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 …
A large number of localities were deprived of drinking water on Tuesday without prior intimation. Water was not released to about 70,000 connections in Vijaynagar Colony, Humayunnagar, Red Hills, Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills, Old Mallepally, Allabanda, Asifnagar, Rajendernagar municipal circle areas and surrounding localities. These areas had gone without …
The Delhi Jal Board, which is courting consumers with the promise of additional water from its soon-to-be-commissioned recycling plants and as largesse from the neighbours, will have to work doubly hard to meet the demands of people in four areas designated as most critical. Najafgarh, Qutub, R.K. Puram and Paschim …
The Central Water Commission has completed the pre-feasibility study ordered by the Delhi government to tackle the water crisis in the city. The commission has proposed to the government to construct a water barrage that will be used to store overflows from the Yamuna in monsoons. Subsequently, the Delhi Jal …
Water connection charges for houses of less than 500 sq.ft have been reduced to Rs. 100, according to M.K. Stalin, Local Administration and Rural Development Minister. This was being done to enable people belonging to economically weaker sections of society to get the water connection easily, he said, wrapping up …
The work on the 100-million-litre-a-day (MLD) seawater desalination plant at Minjur, on the northern outskirts of Chennai, is progressing expeditiously, Local Administration Minister M. K. Stalin informed the Assembly on Tuesday. Initiating the debate on the demand for grants to his department, he said the work would be completed this …
The scarcity of reliable perennial water sources, including groundwater, is posing serious challenges to the provision of municipal water to the rapidly growing rural communities and small towns in Barani areas. While new crops should be required new marketing channels and offer new value-added activities for farm communities, but assistance …
In 1998, Karnataka agreed to abide by the conditions imposed by the Union Water Resources Ministry if Tamil Nadu withdrew its objections to Cauvery water being used to augment supply to Bangalore, according to the minutes of a meeting convened by the Union Secretary (Water Resources) and attended by officers …
A variety of water reforms are being undertaken in different parts of the country. This paper discusses a project in the twin cities of Hubli-Dharwad in north Karnataka, a pilot for 24/7 functioning as well as for the institutional and other changes required for private sector participation in urban areas. …
The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board is carrying out in full swing the project of augmenting the water supply to Valparai in Coimbatore district and 10 other areas, Local Administration and Rural Development Minister M.K. Stalin told the Assembly. At present, the Valparai Municipality was maintaining the service …
City residents face acute water crisis Power outage, low voltage disrupt WASA supply Abdul Kader People in different areas of the Dhaka city are suffering from acute crisis of water due to frequent load-shedding and low voltage coupled with sharp fall in underground water level. The Dhaka Water Supply and …
Seven prisoners lodged in the Tihar Jail here died of dehydration last year. This year, barely at the start of summer, a severe water shortage has hit the prison again. The authorities blame the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). According to international standards set for prisons, an inmate requires 135 litres …
Water is classified as one of the most basic human needs. Although it covers 2/3 of the earth's surface giving the allusion that it is an infinite resource we are about to be proved wrong as the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) claims that they are unable to …
IF THE Victorian Government is the main tenant in La La Land, then the Productivity Commission's latest report, Towards Urban Water Reform: A Discussion Paper must be the rent book. Its drift is plain. There is no problem with water supply that a competitive market couldn't fix. "Ultimately, it is …
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Saket Vijay Jolly on Wednesday accused the Delhi Government of failing to provide the people with adequate water and said that while Rs.1,800 crore have been spent in the name of cleaning the Yamuna and a lot of money has also been spent on improving …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report for 2007 has pulled up the Delhi Jal Board over its poor water management, delayed projects and water leakage resulting in huge revenue loss. The report that was tabled in the assembly yesterday criticised the DJB for failing to keep pace …
Nearly half of the city and three surrounding municipalities will have to go without water on Wednesday. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB;) sprang a nasty surprise on citizens by announcing this decision at the eleventh hour giving no time for people to store water. Most people …
Climate change will affect the health of urban populations. It represents a range of environmental hazards and will affect populations where the current burden of climate-sensitive disease is high
Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented rate, particularly in developing countries, with high migration of population from rural to urban areas. As a consequence of urbanization and associated environmental impacts, the issue of providing water to growing urban population is becoming critical. Water management in the context of urban area …
During disaster, management of essential services is a daunting task. Water supply systems (WSS) are susceptible to natural disasters like earthquakes, floods and famine and also face threat from man-made disasters. Since water is the basic need of living being, restoring it is a major challenge to water engineers in …
For sustaining of a WSS over its design period, operation and maintenance cost should be fully recovered from the users. Therefore, willingness to pay and affordability survey of households in small and medium towns is a prerequisite for selection of proper scheme, its implementation and financial sustainability. This paper suggests …
