Drinking water
The Budget 2013 does not hold any hope for Bangalore which has been reeling under garbage crisis. Moreover, the two big landfills at Mandur and Mavallipura area a great failure. Member of the Supreme Court appointed committee says that waste- to- energy and industrial solution projects are not applicable. Environmentally, they are risky as they [...] Continue Reading »
The state government is planning to divide the water supply proportionately to the city as the water levels in Kabini and Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dams went down. Bangalore was hit by drought last year, which resulted in the depletion of water levels in Cauvery basin reservoirs. From November 2012, new areas of Bruhat Bangalore [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Mandur residents are annoyed as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) continues unsystematic dumping of mixed garbage at the landfill without providing them adequate health services and drinking water as promised earlier. Residents are exposed to health hazards as the garbage is being dumped unscientifically. Dangerous diseases like dengue, influenza and malaria have become [...] Continue Reading »
Finally the plan for installing water meter is being worked out. The scarcity of drinking water has become a serious issue in most cities across the state. People are literally struggling for each drop of water releasing from reservoirs to the areas facing water scarcity problem. Recently the city has faced water crisis on account [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has initiated the technical and financial bid regarding the initiation of the Krishna Phase-III project. They also shortlisted firms who were present with the lowest bid amounts. The proposed drinking water supply project under 10 packages had floated tenders by the Water Board. There were two firms who filed tenders concerning the [...] Continue Reading »
Pune- The civic body gave conditional agree towards state government’s proposal to bring 28 merged small towns under the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limitations. The new go ahead can boost the geographical area to more than 450 sq km from the present 243. 84 sq km. The administration commanded 19 TMC drinking water quota along [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The residents of Govindapura area in Nagawara ward have been facing a series of civic issues including water shortage, poor infrastructure, lack of proper sanitation and sewage system for past many years. Though the area comes under BBMP limits, there is no drinking water and bore-well water is supplied ten days once, complained residents. [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Balaji Avenue, off the Thiruvanaikovil Trunk Road in Srirangam, are facing problems regarding drinking water. The drinking water overhead tank (OHT) complex at the south-west corner of the locality has been exposed to pollution over the past few months, owing to the outflow of sewage from a faulty underground sewer line. The [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai could face serious water crisis as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed the city that its stock of water will last for only 124 days. At present, there is 10 per cent water cut in the city. The current usable water content available is only 62 per cent of what was available last year. [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Noida soon will have to pay water bill as per the meter reading instead of fixed rates. The Noida authority is considering a proposal to install water meters at all premises covering an area of 240 meter square or more. The main objective is to check the wastage of drinking water. Under [...] Continue Reading »
