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 …
Mysore, DHNS: The State government has convened a meeting of Commissioners of all urban development authorities in Bangalore on September 1 to formulate an
Hyderabad, Aug. 24: Residents of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board have been waiting for an additional supply of 15 lakh gallons of drinking water for the last four years. The SCB presently supplies 38 lakh gallons per day but the demand is for 50 lakh gallons. Residents of over 60 localities …
Shillong: The Centre has approved the Rs 193.49-crore project under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to complete the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme, bringing a hope for the city to ease the present water crisis. Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under JNNURM on Tuesday gave its approval to …
Mumbai, August 18 Housing societies finding suddenly larger bills prepare to cut down usage With the city facing a water supply shortage of 800 million litres a day (mld), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has located the 20,000 Mumbai families who will now shoulder the burden of consuming water in the …
The Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO) is Technical Wing of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and deals with the matters related to Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Including Solid Waste Management in the Country.
Work on the 20 million gallon per day capacity plant will be completed within 21 months Project to improve substantially water supply in many colonies Scheme of payment of water bills through 92 post offices to continue NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board on Wednesday gave its approval for construction …
S Lalitha Every glass of water you drink reaches your doorstep after a long and fascinating journey. The story of that journey ought to be told as long as Bangalore thirsts for the precious commodity. In a unique phenomenon which takes place only in a few spots in the world, …
Hyderabad, July 27: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB;) will take up two major projects at a cost of over Rs 432 crore as part of infrastructure development under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). While a sewerage master plan will be implemented in the …
Why do the poor pay the highest price for water and the rich, who have piped connection, get the inexpensive water in our cities? Why is there an outbreak of water borne disease frequently due to polluted water? What is lacking: There is lack of investment to price water price …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The City will get drinking water on a daily basis from 2011, when work on the second phase of the Cauvery Water Supply Scheme Stage IV is complete, said Katta Subramanya Naidu, Minister for BWSSB, Excise, IT-BT and Information Department. Briefing the media after collecting first-hand …
Pandurang Mhaske Municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak shot down Shiv Sena executive chief Uddhav Thackeray's appeal to cut the water connection in highrises and construction sites in the city. In view of the water cut in the city, Thackeray had recently appealed to the state government asking them to cut the …
Bid to make the Capital a water-efficient city Joint task force to take policy decisions Bureau of Water Efficiency planned NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board signed a memorandum of understanding with the Confederation of Indian Industry in the presence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit earlier this week with the …
JORHAT, July 17: Consumers of the Urban Water Supply scheme here have been literally left high and dry with the water hard coming in at a trickle and many taps running dry in the last few days. Venting his ire on the poor services of the Urban Water Supply scheme, …
Two years ago, the water crisis in Delhi was at its peak. With the drought-like situation still fresh in their minds, most people today count water supply as a key factor in deciding where to live. Going by that trend, residents of East Delhi are the happiest lot. And that …
Project expected to solve Delhi's water woes to a great extent Proposal also forwarded to the Upper Yamuna River Board to seek approval of member States The project will store water that otherwise gets wasted in the absence of any storage facility NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board has asked …
Pune July 04 Making a complete volte-face, the department of the legal advisor of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) changed its stance on the 24x7 water supply project on Friday. While the legal adviser's earlier opinion submitted to the PMC last month said that a consortium cannot legally apply for …
Hyderabad July 3: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board does not have the money to execute the Rs 3,300 crore project to bring Godavari water to the city. Despite not having a single penny in its coffers, the Water Board has invited tenders for the project under pressure …
Pune, July 2 PMC considering city company's membrane filtration plan to provide 50 lakh litres a day A project to procure potable water from Pashan lake is under active consideration of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). Membrane Filters (India) Pvt Ltd, a Pune-based company working in the field of filtration …
