BWSSB plans to recycle waste water
With a view to make good use of waste water for non-potable purposes in the city, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is planning to set up Tertiary Treatment Plants to recycle waste water at Koramangala and Challaghatta Valley, Vrishabavathy Valley and Hebbal Valley.
Planning Commission clears Mewat canal project
The Planning Commission has cleared the construction of Mewat Canal, meant to provide uninterrupted irrigation to about 2,50,000 acres of arid land in 300 odd villages of the Mewat areas of Gurgaon and Faridabad districts of Haryana.
Baghhar hydel unit work to begin in Oct
Work on the ambitious 450 MW Baghhar hydel power project, among the largest in Jammu and Kashmir, will commence from October this year. To be set up in the state sector, work on the project is scheduled for completion in five years.
Lead, kindly light
At long last, the Centre has announced a policy package to shore up investment in hydro-electric capacity. The initiative is two steps forward but, sadly, one step back. Notice how the norms for competitive bidding have been considerably watered down. What would be affected is transparency. (editorial)
Govt to finance 7 hydro power projects
the Government will provide complete finances through budgetary support for onging Central hydro power projects like Tehri, Naptha Jhakri and Ranganadi, which will require Rs 5,896 crore during the remaining 3 years of the Ninth Plan.
Water-conservation policies planned
Six government ministries and agencies in Japan will jointly draw up water-conservation policies, including restrictions on the use of ground water and promotion of rainwater use, officials said. The policies are to be approved by the cabinet by 2000.
Gomti riverbed rising fast
Report: An obsession with concrete construction, dictated by greedy engineers and contractors, has led to the Gomti river rising to a dangerous level, threatening the trans-Gomti area. While the clamour for 'bund' continues, no one is talking about the long-overdue dredging that experts feel is the solution to any flood …
Water baits
By seeking to impose severe penalties on promoters and their agents for filling up ponds to build housing complexes, the Left Front government in West Bengal only suceeds in indicting itself. Much of the ecological imbalance as a result of illegal conversion of water bodies into urban structures has taken …
Water harvesting project
"India will soon be squeezed to the last drop if water is not captured where it falls." This is the option of water managers and academicians in the field of water planning. The Centre for Science and Environment will be organising a three-day conference on the potential of water harvesting …
Laws to protect rivers sought
The All-Kerala River Protection Council has urged the State Government to enact suitable laws to protect rivers in the State on similar lines of the existing laws for protecting the forests.
Amarsingh opposes WB panel on dam
Leader of the opposition in the state (Gujarat) assembly Amarsingh Chaudhary has opposed a World Bank-sponsored water commission which is to visit Delhi and Bhopal in the third week of September apparently to assess the viability of big dams like the one on the Narmada.
Experts disagree over cause of contamination in Sydney water
Experts disagreed on Saturday over whether the emergency is a false alarm. The levels of bugs, callled cruptosporidium and giardia, in the most recent water samples tested were "as high as you would find in pure raw sewage, probably higher," said Dr Jerry Ongerth of the department of civil engineering …
No generation yet from OECF-aided Teesta hydel project
The first three units of the Teesta Canal Falls (TCF) hydro-electric project in North Bengal, commissioned a year ago, has failed to generate electricity so far. TCF is to comprise on completion, nine units, each of 7.5 MW. Thus, its ultimate capacity will be 67.5 MW.
Conservation plan for east Calcutta wetlands
The state government is set to prepare an action plan to help preserve the ecological balance in the east Calcutta wetlands. The wetlands, which inlcude sewage-fed fisheries, cover an area of 12,500 hectares. They are the only one of their kind in the country. This is the first time a …
Amarsinh defends govt. on release of Ukai dam water
Differing drastically with all those who have demanded a probe into the release of water from the Ukai dam which led to the flooding of Surat city. Congress Legislature Party leader Amarsinh Chaudhary has told this newspaper that the state government had "no other option but to take the difficult …
Work on Pangladiah project is likely to begin shortly
The construction of the Pagladiah dam project in Assam may begin this year. For this, the Centre has made an allocation of Rs 1.9 crore, according to a press release here. The Brahmaputra Board has suggested that small "detention dams" are also constructed in the Upper reaches of Gai and …
Gujarat to boycott world panel visit
The Gujarat Government had decided to boycott the proceedings of the World Commission on Dams during its visit to India from September 19 to 22 to study the merits and demerits of major dams in the country. The Minister for Narmada Affairs, Mr Jaynarayan Vyas, in a letter to the …
Watershed projects
Cost-benefit analysis 'faulty': The conventional cost-benefit analysis (CBA) used by the Centre and States to ensure efficient allocation of resources for watershed projects grossly overestimates the ground reality, according to a new study by the Overseas Development Institute, London.
Naidu failed to resolve Almatti issue
Andhra Pradesh Congress on Thursday accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of failure to take any initiative to resolve Almatti dam dispute with Karnataka and asked him to exert pressure on the Centre to find an amicable solution to the issue without further delay.CLP leader P Janardhan Reddy alleged that …
