore and Mysore do not want to face the challenge of urban governance USUALLY it is in the summer that water appears in newspaper headlines. Spring is yet to arrive
This report analyzes the access, service quality, operational efficiency, and tariff levels of more than 65 large water PPP projects (representing more than 100 million people) over 15 years in different regions. Its goal is to contribute to a better understanding of how to tackle the many challenges of providing …
This article is an interim outcome of an action research project being done on Water Governance under which an analysis of the sub-basin is being done to understand the dynamics of water allocation and regulation in practice. It studies inter-sectoral water allocation, planning and management in the last decade in …
