Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
KANCHANPUR: A drinking water project, constructed at the cost of Rs. 28.95 million in Jhalari-7, Banajariya Bazaar of Kanchanpur, has been handed over to local users committee. Sub-division Chief of Drinking Water and Sanitation Sub-division Office, Bhimduttanagar, Prem Prasad Dotel handed over the ownership letter of the project to Jhalari …
RAWALPINDI: Polluted and muddy water is being distributed in most parts of the city as the authorities concerned are doing nothing for provision of clean drinking water. People belonging to various walks of life expressed dismay over non-availability of the basic commodity in most parts of the city. The areas, …
Opposing the land acquisition bill proposed by the Centre, the state cabinet on Wednesday decided to review it thoroughly before arriving at any view that has to be submitted to the Union government. The state plans to appoint a sub-committee of senior ministers to study the provisions in the proposed …
A drinking water crisis is looming large over the Cantonment areas while the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the Secunderabad Cantonment Board spar over payment of water connection charges. A major water pipeline was laid from Mahindra Hills to Karkhana. The agreement between the two public utilities …
The Water Board supplies 340 million gallons of water every day in the city, but is collecting bills for only 220 MGD. It does not have an account of 120 MGD of water it is supplying daily in the city. As a result, the Board is getting revenue of only …
ITANAGAR: The newly formed Nabam Tuki Government has paved way for massive private investments in various viable sectors of the State with the Cabinet today unanimously adopting the State PPP Policy 2011. This path-breaking initiative will open up the gates for development of various infrastructure sectors, both physical and social, …
GUWAHATI: Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) that is spearheading anti-mega dam protests in eastern Assam has called for indefinite bandh of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts from Tuesday (December 27) in protest against ‘police atrocities’ on anti-dam protestors who were forcefully evicted from the demonstration site at Ranganadi in the wee …
PANJIM: With the work on the Virdi Irrigation Project by Maharashtra government is nearing completion, Goa’s share of water from the project is still unclear. Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar says, “From 2008, the work of Virdi Irrigation Project has been intensified by South Ratnagiri Irrigation Department at Shidhachemol in Virdi Village …
No day passes in the city without a leakage in the drinking water pipeline being reported. Similarly, complaints of sewage water mixing with drinking water are not uncommon here. Piped water supply takes different other manifestations too, like “erratic, low pressure, unequal distribution and supply at odd hours” that makes …
JAMMU: Committee on Estimates (EC) of Legislative Assembly today asked the officers and engineers of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department to gear up the field functionaries and identify the those habitations which have not been provided drinking water facilities so far. The Committee stressed upon them to prepare Detailed Project …
The residens of this village are loosing sleep religiously for water. Hundreds of pails and pots line up in front of the taps as night gets deeper and people even fight for water at the dead of the night in Muduvatti village. Muduvatti, with a polulation of 1937, most of …
The safety of the Mullaperiyar dam is not a matter for judicial determination. This dispute is eminently a case for an agreed settlement by amicable talks between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Talks at the intergovernmental level must be supplemented by civil society moves to bring the people concerned in the …
Aims to reduce revenue losses, improve water supply The Delhi Jal Board's ambitious plan to outsource water distribution and revenue collection on a pilot basis in three areas based on a public-private partnership basis has been accorded administrative approval. At a Jal Board meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government has hired top international consultants, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to come up with a complete project report on the supply of water to the state's industry. Well-placed Sachivalaya sources said that the study has been commissioned because there is "no clarity" on the amount of water that is being …
The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Sunday said the drinking water problem in Malkajgiri municipal areas will be solved soon as the government is taking up works to provide new water lines, construct storage reservoirs and improve distribution network at an estimated cost of Rs 270 crore. …
This is in response to the comments made by Rahul Banerjee (“National Water Policy”, 13 August 2011) and Chetan Pandit (“Alternative National Water Policy: A Critique”, 10 September 2011) on my article “National Water Policy: An Alternative Draft for Consideration” (25 June 2011).
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee on Tuesday approved a proposal to supply water to every household in the city on 24X7 basis by appointing an Italian company as a consultant. Committee chairman Ganesh Bidkar told reporters that the tender to appoint Italian company Studio Gallery Ingeria (SGI) as …
Rajasthan is likely to enact a new law on management of water resources which will address the delicate subjects of demand and supply and specify duties and responsibilities of officials at various levels. The proposed legislation will also ensure public participation in the decision-making process for the water sector. According …
Rajasthan Water Resources Minister Rajendra Pareek has laid emphasis on proper supply of drinking water to the localities inhabited by Dalits and tribals and asked the department's officers to ensure good quality of water by resolving the problem of salinity and fluoride contamination. Addressing a review meeting here over the …
Agartala: Ministry of Urban Development has held up the installments of fund under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) of Agartala city for non-compliance of conditions set for Urban Infrastructure and Governance sub-mission. Urban Development Minister Manik Dey said here despite several persuasions Centre has stuck to the …
