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 …
The State Government today introduced The Assam Public Health Bill, 2010, in the Legislative Assembly with a view to protecting and fulfilling the rights of the people in matters related to health and well-being, health equity and justice. Moreover, it has sought to guarantee the people their right to appropriate …
Faridabad: The Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) has proposed to give a facelift to the biggest nullah here that passes through a long stretch of land before flowing into Yamuna river. The announcement regarding this was today made by the commissioner of the civic body, Mahtab Singh Sehrawat. Speaking at …
THE untreated sewerage water of the cities is a big problem in Punjab with its stink making life a hell for the urbanites. With no treatment facilities at most of the places, water flows through open nullahs and pollute the water bodies, including rivulets, water streams and even the rivers. …
In a bid to clean the polluted Dal Lake here, two state-of-the-art drudging machines have been brought from Finland. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah observing the functioning of state-of-the-art machine imported from Finland for deweeding and dredging in Dal Lake in Srinagar on Saturday. PTI The Rupees eight crore multi-functional machines …
The silt thrown up by the gigantic brick sewers under the city is enough to cover the Shahid Minar 10 times over or fill up 150 reservoirs like the Tallah tank. This is the first time the sewers are being cleaned since they were laid in 1859. The Calcutta Municipal …
CHENNAI: Residents of various parts of Triplicane have complained that they have been receiving sewage mixed drinking water for over two weeks now. Households on several streets such as Easwaradas Street, T.P.Koil Street, Car Street, Singarachari Street and South Tank Square Street said that the problem has become severe in …
The Himachal government accepted in the Assembly on Wednesday that the jaundice outbreak in Shimla was an outcome of the contamination of drinking water with sewerage water in various residential localities. The government also revealed the poor condition of sewerage disposal in the town and stated that of the nearly …
Anandpur Sahib: For the first time in the state, a computer-operated water supply and sewer monitoring system has been introduced at Anandpur Sahib wherein six sewer pumps and two water tanks will be monitored using the latest technology. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal inaugurated the project today. Officials from …
The State Government has approved funds amounting to more than Rs 100 crore for construction of sewage treatment plant and related facilities in Dehradun. According to Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli whereas, funds amounting to Rs 55 crore has been approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for construction of sewage …
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) are in trouble for supplying untreated sewage water to Lodhi Garden for horticulture purposes. Having failed to respond to a notice issued to them by Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) in December, the …
In its ongoing efforts to keep the Yamuna river clean, the Centre has okayed a major interceptor sewer project for the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Ministry of Urban Development will provide 35 per cent cost of the project under the JNNURM, while the rest …
Seeping sewage into the basement of their residential complex has prompted about 100 families of Sharda and Vivekananda, two blocks of Gadadhar Apartments, at Adarshnagar in Sonari to knock on the doors of BJP leader Sarayu Roy. The residents approached the former MLA after the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), …
Mumbai: After adopting various measures to save water, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) now wants to improve the quality of water supplied to Mumbaikars. The BMC plans to map, inspect, repair and replace, wherever necessary, the sanitary sewers in the island city. The Rs30-crore project, civic officials claimed, once completed …
South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha took a dig at PWD Minister Churchill Alemao for seeking Rs 1000 crore to fund sewerage projects, saying the PWD department should first ensure that the existing sewage network laid years ago is put to optimum use. He told newsmen during his visit to the …
METRO Water (MW) has created a mess. Thanks to its decision to go against expert advice, some parts of the city today face a problem of `stink'. The exercise was to lay interceptor sewers to increase the pumping potential of the sewage pumping station and the treatment plant. Experts said …
Thirty five cities in India are pumping as much as 7,604 million litres of sewage daily straight into rivers, notably the Ganga, and the sea. A new report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on water consumption and sewage disposal patterns shows that the biggest cities in India are …
The Airports Authority of India will undertake a Rs 30-crore project to solve the waterlogging problem at the city airport. The project is based on the recommendations of Jadavpur University
In most developing countries wastewater treatment systems have very low coverage or function poorly, resulting in large-scale water pollution and the use of poor-quality water for crop irrigation, especially in the vicinity of urban centres. This can pose significant risks to public health, particularly where crops are eaten raw. Wastewater …
Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 100 million loan agreement recently to launch the Greater Colombo Wastewater Management Project. The project aims to upgrade the sewerage infrastructure under the Colombo Municipal Council in the Greater Colombo Area and strengthen its institutional and operational capacity as …
