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 …
In session: The council meeting in progress on Thursday. CHENNAI: A total of 59 resolutions, including one approving a Rs.1,400-crore scheme to desilt and deepen 21 canals in the city, were adopted at the Chennai Corporation council meeting on Thursday. Mayor M.Subramanian said that tenders would soon be called for …
Zimbabwe is on the brink of having 100,000 infections of cholera, a preventable disease that has already killed 4,283 people there and remains a serious threat, the Zimbabwean Red Cross and its partners said on Tuesday. The damaged water and sewage systems that triggered the recent outbreak in the southern …
K.T. Sangameswaran CHENNAI: The State Human Rights Commission has asked the Managing Director of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and other authorities to enquire and send a report regarding stagnation of effluents on GST Road at Pallavaram. Taking a suo motu cognisance of a report,
The number of British beaches recommended for bathing has dropped by a record 16.5 percent because of poor weather last year, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said on Friday. In its annual Good Beach Guide, the MCS said 370 beaches out of 777 tested were recommended for their excellent water …
A dengue eradication house to house campaign in the Colombo city will be started on Sunday at the Colombo Municipal Council by a group comprising Municipal Council staff, United Nurses' Union and Police Community Service, Colombo Municipal Council Commissioner Badrani Jayawardena told the Daily News yesterday. The incidence of dengue …
DHAKA Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWSA) has earned a notoriety for claiming the largest share of road digging, and as if that was not enough, for supplying undrinkable water that even stinks in a large swathe of the metropolis. These sending livability index of Dhaka life further down, the …
Three months have passed since the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) impressed upon the state government to fill all the open bores, manholes and pits for the safety of the people, but the instructions seem to have no takers so far. In order to ensure that no bore …
Duban Pura, a locality on Multan Road, lacks the basic facilities of a functional sewerage system that has caused a lot of problems for the local residents. Recently, the town came into limelight when water from sewage lines polluted houses in the locality and the residents were forced to more …
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) hopes to rid the city of the serious waterlogging up to 90 percent this year with the completion of dredging and widening work of the canals and drains before the upcoming rainy season. Sources said the work for dredging and widening of 144 canals in the …
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has drawn up plans for the second phase of a sewerage and drainage improvement programme under the Kolkata Environment Improvement Project at an estimated investment of Rs 2,500 crore, according to the Project Director, Mr Vivek Bharadwaj.
The drainage system in Weligama town is another failed project in the south that has created a health hazard and a death trap in the town with a thick population. The residents of the area said the ill-advised project that cost Rs.4.5 is an eyesore in the town and a …
The drainage system in Weligama town is another failed project in the south that creates a health hazard and a death trap in the town with a thick population. The residents of the area said the ill advised project that cost Rs.4.5 million is an eyesore in the town and …
S Lalitha,DH News Service,Bangalore: The laying of the main sanitary line on CMH Road in the reverse direction and its lack of alignment with the cross roads around has made living in Lakshmipuram area of Ulsoor a miserable experience. The new pipeline was laid as part of the ongoing Metro …
Ranchi, March 24: The state capital is not only a dirty place to live in, it also lacks proper basic amenities. This has been revealed by a study conducted by a New Delhi-based NGO. According to the survey done by PRIA, the sanitation and drinking water supply services provided by …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday allowed the BMC to go ahead with its plans to set up sewage treatment plants and lay pipelines on coastal areas in the city, which house mangroves. A division bench of Justices J N Patel and Vijaya Kapse-Tahilramani asked the municipal corporation to …
Amloh, March 17 There is no end to the suffering of residents of the town as sewage continues to block streets and enter houses, making their lives a virtual nightmare. To top it all, some families have raised the plinth of their houses from the street level and their entrance …
The Green Goa Foundation has threatened to launch a public movement against the unhygienic conditions in Colmorod and neighbouring areas unless the sewage mess is cleared within a week. The Foundation expressed its distress that the Chief Minister had intervened to protect illegal activities of occupants of multi dwelling building …
MARGAO, MARCH 6 Is disconnecting water supply to residential buildings an answer to discharge of sewage in storm water drains in the absence of an underground sewerage line? This question has come to the fore a day after the Margao Civic body issued notices for disconnection of water supply to …
In a shocking revelation the Delhi Committee of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has said that there are more than one lakh open drains in the Capital. According to a survey conducted by the industry major, there are around 1,30,000 drains under the jurisdiction of …
