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 …
K. Manikandan TAMBARAM: Notwithstanding the assurances of authorities that sewage treatment plants proposed as part of underground drainage project in the southern suburbs would be built on modern lines, residents fear that the facilities might irreversibly affect the environment in the areas. The Central and State governments recently selected six …
Ludhiana, March 5 The pace of development in sewerage and drainage system never matched the increasing population of the city which is approximately 40 lakh today. This is how Ludhiana has been surviving for the past many years despite the fact that both Congress and the SAD-BJP alliance have been …
Waterlogging constitutes the most challenging problem in the Gangetic plains of the state affecting agricultural productivity. Attempts have been made by various departments and agencies in sectoral manner for prevention and reclamation of flooding, water clogging and degraded lands but the impacts have not been satisfactory. Keeping the above points …
Civic engineers are exploring the possibility of laying an underground pipeline from Subhas Sarobar to the Hooghly, alongside the proposed East-West Metro tunnel, to solve the waterlogging problem in the city proper. Over 20 waterlogging-prone city pockets, from Camac Street to Shyambazar, could benefit from the project, according to the …
AHMEDABAD: Centre's allocation of Rs 11,842 crore in interim Budget for JNNURM projects in mission cities across country has come as a blessing in disguise for Gujarat and its four mega cities. Most of these projects in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara that had approvals, are in various stages of …
AHMEDABAD : Just before Lok Sabha elections, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) unveiled a Rs 285-crore sewerage network for newly-acquired areas of new west zone. Most of the works are being undertaken under JNNURM. The areas to be covered include seven major pockets in the new west zone. AMC released at …
NEW DELHI: Facing criticism for failing to improve the sewerage system and for not providing adequate water for consumption, the Delhi Jal Board, which is responsible for the supply of water and collection, treatment and disposal of sewage in the city, has decided to rope in consultants for preparing a …
Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation is all set to develop the open spaces in the villages and colonies of the city. While development plans have been prepared for two villages, including Dadumajra and Maloya, the authorities believe there is not much scope for making changes in the existing infrastructure. The growth …
TAMBARAM: Six town panchayats in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Kancheepuram district will have their underground drainage projects in place in a couple of years. The Union Ministry of Urban Development, according to the town panchayat officials, has given its nod for the project to be implemented in the six …
President Nasheed: Maldivians will attain higher standard of living using country's natural resources President Mohamed Nasheed has said that the people of Maldives would attain a higher standard of living with the use of the rich natural resources of the country. President Nasheed made the statement while speaking to the …
Staff reporter NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board has approved several water and sewerage schemes besides welfare measures for its employees. At the 92nd meeting of the Board chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit earlier this week, one of the major schemes approved was the design and construction of a …
To tide over the shortfall of potable water in the city, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will fall back on sewage water - after being purified, of course - for non-drinking purposes like gardening, car-washing and fire fighting. A Rs200-crore plan is being put in place, wherein sequencing batch reactors will …
Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN Navi Mumbai: Three sewage treatment plants, constructed in Navi Mumbai with sophisticated Austrian technology, have started converting the entire city
The recent floods in the city did what officials could not do in last two years. In a significant development, the Centre has approved Rs 365 crore and Rs 212 crore for improving the drainage and sewerage system of the state capital, respectively. At present, only 40 per cent of …
K.Lakshmi and Kannal Achuthan A project to strengthen weak points identified in sewer network across the city under discussion HEALTH HAZARD : Sewage overflows in Kanniappa Colony near Tondiarpet market. CHENNAI: The problem of sewage overflow and contamination of drinking water poses health hazards in a few localities in the …
In order to evaluate and recommend reforms in the working conditions of labourers in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has set up an expert committee, headed by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Justice S S Kang. The directions were issued by a Division Bench comprising …
Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat has announced that the government would come out with a scheme to subsidise sewage connections to the citizens of Margao as he made an impassioned plea to the household owners to connect their septic tanks and soakpits to the sewage plant and avoid a health hazard. …
Mumbai, November 18 After considerable delay, the central government has disbursed the second installment of projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission taken up by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The funds are for projects including the Middle Vaitarna dam and Mumbai Sewerage Disposal Project (MSDP) which will increase …
Hyderabad, Nov. 5: Thousands of families in the cantonment area are being forced to maintain separate septic tanks for sanitation. Though officials say that 75 per cent of the 65,000 households in 300 colonies are connected to the sewerage network which includes the underground drainage and septic tanks, only about …
