Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
LUCKNOW: It was a partial relief for the heavily polluted Gomti, as Asia's largest sewage treatment plant (STP) got operational on chief minister Mayawati's birthday on Saturday. Around 290 million litres per day (mld) of sewage was pumped into the 342 mld STP situated in Bharwara, around 20 kilometre from …
Civic body will set up a natural wetland purifying plant on Chirag Dilli nullah and use the treated water from it to maintain 22-acre land in south Delhi The MCD has come up with a unique way to meet the growing water requirement to maintain its parks in south Delhi. …
The development and maintenance of industrial areas will be the top priority of Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation (RIICO). This was stated by Rajendra Bhanawat, managing director, RIICO at Udyog Bhawan here on Thursday. Bhanawat said within a timeframe there should be proper cleanliness of the industrial areas …
When the Coimbatore Corporation is already facing flak from councillors over the pace of implementation of the underground drainage scheme, sharp rise in the prices of construction materials is causing further agony to the civic body. The civic body is engaged in laying sewers measuring nearly 650 km within the …
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has approved Rs 15.30 crore under the special package for the flood-affected areas for civic bodies of Bhiwani, Kaithal and Sonepat districts. An official spokesman said here today that under the special package for the flood-affected area scheme, Rs 40 crore had been earmarked …
The National Urban Sanitation Policy 2008 (NUSP) introduced by Ministry of Urban Development. Government of India with a vision to make all Indian cities totally sanitized, healthy, livable and has provided the required framework to move towards urban sanitation in an integrated manner with addressing the issues related to urban …
Watershed response to produce runoff by a rainfall event depends upon the watershed characteristic and each watershed has its exclusive characteristics. However, most of the watersheds lacks in the facility of recording runoff, in such a case, morphometric parameters of a watershed are valuable information to evaluate watershed capacity to …
Infiltration tests were conducted at three locations in the Pooppara Tribal Colony area, Idukki District, Kerala. Physico-chemical analysis of the soil samples shows that the soil type for the selected locations is sandy clay loam and is acidic in nature with low bio-manure.
Flood management has until recently emphasised investment and trust in constructed solutions that rely mainly on structural robustness. However, there has been a shift in the attitudes and policies towards flood risk management that emphasises a systems approach in which robustness and resilience now have an equal part to play. …
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: The desilting and strengthening of underground sewers with glass-reinforced polymer pipes (GRP) in south and north Kolkata is a distant dream and is not possible before September next year, senior civic officials feel. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has floated a global tender to find out a …
Shidlaghatta, Dec 16, DHNS: Bhaktarahalli in Shidlaghatta taluk, which was chosen for the Nairmalya State Award, has now become synonymous with unhygienic conditions. Unkempt: A pond at Bhaktarahalli in Shidlaghatta taluk has been converted into a dumpyard and is covered with weeds. DH Photo.Tumkur district level committee chose Bhaktarahalli for …
ITANAGAR, Dec 8: Arunachal RTI Activists (ARTIA), a forum of activists, has alleged that implementation of the centrally sponsored Storm Water Drainage System in Seppa(the headquarters of East Kameng) an urban infrastructure development scheme for small and medium townships, is moving at a very slow pace. In a submission to …
This report on "Housing conditions of Delhi" by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics on the basis of survey conducted under 65th National Sample Survey provides vital information on various aspects of housing conditions in the Capital city. The present report on "Housing Conditions in Delhi" is brought out by …
This paper considers how the official poverty line in India would have to change, if it were to be set at a level that allowed urban households to afford minimally adequate accommodation. It discusses the difficulties in incorporating housing needs into poverty lines, noting that households that rent accommodations are …
The present report on “Urban Slums in Delhi” is brought out by this directorate on the basis of sample survey conducted under the 65th NSS Round (July 2008- June 2009) in respect of state sample. This report contains information relating to 2008-09 on ownership, area type, structure, living facilities like …
Creation of apex water institutions and irrigation department reforms, capacity building and business process re-engineering under the UPWSR Project has already been discussed.
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forest has asked the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) to re-examine the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report of the proposed airport in Navi Mumbai. It has also asked CIDCO to conduct fresh studies on the suitability …
