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 …
A multilateral lender-funded project with a cost of $107.3 million has been undertaken to help improve flood management, drainage, water conservation and irrigation in the rural Bangladesh. Around 1.7 million people are expected to directly get benefit from the project that will be implemented through 230 subprojects across the country, …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $55 million loan to support small scale water services in Bangladesh to help cut rural poverty, improve community involvement, and address the threat posed by severe floods and other climate change-related events. The loan from the ADB's confessional Asian Development Fund will …
Lucknow: A choked Ghiyasuddin Haider (GH) Canal overflowed following heavy rains that lashed the state capital on Thursday, leaving many areas inundated even as municipal officials were left redfaced. Significantly, it were some of the areas in and around Mall Avenue, where the GH Expressway is nearing its completion, which …
A group of NGOs says that by treating waste locally, the city can make its drains clean as well as cut down pollution in Yamuna by 80% It could turn out to be the perfect solution for the Yamuna
After waiting for the nod from the Ministry of Urban Development for over a year now, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finally received the technical go-ahead for its ambitious plan of resuscitating the Yamuna
Heavy rains last night caused severe waterlogging in many areas of the city, throwing life out of gear for the citizens who woke up to the horrors of an artificial deluge in the morning. The RG Baruah Road and localities on both sides, especially areas like Anil Nagar and Tarun …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is launching solid waste project in six talukas under the North Sindh Urban Services Corporation (NSUSC) with an estimated cost of Rs18 billion. The identified areas include Larkana, Shikarpur, Old Sukkur, Sukkur City, Rohri and Khairpur, said Larkana Ta luka Nazim Qurban Ali Abbasi on …
About 70 percent of polythene bags are till out of recycling process, which creates drainage congestion and waterlogging in urban life, especially in Dhaka City. Department of Environment (DoE) sources said poor solid waste management in city life, bad habit of the citizens of throwing poly bags anywhere they like …
Water shortages present the greatest future threat to the viability of Pakistan as a state and a society, warns a new book on Pakistan. Author Michael Kugelman argues that
Stagnant water has been a nuisance in the town.This year unscheduled power cuts due to scanty rain are troubling people, but they are thankful that due to the absence of rain, several areas of the town have water even when there is no rain for 15 days. Rains in the …
Waterlogging after a brief spell of rain is still a common feature in Guwahati city, but unfortunately, more than five years have passed since former Gauhati University Vice-Chancellor Dr NK Choudhury offered a series of suggestions to the Government to deal with the problem and most of those are yet …
The Chennai Corporation, other local bodies moving slowly in desilting stormwater drains and canals Set for repeat?: Will the city face similar challenges this monsoon? A submerged road in Valasaravakkam last year. Poor garbage disposal compounds the problem. Garbage being dumped in Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar.
7-Foot-Deep Pit Filled In Two Days Ago Subsides Again New Delhi: Even as the government is yet to ascertain the exact cause for the cave-in on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in Defence Colony on Sunday, the filledup pit reportedly settled by another one centimetre on Monday, sending alarm …
This report based on a rapid hydro-geological appraisal of 2 villages, in Supaul distict in flood-prone North Bihar, gives a good understanding of local conditions as well generates a lot of useful data, that can help in planning groundwater management interventions in a village. Such information is crucial especially for …
MUMBAI: Here is some good news for citizens reeling under the city's acute water shortage. The central government last week cleared the remaining Rs 94.16 crore needed for three important civic projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), among them two water tunnels from Malabar Hill to …
