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 Asian Development Bank (ADB) said today it is providing $300 million in loans to overhaul the quality, coverage, and management of water and wastewater services in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. According to a press release issued by the ADB today, the multi-tranche financing facility approved by the ADB …
The Pasakha industrial estate problem will be dealt with only in November Indian Scientist’s 6-Day Visit The Indian scientist, invited by national environment commission secretariat (NECS) to study the toxicity of gas emission at Pasakha industrial estate, arrived in the country on October 21, but study has been postponed until …
The Centre has issued guidelines asking the state governments to incorporate plans for water conservation and sewage disposal in the Master Plans for cities before any projects are sanctioned. Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath said that in the next phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), sustainable …
The textile industry continues to pose environmental challenges for China despite the total number of factories operating in the country shrinking, according to a report released on Monday by five NGOs. Adidas announced plans to close its last factory in China in July and many other international brands have gone …
PPPs in infra are on the cusp of disaster. The country needs a different strategy to build public services infrastructure Growth is back on the agenda, says the government. It is hoping that with pushy announcements foreign and Indian investment will miraculously start pouring in and infrastructure will be the …
Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, is a major tourist attraction not only for foreign tourists “doing” the Golden Triangle circuit of Agra, Delhi and Jaipur but also domestic tourists who visit in growing numbers to savour the city’s history and its spirit of celebration. The latest addition to Jaipur’s …
TN govt uses 120-year-old pact to stall tank renewal project The Karnataka government believes the Tamil Nadu government might have thrown a spoke in its plans for a tank irrigation project, using a 120-year-old agreement between the erstwhile governments of Mysore and Madras. A committee, which clears Central government-funded projects, …
India needs to focus on treating waste water from the industries to meet the rising demand for fresh water. According to Pinaki Bhadury, Vice-President, Strategy Consulting (South Asia, Middle East, North Africa), Frost and Sullivan, while 30 per cent of industrial waste water in tier-I cities is recycled, the amount …
With urbanization of coastal cities, marine pollution is becoming a severe problem. The rates of biodegradation, decomposition, and ratification of pollutants get slowed down due to salinity. The higher temperatures prevalent in tropical regions significantly affect reaction rates. Multiple factors influence the rate of biodegradation, making the process complex. Hence, …
The Gaza strip faces a water crisis that will soon make it "unliveable" unless plans for a $500m desalination plant are approved by banks, delegates at a water conference in Stockholm were told this week. Water for the 1.6 million people – half of them children and two-thirds refugees – …
JAIPUR: The empowered committee constituted by the state government for immediate clearance of debris in public areas and draining of flood water in affected areas of the city has sanctioned Rs 52 crore to JDA and Rs 48 crore to JMC. The amount has been sanctioned for cleaning of drains, …
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sanitation Project (DWSSP), supported by the World Bank, is going on to help Dhaka WASA improving water and sanitation through rehabilitation and expanding water supply, drainage, sewerage and sanitation infrastructure in key areas. Under the project, rehabilitation work is going on at Khilgaon, Basabo, Abdullahpur, …
In early August, as people struggled to survive the humid summer heat, a huge power cut deprived almost half of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, of electricity for more than 16 hours and led to the rupture of a water pipeline carrying more than 20 percent of the city's drinking water. …
China has begun building sewage and waste disposal facilities on a disputed South China Sea island, state media said on Monday, a move likely to stoke a growing territorial row with its neighbours. The report in the China Daily came a month after Beijing enraged Vietnam by announcing the establishment …
AHMEDABAD: Even as 14 of Gujarat's 26 districts reel from a deficient monsoon, the babudom in Gandhinagar is consuming the most drinking water per capita in the country. The capital consumes 310 litres per capita per day (LPCD). Most of this water comes from the Narmada network. You'd be mistaken …
The first-ever official test to find out toxicity level in groundwater around Bhopal’s Union Carbide plant since the leak of poisonous gas in 1984 will be soon conducted with the Supreme Court on Monday issuing notice to Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) asking it why it had not …
Bacterial contamination in the Ganges has exceeded the maximum permissible limit at a number of locations even as 80 per cent of pollution in the river is due to discharge of sewage, the government said today. "...the levels of bacterial contamination in terms of fecal coliform are reported to be …
The Environment Performance Index (EPI), prepared by the Planning Commission, has placed Odisha at sixth rank among the 28 States and seven Union Territories. The ranking assumes significance in view of the plan panel’s decision to link EPI with fund devolution for the States. The EPI assesses the States on …
Pushing for a ban on manual cleaning of sewers, a committee formed by the city's SC/ST department has sought fixing of accountability of the chief engineers and agency officials engaging workers in case of a mishap. The three-member committee in its report has proposed that compensation in case of death …
LUCKNOW: The 10-day campaign for 'Clean Gomti say no to polythene' concluded on Thursday at the Malviya Hall of Lucknow university. Teachers, students, engineers, doctors, religious leaders participated in the programme in the mission mode to clean the river banks. The 10-day programme organised by Anil Singh, convener of Lok …
