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 …
The existing Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Treatment published by the Ministry in the year 1993 is being revised and updated by the Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry with JICA assistance. The draft of the Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Treatment (Part A: Engineering) has already been finalized by …
It will be implemented in 32 areas recently included in Chennai Corporation The State government on Monday unveiled a Rs.2,000-crore project for improving water supply and sewerage facilities in the 32 areas newly included in the Chennai Corporation. Replying to a debate on the demands for grants for his department, …
Urban local bodies (ULBs) have drawn up an action plan for revival, rehabilitation and maintenance of rain water harvesting (RWH) structures, Municipal Administration and Rural Development Minister K.P. Munusamy said on Monday. Initiating a debate on the demands for grants of his departments, Mr. Munusamy said that the ULBs had …
“Dirty and insecure toilets force kids, especially girls, out of school” A report on the condition of toilets in Delhi's government schools has painted a grim picture of neglect and apathy towards the lives and hygiene of lakhs of children. The survey of the schools toilets was carried out by …
Tamil Nadu's scorecard for the decade is well ahead of the national average Tamil Nadu, acknowledged widely as one of the progressive States, has lived up to this image through its enhanced performance, over the last 10 years, in most of development parameters except sanitation. Be it the use of …
Latest Census reveals high-end technology is common in the Capital and households have greater comforts than ever before With a greater number of its households possessing television sets than radios and transistors, with more families being connected to the Internet than to landline phones and with more people having scooters …
This report has been prepared for submission to the Governor under Article 151 of the Constitution. The report contains findings on performance audit and audit of transactions in various departments including Public Works and Irrigation and Public Health Departments, audit of stores and stock, audit of autonomous bodies. The report …
‘Experience the plight of manual scavengers’ The High Court of Karnataka on Monday gave a dressing down to the chairpersons of Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board on their failure to implement its orders to prevent manual scavenging in the State. “Let …
The Delhi Jal Board has been given the go-ahead to expand its sewerage system in the city. At a Jal Board meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday, several key projects were discussed and approved. To lay a sewer network in the non-sewer areas of Delhi and trap …
Bikaner: The state housing board is planning to make houses available to the poorer section of society at cheaper rates in remote rural areas. “An action plan is under consideration for the purpose,” Parasram Mordia, chairman of the Rajasthan Housing Board said here on Friday. Mordia said currently the housing …
Haryana Public Health Minister Kiran Choudhary said on Monday that the National Capital Region Planning Board had approved three projects worth Rs.109.95 crore for improvement of water supply and sewerage facilities in Gurgaon district. She said that execution of these projects would improve the basic amenities and provide substantial relief …
The dream of Ranchi as a hygiene haven will remain just that — a dream — at least for some more time. The big-budget, ambitious plan to realign the capital’s shoddy network of sewers and drains, which had been hanging fire for four years over a litany of contentious issues …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has alleged that around 950 water pipelines in Delhi have been identified as passing out through drains. The MCD Medical Relief and Public Health Committee chairman V.K. Monga wrote to the NHRC chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan seeking his intervention for fixing responsibility in supply …
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is all set to issue notices for the second time to owners of identified houses that are yet to install rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems. Out of 55,000 and odd houses, including those constructed on 60X40 site and new houses built on 30X40 …
“Complaints over leakage, water quality received daily but problem not alarming” The Delhi Jal Board on Monday admitted that there are complaints of contamination that it receives daily but maintained that the situation is far from alarming. The Board was reacting to a report compiled by the Municipal Corporation of …
MCD commissioner K.S. Mehra personally appeared in the Delhi high court on Thursday following the summons issued by it on the issue of the civic agency’s alleged failure in preventing sewer water entering the zoo area and contaminating its water body during monsoon. Taking a serious view of the issue, …
AJMER: The sewerage lines of Pushkar have started overflowing with the onset of monsoon in the region. With drain water entering the holy Pushkar lake, the priests of Brahma temple are an agitated lot. They threatened a Pushkar bandh following which the municipal authorities assured to change the sewerage system …
Work on the Delhi Jal Board's ambitious interceptor sewer system that is aimed at preventing untreated sewage from the city's drains from falling into the Yamuna is likely to start by the end of August. On Monday Jal Board officials said the work is on track and the agency has …
The High Court on Wednesday directed the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority to seal within one year all the sewers that discharge waste, and pipes that discharge industrial effluent, into the Buriganga River. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore also directed the Department …
Procurement processes in the Urban Local Bodies is one such area which requires basic system improvement and transparency. Estimating the cost of works correctly prior to the execution is one of the major challenges. Till now, Urban Administration and Development Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh did not have its own …
