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 High Court of Karnataka on Monday directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahangara Palike and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to draft a plan for preventing discharge of sewage into stormwater drains (SWDs) which are linked to lakes. During the hearing of a petition filed by Citizens’ Action Group, …
Finally, and thankfully, realisation is steadily gaining ground that India needs to do something about its cities.Desi cities have suffered for many decades from misguided prioritisation advised by the leftist and socialist intelligentsia, and followed by Nehruvian politicians. All great civilisations have grown, prospered and died with their cities. Indians …
The Punjab government on Monday approved four schemes of various development sectors with an estimated cost of Rs 4883.133 million. These schemes were approved in the 25th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party of current fiscal year 2014-15 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, Muhammad Irfan …
Five million pounds is to be spent improving the quality of bathing water on the Teesside coast. The programme to clean up the sea at Saltburn will involve upgrading the sewer network in Guisborough, Tocketts Bridge and Dunsdale. The aim is to "significantly reduce" the number and size of spillages …
Jumhooree Party leader and Maamigili constituency MP Gasim Ibrahim has called the authorities to use the green tax which will be commenced from November of next year for different environmental causes. He made this remark speaking at the budget committees meeting held yesterday at the Peoples’ Majlis Gasim Ibrahim said …
Chief Minister Manohar Lal in consultation with Public Health Engineering Minister Narbir Singh has approved Rs 46.09 crore for augmenting water supply and sewer facilities and Rs 258.82 lakh for installation of independent feeders in various parts of the state. An official spokesman said here today that Rs.29.52 crore would …
Singapore Cooperation Enterprise, a Singapore-based company, has shown interest in investing in the project to be implemented under public private partnership (PPP) programme The government has planned to build a “green and smart” Purbachal city, having own power production and supply system and utility services, by 2019. Singapore Cooperation Enterprise, …
Potent pharmaceuticals flushed into the environment via human and animal sewage could be a hidden cause of the global wildlife crisis, according to new research. The scientists warn that worldwide use of the drugs, which are designed to be biologically active at low concentrations, is rising rapidly but that too …
Kenya plans to introduce a 10 percent water tariff to raise funds to help develop the East African nation’s sewerage network, the Business Daily reported. The charge will be levied on consumers’ monthly water bills, the Nairobi-based newspaper reported, citing Robert Gakubia, chief executive officer of the Water Services Regulatory …
A Seattle suburb was making progress cleansing its E. coli-contaminated water supply through system-wide flushes and chlorine injections, a task made more urgent after the potentially deadly bacteria sickened a child, officials said on Tuesday. Tests first showed the bacteria in the water supply on Mercer Island on Sept. 26, …
The locals of Khandbari, the district headquarters of Sankhuwasabha district, have been unable to use water from their taps for either consumption or household use as water mixed with sewage has been flowing through the taps due to the negligence of the concerned agencies. As a result, the locals have …
As a key section of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project prepares to go into operation, water quality tests show the battle against pollution is being won. The first phase of the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is scheduled to be launched in late October. The water quality …
Not Cleaned For Long, Facilities Too Filthy For Use; Waste Dumps Full Too The civic facilities in a city are a measure of its standard. By that token, Delhi will rank with the worst. Public urinals here are a terrible sight. Even walking past them can be revolting leave alone …
Dongguan, the city in Guangdong that has been dubbed the world's workshop, plans to spend 18 billion yuan ($2.92 billion) on controlling water pollution. The industrial hub was last year named by the Ministry of Water Resources as one of 45 pilot cities required to develop sound water-related infrastructure. Dongguan …
BEIJING - China's top economic planner announced Friday it would double charges for pollutant disposal in the latest move against pollution. Charges on pollutants in sewage and exhaust gas disposal will be set at no less than 1.4 yuan ($0.23) and 1.2 yuan per pollution equivalent, respectively, according to a …
This is the first recorded presence of this particular strain of deadly antibiotic resistant ‘super bug’ in India A deadly bacteria variant known as NDM-4, which is also called the “super bug”, has been found by the medical researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University from the …
Hong Kong closed 14 beaches in the New Territories after a sewage treatment plant was forced to discharge 95,000 cubic meters of household waste, enough to fill 38 Olympic-sized swimming pools, into the sea. The Pillar Point sewage plant at Tuen Mun reported a malfunction in its sieving devices, or …
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked an expert committee to review Delhi’s drainage system and rely on a drainage map made in 1976, while concluding how many drains in Delhi are man-made. Previously, the expert committee had told the tribunal that almost 46 per cent of Delhi — effectively …
