Rainwater Harvesting
To check the depleting groundwater level, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has come up with a plan to constitute a special committee. The committee is to be headed by two superintending engineers (SEs) who will visit houses in Gurgaon to check defunct water harvesting pits. As per norms, to obtain a completion certificate from [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi cabinet has approved a proposal to make rainwater harvesting system mandatory for all new buildings in the city. The government has asked the Delhi Jal Board to come up with the guidelines on the issue. Earlier, the government had proposed that proper water connection should be issued to the buildings which are equipped with [...] Continue Reading »
A resolution to make rainwater harvesting system mandatory for all new buildings and existing government owned buildings in the city has been approved by the standing committee. The committee also approved the heritage walk proposal. All new buildings in the city must have rainwater harvesting and old buildings owned by the government and civic body [...] Continue Reading »
While residents of Mumbai are reeling under water cuts and inequitable distribution of water, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has conceded that equal water supply in all areas cannot be realized until the water audit is complete. The BMC officials have stated each area’s exact demand is pre requisite to ensure equal supply to all [...] Continue Reading »
Thane District Consumer Forum has ruled that builders must stand by the conditions laid down by civic authority while granting the occupation certificate (OC), even though if such conditions are not a part of the sale agreement with flat buyers. Recently, a complaint was filed by Sarvottam Co-operative Housing Society against city-based Radhakrishna Developers. According [...] Continue Reading »
Today, the real estate sector is the most consumptive industry as it uses up a lot of money, energy and resources during the process of construction and throughout the building’s lifetime. With an average life time of 30 to 50 years, a building can contribute to huge economic and environmental losses if not designed carefully. [...] Continue Reading »
Water scarcity is going to be a challenge for the residents as well as for different civic authorities in India. To overcome the crisis, experts from the industry sector and real estate urged that industries and builders need to implement rainwater harvesting in projects in India. According to the experts, government must provide assistance in [...] Continue Reading »
The state government has declared the construction site of Greenfield international stadium at Kariavattom as a special zone. The construction work of the stadium was inaugurated on 8th May. The special zone status is awarded to the construction of the stadium to ensure the timely completion of the project in Thiruvananthapuram. The construction of the [...] Continue Reading »
The Chennai Corporation has planned to construct over 5,000 rainwater harvesting structures across the city. According to a corporation official, the structures will be constructed at 30-metre intervals at every third storm water drain inlet. A bore well pipe would be placed inside the inlets. Sand and blue metal would be filled in the pipe [...] Continue Reading »
Now, as installation of rainwater harvesting was already mandatory in Bangalore, other cities are also following suit. The state Legislative Assembly recently passed an amendment bill to make rainwater harvesting mandatory in all the cities of Karnataka. It was already mandatory in all Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wards with the passing of Bangalore Water [...] Continue Reading »
