Water Supply
While realty is growing in Kerala, especially in cities like Kochi, drinking water supply in flats have remained irregular for months. Occupants of newly-built flats in Kalamassery, Thrikkakara, and Kakkanad are facing water shortage forcing them to buy water sold through tanker Lorries. Since they cannot get access to water supply, flat dwellers have to [...] Continue Reading »
The recent monthly House meeting of Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) was attended by Praveen Kumar, the administrator of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). This was in tune with the long standing request of councilors that HUDA officials and private developers should be asked to attend the House meeting as many MCG wards are part [...] Continue Reading »
Residents across Chennai have been complaining about sewage overflow for the last few months. However, the civic bodies are yet to take up any action to address the issue. Residents of Sixth Street, R.V.Nagar, Anna Nagar, have been putting up with stench, flies and sewage on the road. Sewage has been overflowing from manholes in [...] Continue Reading »
There seems to be an end to the water woes of the residents of Old Gurgaon as Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has agreed to the demands of the residents to supply water to them. The councillors and residents have been demanding canal water supply from the corporation for a long time and the civic [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana government seems to be woken up to sluggishness of tackling civic isues paralyzing the region. Haryana Public Health minister, Kiran Choudhary has directed officers in her ministry to complete all ongoing water supply and sewerage projects in all districts including Gurgaon. Gurgaon district administration has also been instructed to remove infringements on a [...] 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 »
Gurgaon’s underground water table has reached a significant low of 51 metres and the state has failed to check on this. The water crisis which Gurgaon faced this summer is only going to get worse. The estimated demand is 200 million gallons per day (MGD), whereas Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is able to supply [...] Continue Reading »
It has been nearly six months that the residents of ISRO Quarters on G-5 Road (KV NAL Road), Jeevan Bhima Nagar are facing acute drinking water shortage problem. Ironically, though BWSSB water supply stopped long back, the residents are getting their water bills without fail. Earlier, water was supplied on alternative days. But now it [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Malleshpalya and GM Palya are suffering due to insufficient water supply. They get water once in 10 days and sometimes, a whole month goes by without water supply. Malleshpalya and GM Palya, both located adjacent to CV Raman Nagar in East Bangalore, are not yet included in the Cauvery water supply belt. In [...] Continue Reading »
T Venkataraju, engineer-inchief of BSWWB said that water disruption of Magadi Road and nearby areas was due to illegal connections by slum-dwellers. He said because of this, residents with metered connections have gone through suffering. The gang who came out to protest is mostly included of customers without meters. Water supply was disrupted due to [...] Continue Reading »
