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JAIPUR: A sewerage treatment plant (STP) at Ram Niwas Bagh with the capacity to provide 10 million litres (MLD) of reusable water to the city was inaugurated by the chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday. The project cost of the STP is around Rs 1.33 crore and it is constructed …
KOLLAM: For almost 30 years a sewerage network laid for the western parts of Kollam city had been lying idle and forgotten. No one remembers the exact cost at which it was laid. But now, a scheme has been evolved to assess whether the network can be utilised. The Kerala …
Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has awarded a Gold certificate under the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) rating system for the Technopark Phase-III building under construction. This is the first time that a facility of Technopark is being awarded a green building certificate, its authorities say.
HC gives another chance to state govt Pollution board told to file list of offending units The court cannot be a silent spectator to a situation where a whole new industrial township is set up without giving the proper infrastructure of common effluent treatment plant (CETP), municipal solid waste plant …
Says sewage plant not source of contamination Asserting that the Margao sewage treatment plant is not responsible for the contamination of the River Sal, the Goa Sewerage Corporation has roped in experts from BITS Pilani to inquire into the causes of river pollution and suggest remedial measures to put a …
Tremors of Japan's earthquake are being felt in Uttar Pradesh as government officials are sceptic about funding by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the ongoing projects as this Land of Rising Sun is itself facing a financial crunch post-tsunami. The JICA is financing projects including Gangajal under which …
Six companies to be awarded bid for work by May Delhi Jal Board has received over 20 bids so far Four new sewage treatment plants to be constructed simultaneously NEW DELHI: Work on cleaning up the Yamuna by laying interceptor sewers is likely to begin by June, with the Delhi …
Rs56,701 for one square foot of land in Kharadi? If this sounds unbelievable, this is precisely what the land and estate department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) said in reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application on April 5, 2011. Pune-based river activist, Sarang Yadwadkar, in his RTI …
JAMMU, Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today asked the concerned agencies to work out solutions to the bottlenecks coming in the way of on time completion of Rs. 262.15 crore sewerage treatment projects in the mission cities of Jammu and Srinagar. Chairing a review meeting in this regard, the Chief Secretary …
Proposals with suggestions of councillors to be sent to Admn for approval The Municipal Corporation approved a budget of Rs 812.92 crore for the financial year 2011-12 on Monday. T This includes Rs 429.98 crore under the Plan head, Rs 233.40 crore under the Non-Plan head and Rs 149.54 crore …
Sees Pollution Continuing With Delay In Interceptor Sewage Project Neha Lalchandani TNN New Delhi: Any hope of seeing a clean Yamuna in the near future was dispelled on Sunday by environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who said such a situation was not possible before at least the end of 2015. The …
Environment and Wildlife minister meets Dikshit, Hooda to discuss ways to keep river healthy Excessive algae in the Yamuna brought Union Minister for Environment and Wildlife Jairam Ramesh
LUCKNOW: The aftershocks of tsunami in Japan have reached Uttar Pradesh. The National Ganga River Basin Authority's (NGRBA) ambitious plan to cleanse one of the most polluted stretch of river Ganga in Varanasi is facing the prospects of a forced closure. Funded by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA), the …
Minister for Forests, Mian Altaf Ahmad today said that Rs. 120 crore has been sanctioned by Central Government under 13th Finance Commission for the conservation of Wullar lake in Kashmir. This information was given by the Minister after a question raised by M. Y. Taing in Legislative Council today. He …
The Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department has achieved another remarkable feat by receiving Diamond Small State Environmental award for being adjudged as best in maintaining the State
With the state governments of Delhi and Haryana passing the buck about high pollution levels of Yamuna, a team of activists associated with the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan (YJA), a civil society group fighting to conserve the Yamuna river system found that most of Haryana's sewage treatment plants (STP) are not …
New Delhi: Several parts of the city will have to go without water on Tuesday as two water treatment plants had to be shut down due to excessive levels of ammonia and chloride in raw water yet again. Delhi Jal Board officials said production in the Wazirabad and Chandrawal WTPshadtobeshutdown …
LUCKNOW: UP on Monday got a major boost for its ongoing Ganga clean-up programme with the Centre clearing its four important projects, pending for a long time. These projects are estimated to cost around Rs 500 crore and will be funded on the basis of 70:30 ratio by the Centre …
LUCKNOW: It was a partial relief for the heavily polluted Gomti, as Asia's largest sewage treatment plant (STP) got operational on chief minister Mayawati's birthday on Saturday. Around 290 million litres per day (mld) of sewage was pumped into the 342 mld STP situated in Bharwara, around 20 kilometre from …
Chief Minister Mayawati would inaugurate projects worth Rs 4000 crore on Saturday when she would turn 55 despite Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leadership's appeal to party workers for a simple celebration of her birthday. The people of the state would get 250 new power sub-stations, 22 power distribution centres, road …
