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 Punjab government approved on Thursday nine development schemes of various sectors of the economy. The Punjab Irrigation System Improvement Project (PISIP) PK-P59 (2nd revised), with an estimated cost of Rs12,007.240 million, was approved in the 29th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party of 2012-13 financial year. Presided over by …
The health officer at the Quepem primary health centre has directed the occupants of multi-storeyed buildings on the banks of the Paroda water canal at Quepem town to set up garbage treatment plants. The locals from Quepem town had complained to Quepem municipal council and the health officer, Quepem, stating …
A month ago, the civic body and the chairman of the Nashik Municipal Corporation's (NMC) standing committee had assured that it would resolve the issue of pollution in Waldevi river within eight days by constructing pipelines in the slums at Rokdobawadi. But the formalities of assigning the work are yet …
MARGAO: Unveiling its plan of action to tackle sanitation head on in the State, the government will construct around 90,000 toilets across Goa by 2014 as part of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan scheme, even as PWD Minister, Sudin Dhavlikar unveiled a scheme to build free soakpits for households to take …
In some good news for the city, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) may soon get approval to implement a city sanitation plan worth over Rs3,000 crore. The central government has started the process to appoint consultants to prepare plans for 18 cities, including Nagpur. Besides, the city has also been selected …
OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050. Air pollution is set to become the biggest environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades, overtaking even such mass killers as poor sanitation and a lack of …
Kochi has unique problems in setting up a sewage system A permanent solution to the problem of treating and disposing sewage eludes Kochi. The civic administration and planners are exploring various methods to set up a sewage disposal system that can address the city’s present and future needs. One among …
A two-member bench of Peshawar High Court here on Tuesday directed the provincial government to replace all the rusted water supply pipes within a month and declare dumping of filth and sewage in canals as a penal offence by enacting a law in that regard. The bench comprising PHC Chief …
Ahead of Makar Sankranti, when thousands of people from the city are planning to take a holy dip in river Ganga, the holy river continues to be contaminated by untreated sewage and tannery waste. The river also faces the ever increasing burden of human settlements in its 'Kachar' (catchment area …
The Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of Director, NIH, Roorkee, to find the facts about the present state of Unnao’s water bodies / ground water, how much of Unnao’s ground water is affected so far and which particular tanning units are responsible …
MARGAO: With the government setting 2014 as the deadline to complete Margao’s long delayed sewerage project, the Goa Sewerage Development Corporation has taken up work on the Malbhat and Aquem area of the city, besides Rumdamol and Davorlim on the city outskirts, but officials say the progress of work would …
When you've gotta go, you gotta go.. but not if you are on wildlife safari in Vidarbha's several tiger reserves and sanctuaries. Tourists have often suffered for want of toilets inside forests on safaris that can last four to five hours. Help may soon be at hand. After Nagzira wildlife …
Night soil of over 60 thousand latrines is disposed into open drains without any sewage treatment in Jammu and Kashmir, according to figures released by state's Directorate of Census Operation. The recently released 2011 census report reveals that night soil of 64,479 latrines out of total 20,15,088 house-holds in the …
State urban development and housing minister Prem Kumar said here on Monday that the state government has sanctioned a mega plan for constructing sewerage in areas under Munger municipal corporation with an aim to save the river Ganga from pollution by preventing fall of drainage water of the town. The …
The famed rivers of India’s Gangetic plains are turning into “sewage”, threatening the life and health of millions of people dependent on them, warned a team of 11 environmental activists who cycled through the region covering around 1,800km in 27 days. In the capital last week on way to their …
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050. Urban air pollution is set to become the biggest environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades, overtaking even such mass killers as poor …
In another 16 months, the Kala Sanghian drain in Jalandhar will be pollution-free – at least this is what the State of Punjab is claiming. Responding to a petition filed in public interest, the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation has told a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that …
Lack of access to sufficient number of fully functional community toilets and the scant number of public toilets have gradually deteriorated the sanitation in the city. The city currently has 20 Sulabh International operated public toilets under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). The BMC has 60 wards under it. So …
Jharkhand today sought assistance from a visiting team of World Bank and central officials for a pending sewerage and drainage project in Ranchi and unbundling of the state power utility. The plan to install a centralised sewerage and drainage system in Ranchi has been pending for years due to several …
It seems the seriousness of the Central and State government about conservation of environment and water bodies lie only on papers. The proposals for rejuvenation of the city's iconic Nag river and nine other lakes have been making rounds on papers for the last four years. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation …
