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 …
The High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilisation, a government body formed to implement the Bagmati Action Plan (BAP), has formulated a new programme targeted at preserving environmental and ecological diversity of the Bagmati river. The plan to revive the dead river is being implemented with over Rs …
Over 10 billion gallons of raw and partly treated sewage gushed into waterways and bubbled up onto streets and into homes as a result of Hurricane Sandy — enough to cover Central Park in a 41-foot-high pile of sludge, a nonprofit research group said in a report released on Tuesday. …
The “Clean and Green Islamabad” drive of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), in its second phase was shifted to the Sector G-10 of the Federal Capital. CDA Chairman Syed Tahir Sarfraz inaugurated the second phase of the renovation, upgradation and beautification campaign. In the first phase, different formations of the …
A committee set up by National Green Tribunal to inspect Delhi hospitals for biomedical waste disposal practices has found serious lapses at three government hospitals and some minor issues at two private hospitals. The NGT has served a showcause notice to the hospitals. The hospitals that have been served notice …
Chennai Metrowater will soon own the first-of-its-kind tertiary treatment plant in the State. The agency is in the process of finalising the design and treatment process of the facility that will reduce the amount of treated sewage let into waterways and also improve supply to industries. The six-acre facility will …
Five hospitals in the city have not been strictly adhering to prescribed standards of collection and disposal of bio-medical waste according to the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) inspection team has revealed. The inspection report submitted at the National Green Tribunal named …
There’s finally a ray of hope that farmers cultivating the fields in and around the once picturesque Salpem lake on the Margao-Navelim border will get their land back – more than three years after former PWD Minister Churchill Alemao proposed acquisition of the fields for expansion of the Margao sewerage …
KANPUR: The world bank team, which visited the city on Tuesday has sanctioned the sewerage work worth Rs 443 crores and gave consent to another project to improve the sewer system of the city. In a meeting with divisional commissioner Shalini Prasad's, Ujjwala Nigam of Ganga pollution control board's local …
Urban wastewater management has become a challenge in India as infrastructural development and regulations have not kept pace with population growth and urbanization. Annually, more and more people are moving into cities, and the figures are expected to reach about 600 million by 2030 making India more peri-urban than rural. …
Poor sanitation and presence of cattle farms in different residential areas in the jurisdiction of Chaklala Cantonment Board are polluting the environment, making lives of the residents miserable. The residents of Rahimabad, Nighat Colony, Dhok Charagh Din, Mareer Hassan and other surrounding areas said that sewerage lines are blocked by …
CHENNAI: Chetpet lake, the only surviving water body in the heart of the city, has been an eyesore for years, with dense vegetation, garbage from nearby slum tenements and free flow of sewage from inlets. But, the state government plans to give a facelift to the water body at a …
Delhi’s common effluent treatment plants, located in industrial areas to treat industrial waste, suffer from a unique problem. The treatment capacity is much more than the actual generation of effluent but despite that, not all the effluent is being treated. Recently, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, which monitors the operations of …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining the Coimbatore Corporation from proceeding with the construction or other activities of a proposed Open Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Uppilipalayam village, Nanjundapuram, which is situated within the immediate vicinity of a residential colony. Originally, Mayflower Sakthi …
Forty-six per cent of sewage generated in Delhi is flowing into the Yamuna untreated through storm water drains, said a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India that was tabled in the House meeting of Delhi Assembly today. Out of the total 680 MGD sewage produced in …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board has issued show cause notices to liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s M/s United Breweries and M/s United Spirits for allegedly releasing untreated effluent or sewage into the rivulet next to its factory here, the State Assembly was told today. State Environment Minister Alina Saldanha informed …
China will spend 100 billion yuan ($16 billion) over three years to deal with Beijing's pollution, an official newspaper reported on Friday, as the government tries to defuse mounting public anger over environmental degradation. Beijing's government has pledged to improve sewage disposal, garbage treatment and air quality, as well as …
This CAG report on Delhi's social sector tabled in the state assembly exposed the poor provision of public services to the residents of Delhi. It came down heavily on the inadequacy in water supply to the city. This report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) relates to …
Works to rejuvenate polluted Kolavoy lake to be taken up under Central plan After several years of negligence, the much-abused Kolavoy lake, one of the largest water bodies in Kancheepuram district, might soon be rejuvenated. The lake, also known as Chengalpattu lake, will be the first water body in the …
The largely ADB-funded project will possibly be floated some time later this year Residents, living near the existing open-air sewage treatment ponds at Babesa, will have to wait another five years for the not so pleasant odour in the vicinity to go away. This is because the high tech sewage …
Hyderabad: As part of the Summer Action Plan, corporators will spend Rs 20 lakh each in their respective wards to improve drinking water supply and sewerage network. In all, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will spend Rs 30 crore for water supply and drainage works in the city. The corporators …
