Order of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh in the matter of Vishvajeet Ratoniya Vs The State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 26/11/2024. The matter related to Swarn Rekha river revival. Amicus Curiae referred to the order dated November 20, 2024 and submitted that Municipal Corporation, Gwalior had to …
New Delhi: Government spending of over Rs 46,000 crore on infrastructure augmentation under UPA’s flagship JNNURM scheme seems to have improved key indicators of urban life in India and reached the poorest of poor. The recent National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data shows that over 90% of slumdwellers feel water …
The Chennai Corporation has decided to withdraw licences for commercial buildings that are found to have directly connected their drainage network to stormwater drains and waterways. The civic body will soon commence a survey of all properties in the city, using the services of private agencies. “The private agency will …
The World Bank had agreed to finance a Rs 443 crores project to check the flow of sewer water into Ganga. Under this project, 250km of new sewer lines would be laid in the city. A team of World Bank had visited various wards of the city with the officials …
In human practice of manual scavenging is unabated till today despite having 20 year old law to prohibit it which is no longer effective. In order to effective total eradication of the practice, The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012 was introduced in the Lok …
Manual Scavenger means a person engaged or employed on regular or frequent basis by an individual or a local authority or a public or private agency, for manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or otherwise handling in any manner, human excreta in an insanitary latrine or in an open drain or …
City utilises only 35% of funds; two major projects fail to take off Kochi has put up a dismal performance in implementing the Centrally supported Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects. The city could utilise only 35 per cent of the amount approved for projects, according to a …
This advisory on tariff structure for urban water supply and sewerage services is an effort to provide guidance to states and cities in adopting suitable water/sewerage tariff so as to recover 100% cost to meet at least O&M; requirements to begin with. This will improve the service delivery to the …
Ray of hope for farmers as CM does a rethink MARGAO: There’s finally a ray of hope that farmers cultivating the fields in and around the once picturesque Salpem lake on the Margao-Navelim border will get their land back – more than three years after former PWD Minister Churchill Alemao …
As part of its efforts to eliminate open defecation, the Tiruchirapalli City Corporation is putting up a modern temporary toilet complex on the Cauvery river bank on the Amma Mandapam Road. The pre-fabricated structure comes fitted with solar-powered lights. Apart from separate cubicles for men and women, it will include …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said the Delhi Government was eagerly awaiting the commissioning of Munak Canal, which will result in saving 80 MGD raw water, to help the city meet its demand for drinking water. Moreover, three water treatment plants lying idle at Dwarka, Okhla and Bawana are …
Plan To Divert Sewage Of Certain Areas Near Kukrail Nullah Lucknow:The Lucknow Municipal Corporation has started the second innings of the Lucknow Sewerage Yojana under the Centre’s flagship scheme Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. As a result, residents of Aliganj, Mahanagar and Gomtinagar area who had long been struggling …
The Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment present this Thirty-second Report of the Committee on “The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012” pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on 3.9.2012 and was referred to …
Management of solid or liquid wastes in rural areas is much easier and profitable business than in urban areas due to the fact that it is mostly organic in nature and does not contain toxic compounds. In rural areas, waste can be safely reused for beneficial purposes with limited resources. …
Manual on sewerage and sewage treatment: Part – B on ‘Operation and Maintenance’ addresses the issues of standardizing the human resources and financial resources that are needed to sustain a system created at huge costs without it slipping into an edifice for want of codified requirements of these so that …
Part – C on ‘Management’ addresses the modern methods of project delivery and project validation and gives a continual model for the administration to foresee the deficits in allocations and usher in newer mechanisms. It is a tool for justifying the chosen project delivery mechanism and optimizing the investments on …
The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, had funded the setting up of a Centre of Excellence in the area of Decentralized Wastewater Management, in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras in the year 2009. The scope of the project included: preparation of detailed implementation plan in …
NBCC sub-contractors desert work at many places JAMMU: While significant progress has been made in the execution of sewerage works in North-Western part of the Jammu city, numerous problems are being encountered by the agency responsible for carrying out such works in the Eastern part and this would have adverse …
Taking a giant leap forward towards protecting the environment, the Delhi Government has imposed a blanket ban on manufacture, sale, storage and use of plastic bags in the city. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said: “After considering the …
A Bill to provide for the prohibition of employment as manual scavengers, rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their families, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Sewerage and sanitation projects proposed for Kochi have been hit by a fund crunch and hold up of policy decision making. The Kochi Corporation had earlier drawn up plans for setting up two projects in the city, one for central city and another one for the West Kochi areas. In …
