New Delhi: Two years ago, 10 small villages along Yamuna were selected for a river restoration project.

More than 200 people took ill after drinking contaminated water at Thadakoda village in the taluk on Monday.

They fell ill after drinking water from a tap installed in a drainage. As many as 24 people have been admitted at Garaga Primary Health Centre, the district hospital and the German Hospital in Dharwad. As many as 90 people are receiving treatment as outpatients. A few of those who fell sick are receiving treatment at private hospitals in the taluk.

Tenders Skipped; KRIDCL To Upgrade Roads & Sewerage

Bangalore: It’s raining goodies for Bangalore city. With assembly elections round the corner and the city constituting the largest segment with 28 seats, chief minister Jagadish Shettar has quietly approved Rs 300 crore to develop and improve Bangalore’s roads and drainage. Each city MLA has been given Rs 15 crore for civil works. Since calling tenders would delay the award of works, the government has roped in the state-owned Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Corporation (KRIDCL), formerly Karnataka Land Army.

Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation on Monday presented its 2013-14 budget to the 12-member executive committee.

Palike admits to delay in completion of the work

A grant of Rs 192 crore provided to the City under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) for remodelling primary and secondary Storm Water Drains (SWDs) across four valleys —Vrishabhavathi, Challaghatta, Hebbal and Koramanagala — seems to have literally gone down the drain.
According to Bruhat Bengalurur Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials, a fresh proposal to remodel the drains in the 800 sq km area under the Palike will replace the JnNURM scheme meant initially to cover 257 km of storm water drains in the four valleys.

Irked at poor sanitary condition at Patna Junction, East Central Railway (ECR) GM Madhuresh Kumar has set a deadline of a month to improve condition there.

The ambitious project will provide infrastructure facilities at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore

The State Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to implement a project aimed at decongesting Bangalore City by developing eight small towns around it at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore - a move seen as an attempt by the ruling BJP to please the electorate in the State capital ahead of the Assembly elections. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Urban Development Minister Suresh Kumar said the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) had identified eight clusters around Bangalore where the project would be implemented keeping in view future growth.

With only few states utilising the money released to them under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Central government will now release money based on their performanc

GUWAHATI: Hitakalpa, a social organization, has expressed resentment at the fact that despite repeated appeals, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has taken no initiative to improve the drainage system in Guwahati.

Addressing a press conference in Guwahati today, Hitakalpa president Bani Bikram Sarma said, “The drainage system is unplanned. Every year, because of the poor drainage system Guwahati faces the problem of artificial floods. All the drainage outlets in the city release into the Brahmaputra. In this way, the river is getting polluted.