The 2024 blue drop results show an alarming increase in unsafe municipal drinking water, with 13% of blue drop tests across the country that point to unsafe drinking water. The drinking water of 28 towns and cities did not comply with standards for safe drinking water. Drinking water that does …
Finally, the state environment department has woken up to rivers falling prey to pollution. It has announced a state river conservation plan (SRCP) on the lines of national river conservation plan (NRCP). Villages and towns with population of over 15,000 and situated on banks of a river will be covered …
The World Bank is still failing to take climate change into account as it makes decisions about the projects it finances, according to a new report from the nonprofit World Resources Institute. The impacts of climate change were only taken into consideration in a quarter of all projects the bank …
River Has Only 30% Flow Even In Monsoon A recent scientific study has established the need to maintain at least 50% to 60% of the total monsoon flow into a river throughout the year for transporting river sediment, biodiversity balance and preventing algal choking . The study found that Yamuna’s …
Proper sewage collection and treatment can save water bodies, especially the Nag river. Unfortunately, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has failed to initiate simple measures in this regard and always sat idle dreaming of multi-crore projects. Indigenous sewage treatment, which means treating it locally where it is generated, is said to …
New Delhi: It’s a mammoth task for corporations and the public works department to undo the damage done over the decades to storm water drains. National Green Tribunal last week asked them not just to clean up all storm water drains in the city in three weeks’ time but also …
All the slums in the city will be brought under the water supply network by 2015, said LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Sayed Ashraful Islam to the Jatiya Sangshad. Answering the questions by the treasury bench member Morshed Alam the minister said that the Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has …
Environmental water samples taken from Shaheen Muslim Town in Peshawar have tested negative for poliovirus for the first time in the last 20 months. Officials said that Sehat Ka Insaf programme launched by the provincial government played significant role in the achievement. They said the area had emerged as polio-infected …
The cash-strapped Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has got a boost. The central government has approved Rs22.76 crore for the sewage treatment plant (STP) project, which would help expedite the work. This project is very crucial to curb the sewage being released into Gosikhurd dam, Vidarbha's ambitious irrigation project. The ministry …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the principal secretary, department of environment and forests, Government of Odisha, the chief executive officer and the executive engineer of Puri Municipality to appear before it personally on March 14 to explain why adequate attention is not being paid to pollution and ecological …
The contamination of Ponda nullah has hit about two hundred farmers, including 180 from Kapileshwari-Kavlem in Bandora village panchayat while about 20 from Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) areas. Kavlem sarpanch Rajesh Kawlekar claimed that the contamination of the nullah has forced farmers to give up agricultural activity in the area …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the principal secretary, department of environment and forests, Government of Odisha, the chief executive officer and the executive engineer of Puri Municipality to appear before it personally on March 14 to explain why adequate attention is not being paid to pollution and ecological …
Only one of the four sewage treatment plants established 20 years ago in Peshawar is functional, while the other three have been lying abandoned. Sources said that currently the market value of the land of the sewage treatment plants was in billions, but it couldn’t be utilised for the purpose …
Establishment of emergency service in 12 tehsils and a medical college at Gujranwala were among the nine development schemes approved by the Punjab government on Wednesday with an estimated cost of Rs9,793.131 million. Approval was also granted for the provision of sewerage system for union councils 117, 118 and 120 …
A prime factor for the pollution of Cauvery river during its course in Trichy has been identified as plastic refuse. Though dumping of plastic wastes goes unabated in the city, no stringent action has been taken to protect the river which is a crucial water source for the city and …
The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has completed almost 80 percent construction of the Multan Road sewerage, one of the largest mega schemes in the city, and it would be completed by June this year. The estimated cost of the 15 kilometre long project is Rs 1726 million and PC-I …
In May and June when millions of pilgrims throng Rishikesh and Haridwar in Uttarakhand to take holy dip, levels of antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' have been found 60 times greater than other times of the year, shows research. After studying water samples taken from the upper Ganges river, experts from the Indian …
The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has completed almost 80 percent construction of the Multan Road sewerage, one of the largest mega schemes in the city, and it would be completed by June this year. The estimated cost of the 15 kilometre long project is Rs 1726 million and PC-I …
Chief minister Manohar Parrikar and Navelim MLA Avertano Furtado inaugurated the 20 MLD sewage treatment plant in Navelim on Sunday. The 20 MLD STP, which also includes a pumping station, will now take care of all the sewage that was earlier being dumped into the nullah and Salpem lake. The …
Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Maroof Afzal will formally inaugurate the “Clean and Green Islamabad” campaign in Sector I10 on Wednesday (February 12) at 11am. According to a press release issued here on Monday, the beautification, renovation and infrastructure uplift were the major objectives of the campaign. The CDA chairman …
The Forest and Environment Department on Tuesday decided to attempt an ecological solution to treat natural water bodies of the State Capital most of which are in high stages of pollution, thanks to influx of waste water and sewer. A water body near Biju Patnaik Airport has been identified for …
