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 …
Nine big tanks to be desilted and interlinked in Dindigul The Dindigul Municipality has plans to invest Rs.98.44 crore to raise groundwater table and recharge bore and open wells within the town limits by desilting nine big tanks and interlinking them with supply channels. Surplus water from these tanks will …
The SOLAI (Social Life Animation India) Program, a non-governmental organization in Christianpet near Vellore has addressed a petition to the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) against the violation perpetrated by the Vandranthangal village panchayat in Katpadi panchayat union. It says that the panchayat has not taken any action …
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has started construction of seven-kilometer new drains in the metropolis at a cost of Taka 23 crore aimed at removing its water logging problems, reports BSS. Mayor Mosaddeque Hossain Bulbul inaugurated the work of the drainage project (third phase) in Sultanabad area today as the chief …
Changes in temperature, precipitation, sea level, and coastal storms will likely increase the vulnerability of infrastructure across the United States. Using four models that analyze vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation, this paper estimates impacts to roads, bridges, coastal properties, and urban drainage infrastructure and investigates sensitivity to varying greenhouse gas emission …
Poor drinking water facilities, debilitating drainage system and crippling sanitation are the hallmarks of Rajasthan, says the latest survey. The 69th report of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) ranked Rajasthan among bottom five states for having least access to drinking water and toilets in rural areas. The report also says …
As many as 226 new schemes were approved at the 45th meeting of Haryana State Flood Control Board held here yesterday with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the chair. A sum of Rs 110 crore will be spent on these schemes, which aimed at strengthening the flood-control system during …
NGT Panel Sets Pollution Limits, Guidelines For Cutting Waste, Water Reuse New Delhi: Only 300 restaurants and hotels in Delhi have taken clearance from Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), while thousands of others may be operating without its consent, violating the norms under water and air acts along with other …
HATIRJHEEL project - the recreation spot at the city centre has turned out to be a major cause of pollution at the moment. Mixing of the local drainage water with the reserve rainwater in the sprawling lake is causing this pollution. The smell in the air in the area is …
After completing the first phase of the storm water drain project, the Coimbatore Corporation wing executing projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has started taking steps to start the second phase. According to sources in the civic body, the JNNURM wing had almost completed the first phase …
Seven-year-old Anjali, a frail girl walking with a bucket of sewage and waste water for discharging it in an open field, is a pitiful sight. This has become the fate of several others at Bhagpati village and adjoining areas, where the residents have been forced to become a scavenger, flushing …
Permeable pavements are specifically designed to promote the infiltration of stormwater through the paving surface in order to reduce run-off volumes and to improve water quality by removing sediment and other pollutants. However, research has shown that permeable pavements can become clogged over time and this reduces their infiltration capacity. …
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven by the expanding exposure of assets at risk. It has not been possible to attribute rain-generated peak streamflow trends to anthropogenic climate change …
New Delhi: Government spending of over Rs 46,000 crore on infrastructure augmentation under UPA’s flagship JNNURM scheme seems to have improved key indicators of urban life in India and reached the poorest of poor. The recent National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data shows that over 90% of slumdwellers feel water …
Bad Drainage, Vanishing Water Bodies, Poor Planning To Blame Lucknow: Close to 60% water logging in Lucknow exists due to improper drainage network system. Of this, blockage in existing drains is the major cause of water logging, concludes study by a research scholar of department of Geology, Lucknow University. The …
One-eighth of India’s urban population lives in slums: NSSO Maharashtra accounts for 23 per cent of total slum population, followed by Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal Just under nine million households, or roughly one-eighth of India’s urban population, lives in a slum, according to data from the latest round of …
Fund To Benefit 28 Projects In 15 Municipalities Twenty-eight projects worth Rs 948 crore submitted by 15 municipal corporations in the state have got the green light from the Union urban development ministry. This was announced by urban affairs minister Manjalamkuzhi Ali here on Tuesday. The schemes have been sanctioned …
This “Key Indicators” document presents estimates of some key characteristics of slums such as number of slums, approximate number of households living in the slums, proportion of slums without electricity, proportion of slums without drainage facilities, proportion of slums without a garbage disposal system, proportion of slums with the majority …
THE slum areas of wards M-East and M-West under zone seven and wards T and S under zone six of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) have been identified as highly socio-economic vulnerable places, as part of a massive project to draw a flood risk map of Mumbai. The …
With the state government deciding to boost solid and liquid waste management (SLWM) in rural areas, the scheme was launched in as many as 14 village panchayats in the district on Sunday. Inaugurating the programme that is being implemented at an estimated cost of Rs12.34cr at Malumichampatty, state agriculture minister …
Scientists from Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi working on city's drainage master plan don't think it's a good idea to cover storm water drains. While there may not be any harm in covering drains carrying only storm water, most of Delhi's storm water drains carry sewage water that emanates noxious gases …
