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 …
'DWASA had already started work on a plan to capture surface water for re-distribution' says A Khan Managing Director of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) Taqsem A Khan said DWASA was operating only 30% of the city’s sewerage facilities, with 70% of the facilities remaining out of …
Garbage generated in Gonikoppa ends up on the banks of river Keere, causing irreversible damage to the environment. If the situation continues, then the river might become extinct from the scene in the near future. The disposal of waste was not a problem in Gonikoppa in the past. However, with …
The decision of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II to allow height of the Almatti dam to 524.26 metre would impact the natural flow of Krishna and Panchganga rivers, said irrigation department officials and environmentalists. Irrigation department officials said that any mistake or partial delay in managing the water release mechanism might …
The regional office of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued a show-cause notice to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) for poor management of sewage disposal. The notice has been issued to the commissioner and the MPCB has asked the KMC to file reply within seven days. The …
Residents along the Georges River are being advised to avoid all contact with the river for at least another 48 hours after the overflow spilled an estimated 150 megalitres of untreated sewage from an up-river treatment plant. The warning, which extends from Macquarie Fields to Botany Bay, was first issued …
Under scanner of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Odisha Government has notified an eight-member panel, headed by Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra, which will examine the environmental issues affecting pilgrim town Puri. The panel will shortly visit Puri and suggest strategies that need to be adopted for controlling the alarming …
The dead are being denied a decent farewell and a clean resting place as sewage and effluents from nearby houses and dyeing units seep into a cemetery run by the town panchayat at Metupatti in Chinnalapatti. Locals have another reason to be livid as the civic body has started to …
Nepal has been lobbying for international support to improve sanitation and minimise water scarcity in the country in order to achieve Millennium Development Goals on sanitation and water by 2017. “We have highlighted the issues to draw global attention towards sanitation and water scarcity to achieve the MDGs by 2017,” …
Pakistan has imported over 22,149 metric tonnes of potentially hazardous plastic scrap, as the country is a big dumping ground for plastic scrap. The import made during January to October 2013 and from 2011 till date is over 92,000 tonnes of plastic scrap most of which is from Middle Eastern …
The Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa) to take samples of drinking water from different parts of the city and get them examined from the PCSIR laboratory. The court was hearing a petition questioning the dilapidated sewerage system and the provision of unclean drinking …
The state government has allotted Rs 51 crore for Aji River front development project in the city. According to Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) officials, they had made presentation about future plan of Aji River front development in the city which passe through the city. RMC officials said that they have …
More projects will be planned and executed to expand the sewerage system in the city, Minister for Health V.S. Sivakumar has said. He was speaking after inaugurating the sewerage development work in Punnapuram colony here on Tuesday. Mr. Sivakumar said an amount of Rs.35 lakh had been sanctioned for the …
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation on Thursday gave detailed presentations on eight projects, including water supply, sewerage, Buddha Nullah, city bus service, street lighting and solid waste management, to a team of World Bank consultants. The consultants had arrived in the city on Wednesday. The meeting was held at MC Commissioner …
Puri is a small coastal town of Orissa in India on the Bay of Bengal. The town is famous for Lord Shree Jagannath temple built in 12 th century A.D. Over the years, floating population has been increasing. Tourism is the biggest industry and contributes to economic growth of the …
Concerned over alarming levels of pollution around the famous Sri Jagannath Temple in Odisha, the National Green Tribunal today directed the authorities there to take appropriate steps to restore the environment as well to prevent its degradation any further. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar took note …
It has been a year since Varanasi associated itself with the Green Pilgrimage Network but it is yet to start working on the project. The India chapter of the Green Pilgrimage Network (GPN) was launched on October 15, 2013 in Hyderabad, which was organized by the International Council for Local …
Though the Karachi Corporation (KMC) and district Municipal Corporations (DMC) carried out operations for lifting the offal of the sacrificial animals from across the city but the lime dusting process was not thorough. Extremely foul odour was a source of utter mental torture, which needed a fast track lime dusting …
Upalokayukta Justice S B Majage on Tuesday directed the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to stop the flow of sewage into the Allalasandra lake. Justice Majage told the BWSSB to divert the sewage at the earliest and to prevent the choking of the lake. T Venkataraju, engineer-in-chief of …
Offshore casinos operating in the River Mandovi have failed to comply with pollution-checking measures stipulated in the consent-to-operate given under the air and water acts thereby causing water pollution in the river, an inspection report of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has found. Following directions issued by the …
The hotel and restaurant owners in Kashmir today threatened to close down their hotels if the state authorities went ahead with their “suppressive policy” towards the them. The threat was hurled by them at a joint press conference here today. The press conference was addressed by G M Dug, Showkat …
