Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
The CSE director general said rampant construction across the city led to the blocking of natural flood discharge channels of the lakes The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said Chennai could have fared better if it had protected and preserved its natural water bodies and drainage channels. CSE director …
Even as the world discusses climate change in Paris, Chennai is perhaps experiencing its impact – the unprecedented deluge that the city has been subjected to is a reminder of increasing frequency of such freak weather events across the Indian sub-continent. However, point out experts in Centre for Science and …
As more and more families migrate from rural areas to Pacific capital cities, water, sanitation and health challenges in rapidly growing informal settlements in key Pacific capital cities are in urgent need of response, according to a new World Bank report. Released to coincide with World Toilet Day 2015, Unsettled: …
The government must step in to ensure that housing facilities are affordable and inclusive in proposed smart cities and these modern urban hubs should have a plan for vertical expansion in future, says a report. The success of the Modi government’s ‘smart cities’ project will depend on better planning and …
The main aim of this paper is to test economic benefits of landslide prevention measures vs. post-event emergency actions. To this end, detailed- and large-scale analyses were performed in a training area located in the northeastern Italian pre-Alps that was hit by an exceptional rainfall event occurred in November 2010. …
Corporation pins hopes on AMRUT to develop parks, skywalks Owing to fewer funding options, the Chennai Corporation is set to try its luck on AMRUT Mission for developing parks and skywalks. “Tentative projects to be taken up under AMRUT include formation of 153 parks at an estimated cost of 120.67 …
ASAHIKAWA, HOKKAIDO – The inventor of a new kind of toilet based on sawdust calls it a hygienic solution for whenever there is no water or drainage, such as after natural disasters. The Bio-Lux toilet uses a screw mixing mechanism to turn over the sawdust and keep the odor down. …
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one of the world’s rapidly growing megacities, is an urban hotspot for climate risks. Located in central Bangladesh on the lower reaches of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the city faces the recurring phenomena of urban flooding and waterlogging following intense rainfall nearly every year. As …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ratneshwar Prasad Singh Vs. Banka Municipality & Ors. dated 28/09/2015 regarding faulty construction of sewerage system, Banka Municipality, Bihar. Previous Order
Subsurface drainage has been used for more than a century to keep water table at a desired level of salinity and waterlogging control. This paper has been focused on the impact assessment of pilot studies in India and some other countries from 1969 to 2014 . This review article may …
Under a deal approved Tuesday by the federal government, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation would shed its costly obligation to provide drainage to the Westlands Water District and in exchange, forgive the district’s $350 million debt to federal taxpayers. Also adopted by Westlands, the agreement must still be approved by …
PUNE: "Please use water cautiously. It is not that we don't have water, but every drop matters here," is the standard greeting of a receptionist at a residential apartment in the West Coast Road locality of Singapore. She goes on to explain Singapore's average annual rainfall of 2,400 mm and …
PUNE: The Alandi Municipal Council has started construction of a 3MLD (million litres per day) sewage treatment plant (STP) along the Indrayani river in Alandi to curb pollution. Vinayak Aundhkar, chief executive officer of the council, told TOI on Monday, "Construction of a new STP on a 60,000 sq ft …
In a major move to improve the infrastructure of rural villages in the national capital, the Delhi government on Thursday cleared 315 schemes worth Rs.480.99 crore. The decision was taken in a meeting of Delhi Rural Development Board chaired by Rural Development Minister Gopal Rai. The schemes will mainly cover …
Mounds of plastic waste in the fringes of lakes and tanks, choking storm water drains and channels is a common sight everywhere. Tonnes of use-and-throw plastic products are causing irreversible damage to the environment and there seems to a ray of hope with the State government firming up its stand …
KOLHAPUR: The civic body's lacklustre approach towards implementing sanitation measures in the city has been exposed yet again, with Kolhapur slipping in country-wide cleanliness rankings from 137 to 158 in just four years. According to the survey conducted by the central government in 2011, the city stood at 137 in …
Given the increasing impacts of flooding in Jakarta, methods for assessing current and future flood risk are required. In this paper, we use the Damagescanner-Jakarta risk model to project changes in future river flood risk under scenarios of climate change, land subsidence, and land use change. We estimate current flood …
Serious lacunae have been observed by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in handling of bio-medical waste produced from various hospitals of Chhattisgarh. The three incinerators established by State Government in Korba, Jagdalpur and Kanker remained unused and instead, a private Incinerator was being used, CAG report released here …
Landslides due to heavy rains in different parts of Nainital have put lives of many at risk. The district administration Nainital has, however, directed the officials concerned to shift families from Nainital’s landslide-prone Harinagar/ Tallital area to safer places in view of the incessant rains that continued here for two …
