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 …
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 …
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 …
