The 2024 blue drop results show an alarming increase in unsafe municipal drinking water, with 13% of blue drop tests across the country that point to unsafe drinking water. The drinking water of 28 towns and cities did not comply with standards for safe drinking water. Drinking water that does …
Facing the challenge to clear silt and clogged drains ahead of the monsoons, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is now focusing on clearing the silt chambers across the city. The corporation is spending Rs 1.2 crore from its own resources for de-siltation of the water channels and major drains for …
Rain water flows into the well with garbage and contaminates the only source of drinking water in the village every year Youth from Karatti village collecting the plastics and other waste material through Shramadana, which got accumulated in the well, which is the sole source of drinking water for Karatti …
The sewage released into the vented dam near Kalmadi owing to irregular recycling process of sewage has made the life of the residents in the area miserable. The entire sewage collected within the CMC limits have been accumulated in the river Indrani. The river passes through Manipal, Kalsanka, Kodavur and …
Ahmedabad: Pleased with the progress Jnnurm projects have made in Gujarat, Union urban development secretary M Ramchandran said the state was ahead in terms of certain key reforms and some cities have met their deadlines for projects. Ramchandran was in Ahmedabad on Monday to review the progress of JnNURM projects …
India will need to spend $2.2 trillion (Rs 97.35 lakh crore) on its cities by 2030 to meet the urban infrastructure demands, a report released by the McKinsey Global Institute said today. Nearly $1.2 trillion (Rs 53.1 lakh crore) is the capital expenditure needed to fund construction of infrastructure for …
KOCHI: To give an uplift to the existing sewerage system, the Kochi Corporation has come up with a plan to introduce an underground sewage project in the city. The objective of the project is to ensure improvement in urban hygiene and sanitation that will in turn improve public health. Deputy …
The water crisis in the City is compounded by the contamination of already depleting ground water. The contamination is rapidly increasing in urban pockets where people, unaware of conservation and recharging techniques, are inadvertently contributing to the water pollution. In the areas newly included in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike …
ROURKELA: The cry for drinking water in the Steel City is getting shriller with the rise in mercury levels. Dry pockets of the city have been feeling the pinch with the temperature hovering above 41 degree Celsius in the past few days. The fall in ground water table has only …
Voluntary organization Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG) has made an appeal to the authorities concerned to take urgent measures like cleaning the city drains once a week, to save the Guwahatians from flash flood during the monsoon. It has also called for coordination among the departments concerned and suggested that …
New Delhi: The report of the comptroller and auditor general pointed out a host of irregularities in the functioning of the MCD, DJB and the health department. During 2008-09, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) was unable to spend 38% of the funds allocated to it in the water sector and 60% …
NEW DELHI: Delhi Urban Development Minister A.K. Walia on Wednesday said a lot of improvement was required in the functioning of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for ensuring the success of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the city. Speaking at the conclusion of a short duration discussion on the
A multi-crore Commonwealth Games project by the Public Works Department (PWD) to widen Siri Fort and August Kranti roads, create separate cycling tracks and plant exotic species after felling 73 trees
K. Lakshmi CHENNAI: The 2010-11 budget of Ambattur Municipality, presented recently, lays emphasis on environmental conservation initiatives. Nearly Rs.3 crore has been allocated towards development of parks and for rejuvenating 10 waterbodies in various areas, including Padi and Kamarajapuram. Small parks would also be created around the water bodies, officials …
Gokul Chandrasekar | ENS Around 475 outlets of untreated sewage continue to pollute Cooum River even now, when the government has been trying to restore it. Metrowater till date has identified 57 of them, which they hope to plug in a few years -- Sitharam Gurumurthi Waterways in the city …
New Delhi: With the Delhi government setting aside Rs 1,500 crore for water and sanitation in its budget, Delhiites can expect an improved water supply in the coming year. However, the main project that promises water to Delhi and on which the government has spent nearly Rs 315 crore, continues …
Every movement needs a poster boy. India's quest for securing its water needs could use Rajiv Mittal. At 49, the Managing Director of VA Tech Wabag, is one of the younger water entrepreneurs who are changing the way we treat the liquid that sustains our life. Mittal was sent to …
THE Delhi Development Authority has been given environmental permission to go ahead with a Rs 34 crore housing project in Vasant Kunj. The rider: the project should have its own sewage treatment plant on site, with the housing society not only cleaning up its own sewage but also providing recycled …
After Municipal Corporation of Faridabad, the Gurgaon civic body has also purchased a Rs 65-lakh super suction pump and a dumping tanker to free sewage lines of sludge. According to Gurgaon municipal commissioner Rajesh Khullar, the machine was first used in Chakkapur village on trial basis. The corporation now plans …
