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 Madras High Court has constituted a special committee, headed by the chairman and managing director of Chennai Metro Water Supply & Sewerage Board, to make suggestions to improve the existing system of sewerage and to eradicate manual cleaning of blocks in the sewerage and septic tanks. A division bench …
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
Dense population, high industrial growth, increasing pollutant loads and a lack of wastewater infrastructure in Dhaka have jointly created a serious threat to the city's sustainability. The industrial wastes caused severe degradation of the watersheds. 60% of the total pollution load comes from around 7,000 industrial units located within the …
Ten million residents of Dhaka city are exposed to environmental hazards and this situation is worsening day by day. In a city already overloaded with population, more people from all over the country are coming with desperate bid to settle. The influx of population has resulted in not only high …
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 …
Harvesting Could Have Prevented Waterlogging: Experts New Delhi: Looking at those photographs of the flooded Dwarka underpass, if you were marvelling at the amount of water that had turned it into a swimming pool, here
- Rs 6.8cr to develop Adityapur infrastructure, prevent waterlogging ANKUSH SINGH On revamp route Jamshedpur, July 29: The Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority (Aiada) has prepared a Rs 6.8-crore project for improving basic facilities in its command area. Senior Aiada officials said that the project envisaged construction of roads and …
China will adjust water pricing because the treatment of sewage is now too cheap and water resources should be used more efficiently, the Chinese central planning agency said on Thursday. The National Development and Reform Commission said local governments would need to implement the changes gradually and cushion the impact …
The presence of encroachments around Gujjar Nullah pose a flood threat to four towns, namely, New Karachi Town, Gulberg Town, North Nazimabad Town and Liaquatabad Town, in case more heavy torrential rain occurs in the city. The lives and essentials of those residing in the residential units near the nullah …
The consumers are being made to pay for the penalty levied upon Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for non-treating of sewage water. The DJB is charging three paisa per kilolitre water from the consumers. Strangely, consumer is being forced to pay for the failure of Jal Board to treat sewage water. …
Industrial designer Virginia Gardiner has designed not just a new toilet, but a new closed-loop management system that will allow individuals to, basically, recycle their poop. Yeah, I just said that. But give her idea a few minutes of your attention, because it's really not as gnarly as it sounds. …
Rs 1,448-cr plan for flood prevention to be implemented. Chennai, June 29 The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) will implement a Rs 2,032-crore scheme to upgrade water supply and sewage disposal in Chennai and its suburbs. Moving the demand for grants to the Municipal Administration and Water …
In its bid to conserve and replenish water resources in the state, the Punjab government has made it mandatory to make prior arrangements for setting-up water recharging systems at time of building of any house, factory or any complex. Also, the state government has planned to divide Amritsar city into …
Mohali: Even after a year of its commissioning, the sewage treatment plant (STP) in Mohali remains a non-starter. Reason: The Northern Railways is not allowing a pipeline to be laid under its tracks. To treat Mohali
Fifty miles east of Los Angeles, a small and inconspicuous facility is using something most of us would rather not think about -- household sewage -- to create a resource we can't live without -- fuel. EnerTech Environmental, an Atlanta startup, on Thursday unveiled the United States' first commercial biosolids-to-energy …
President Asif Zardari has directed the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) to build a large sewerage dam, where industrial waste would also be collected and filtered, after which the water obtained would be used for parks and trees in the city as part of the Green City plan, Sindh Minister …
The Punjab government is likely to enhance allocation for water supply and sanitation to Rs9.32 billion in the upcoming budget for 2009-10, official sources said. According to government statistics, 50.06 per cent of the total population is served by piped water and 53.9 per cent is covered by a sewerage …
The work on improving the drainage and sewerage systems in Kolkata may cost around Rs 20,000 crore, though in phases, according to Mr Alapan Bandopadhyay, Commissioner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Loan awaited Addressing an interactive session, organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce here on Friday, Mr Bandopadhyay said,
