Sewerage issues at Jubilee Hills to get permanent fix soon

1 week, 3 days ago

Two weeks on, new road in Chennai caves in due to damaged underground pipelines

CHENNAI: The road on Kuppusamy Street near Anna Salai in Chinna Porur has caved in just 15 days after it was newly laid. On Sunday a small pit appeared after a burst in the pipeline and metro water officials repaired the leak and filled the site with sand. While metro water officials completed repairs at the site only recently, the …

Water Road Metro Water Officials

1 month ago

Pace of pipeline work slackens in CIT Colony

The Hindu

Residents of CIT Colony, especially 1st Street, are upset about the slow progress in replacing the old sewage pipeline network and the inconvenience this situation is causing them. The background: After many complaints by residents about old pipelines leaking due to age and corrosion, CMWSSB initiated a project in February 2024 to replace the 30-year-old metal pipelines from the street. …

Work Old Street Pipeline Colony Residents Cit Colony

1 month, 1 week ago

Ludhiana MC chief writes to NHAI for cleaning, repairing highways

Hindustan Times

Municipal corporation commissioner has written to the project director of National Highways Authority of India seeking regular cleaning and repair of highway roads and sewerage moving through the city. In the letter written to PD of NHAI, the Ludhiana MC commissioner has mentioned that the stretches of the highways are heavily littered with garbage, construction debris and other waste materials. …

Ludhiana Road Nhai Limit Highways Mc Limit

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gurugram’s Ward 13: Poor road infra triggers traffic snarls

Hindustan Times

Ward 13, which encompasses areas such as Kadipur Village, Kadipur Enclave, Kadipur Industrial Area, Sector 37C, Amar Colony, and Auto Market among others, faces multiple civic challenges, including severe traffic congestion, broken roads, and persistent waterlogging, with little intervention from local authorities, residents allege. Residents further claimed that there are a huge number of heavy vehicles that use the Gurugram-Pataudi …

Traffic Roads Gurugram Road Sector 10 Singh Residents

3 months, 2 weeks ago

CCMC & TWAD spar over broken pipeline

New Indian Express

COIMBATORE: Drinking water has been wasted by flowing into the drainage for the past 10 days. Neither the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation nor the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board officials have fixed the broken pipeline near the GN Mills Junction in the city. The TWAD Board officials have been criticized for their shoddy work installing pipelines for drinking …

Water Road Department Coimbatore Pipeline Ccmc Twad

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi: Civic bodies submit report of clean-up work on key drains

Hindustan Times

The work of cleaning and desilting four key stormwater drains in the city is progressing albeit with some challenges, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Irrigation and Flood Control department have stated in their respective affidavits in the National Green Tribunal. The agencies have filed affidavits in the NGT, which come days after the green court raised the inadequate …

Work Road Ngt Drain Yamuna Delhi Mcd Shahdara

4 months ago

Vikas Nagar road cave-ins: Fault lies in 2-km sewer line, reveals survey

Hindustan Times

A trunk sewer pipeline that covers a stretch of two kilometres in Vikas Nagar, an area that has reported multiple incidents of road cave-ins, here has developed multiple cracks and leakages. “The road, which is approximately 60 feet wide, was originally laid in 2010 and a sewer line was installed by Jal Nigam at around ₹50 crore. The private company …

Road Line Pipeline Jal Nigam Vikas Nagar Sewer

4 months, 1 week ago

Mohali MLA launches ₹2.62-crore sewer project

Hindustan Times

To address the city’s sewer and stormwater pipeline issues, MLA Kulwant Singh inaugurated a ₹2.62-crore project on Friday. MLA Kulwant Singh also launched a project to lay a 135-metre sewer line along the dividing road between Phase 3B1 and Phase 3B2 in Mohali, particularly benefiting shops in that area. The project includes laying new sewer lines and repairing existing ones, …

Project Mla Singh Mohali Line Phase Sewer

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ensuring safe drinking water, sanitation and pothole-free roads are my priorities: VMC Commissioner

The Hindu

Ensuring safe drinking water supply, pothole-free roads, street lights in all areas in Vijayawada and working towards the prevention of the release of sewage into canals will be the main focus areas, said H.M. Dhyanachandra, who took charge as the Commissioner of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation on July 25. In a conversation with The Hindu on July 27, Saturday, Mr. …

Vmc Dhyanachandra

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation prepares for digging of roads for sewerage system makeover in core city areas

The Hindu

The Chennai Corporation has started preparations for a major project that involves large-scale digging of roads for improvements in the existing sewerage system in core city areas such as Anna Nagar, Teynampet, Kodambakkam, Royapuram, Adyar, Thiru Vi Ka Nagar and Tondiarpet. At the meeting to discuss the preparation of detailed project reports for improvements of existing sewerage system by Chennai …

Roads System Sewage Sewerage

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Monsoon work faces metro challenge in 7 zones in Chennai

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The city corporation’s monsoon preparedness works, which include construction of missing links of stormwater drains and reconstruction of drains, in seven of the 15 zones have clashed with the ongoing metro rail work resulting in delay of some of these works. Corporation and highways officials have raised concern of delay in taking up stormwater drain work in parts of …

Monsoon Metro Rail Work Faces Cmrl Work

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Monsoon’s here, but Chandigarh’s Sector 40 road still torn up for sewer work

Hindustan Times

Despite the monsoon already marking its arrival in the city, civic works for laying storm sewers are still underway at Vikas Marg, raising concerns about soil erosion that can lead to major cave-ins. The work, spanning from Sector 40 to Sector 42, has led to road closures and uprooted sidewalks for the past few weeks, already causing inconvenience to commuters …

Work Monsoon Road Sector Line Sector 42 Sector 40

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Major drain choked, Delhi’s Maharani Bagh stares at flooding after rain

Hindustan Times

With monsoon around the corner, residents of Maharani Bagh area in southeast Delhi have urged civic authorities to expedite work on clearing and redesigning the severely clogged Taimoor Nagar drain before rains begin to lash the city properly.. During a spot check on Thursday, silt and garbage from the nullah had been partly excavated and stashed along the lane, leaving …

Delhi Water Work Mcd Nagar Mehra Bagh

6 months, 1 week ago

Ludhiana: No cleaning after sewerage work causes traffic snarls in Dugri

Hindustan Times

Poor clearance and sewerage work done by municipal corporation in Phase 1, Dugri, have made daily commuters lives miserable as mounds of sand were left on the roads after installing sewerage pipes, causing traffic problems for over a month. About a month ago, Ludhiana MC’s operational and maintenance wing laid down sewerage pipes at different locations in Phase 1 at …

Road Phase 1 Sewerage Sewerage Pipes

6 months, 2 weeks ago

HMWSSB to Develop Sewer Lines at Bagh Amberpet Road no.15

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Officials from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board have prepared an estimate budget of Rs 14.5 lakh and sent it to the higher authorities for the development of a sewer line at Bagh Amberpet Road No. 15, following a report titled ‘Bagh Amberpet residents fume at supply of contaminated drinking water’ published in these columns. Vishnuvardhan Rao, …

Sewer Hmws Bagh Amberpet Road No

10 months, 1 week ago

T.N. Highways Department begins temporary repairs on major Chennai roads post December floods

The Hindu

Highways Department has begun work to repair and re-lay portions of roads that were damaged in the December 2023 floods. Roads that are to be repaired include Vanagaram - Ambattur – Puzhal Road, Velachery-Tambaram Road, Madhavaram – Red Hills Road, Tambaram – Mudichur Road and Medavakkam – Mambakkam Road. Among city roads, ₹4.5 crore has been allotted towards repairs on …

Roads Work Road Crore Tambaram

1 year, 2 months ago

NHAI to start repair of Delhi-Gurugram e-way service lanes from November

Hindustan Times

The National Highways Authority of India will start work on repairing service lanes on both sides of the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway from Hero Honda Chowk to Narsinghpur, which gets damaged every year after monsoon, owing to waterlogging. The stretch from Hero Honda Chowk to Kherki Daula is 6km long and has developed several large potholes and bitumen surface has been eroded, …

Gmda Nhai Drain Stretch Narsinghpur Hero Honda Chowk This Stretch

1 year, 2 months ago

Storm-water drain work almost completed in Chennai’s core areas, says Corporation

The Hindu

Storm-water drain work is in full swing and 90% of the work has been done in the city’s core areas, according to the Greater Chennai Corporation. Speaking to reporters, he said: “The GCC has taken up 300 roadworks — we could finish 312 km of this as storm-water drain works. In May 2021, 2,624 km of storm-water drain was constructed …

Chennai Work Drain Gcc

1 year, 2 months ago

Cities switching to robots to tackle water, sanitation issues

Hindustan Times

An increasing number of Indian cities are turning to artificial intelligence -powered robots to tackle many water and sanitation-related challenges, ranging from cleaning manholes and inspecting sprawling underground water pipeline networks for leaks to cleaning water bodies. Chennai is using robots for water pipeline inspections, and in Shillong, robots are being deployed to clear floating trash from the famous Umiam …

India Cities Nagpur Trash Lake Robotic Robot

1 year, 3 months ago

Coimbatore Corporation to conduct survey of underground sewage systems linked to sewage treatment plants

The Hindu

The Coimbatore Corporation will begin a survey of the underground sewage systems in the city — collection system and internal plumbing systems in roughly 21,000 houses linked to the sewage plants in Ukkadam, Nanjundapuram and Ondipudur — before revision of charges. According to the Corporation, connections, that were installed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, and put to …

Mld Corporation Connections

1 year, 4 months ago

7 years after ‘Gurujam’: Waterlogging still a riddle that city can’t solve

Hindustan Times

It’s been seven years since the infamous “Gurujam” of 2016, when commuters were stuck in a mammoth gridlock on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway for nearly two days after rainfall of 52mm, during the course of a single day, flooded all arterial roads, inundated houses, and washed away the city’s moniker of “Millennium City”. Residents said this monsoon, areas such as Narsingpur, …

Delhi City Waterlogging Yadav Gurugram Gmda Sharma

1 year, 5 months ago

Sewer lines overflow in many sectors across Gurugram

Hindustan Times

Gurugram: Residents of several sectors across the city have been grappling with sewage water overflow for the last two months and despite repeated complaints, they alleged that nothing has been done to resolve the issue. The residents said they have complained to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram several times about sewer lines lying clogged, but to no avail. Bhim Singh …

Gurugram Sector Mcg Sewage Rwa Sewer Lines Sewer Overflowing

1 year, 5 months ago

Coimbatore Corporation setting up drain pipes and channels near Railway Junction to avoid inundation

The Hindu

With the South-West Monsoon expected to gain momentum in the district soon, the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation is installing stormwater drain pipelines on Goods Shed Road and cutting cross-drains in Lanka Corner. Stormwater flows to the Valankulam tank in the city from two major points — a channel on the western side of the Railway Junction’s tracks from R.S Puram, …

Road Corporation Drain Railway Junction Goods Shed Road Lanka Corner

1 year, 5 months ago

DC Report Paves Way for Use of Toilets in Sanjay Gandhi Nagar

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Following Deccan Chronicle’s reportage on the lack of toilets in Sanjay Gandhi Nagar of Naubat Pahad, which was leading to open defecation for the past few decades, government teams on Wednesday swooped down on the area in large numbers to assess residents’ needs and make necessary arrangements. Chandramma, an elderly resident, said, “Officials came and enquired us older residents, …

Water Resident Gandhi Nagar Sanjay Gandhi Nagar

1 year, 8 months ago

Traffic disrupted on Old Railway Road due to pipeline repair work

Hindustan Times

Gurugram: Traffic movement was disrupted on the Old Railway Road on Friday due to repair work of a main sewage pipeline carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram. Gurugram, India-April 07, 2023: Old Railway Road closed for traffic for laying sewage pipeline near Sohna chowk, in Gurugram, in Gurugram, India, on Friday, 07 April 2023. “The septic tank was …

Traffic Work Gurugram Road Repair Mcg Chowk

1 year, 8 months ago

Residents seek streetlights on Bharathiar Road, interior lanes

The Hindu

Residents of Maniyakaranpalayam area under Ward 19 of the Corporation has sought streetlights to ensure better road safety, drains in a few locations and cleaning of ditches. Considering people’s safety, the Bharathiar Road needs streetlights.” Rajamani, a resident of Poosaripalayam in the Ward, said, “Further, the interior areas such as Poosaripalayam, Velavan Nagar, Venkatasamy Nagar and the lanes behind the …

Road Corporation Nagar Streetlights Drains Nehru Nagar Bharathiar Road

2 years ago

Tracing the journey of Tolly’s Canal in Kolkata

Live Mint

A mother and her daughter, around five-six years old, stand almost still for over 30 minutes as the visual plays on the large curved screen. Film-maker and academic Madhuja Mukherjee shares the video of the mother and daughter with other imagery of viewers interacting with her video installation, Kolikata’r Nakshi-kotha: Sketches And Stories Of Kolkata, at the Victoria Memorial, an …

Kolkata Video Water City Mukherjee Hooghly Victoria

2 years ago

Chennai water board takes up repair of damaged sewer lines across the city

The Hindu

The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has taken up emergency work to repair sewer lines that were damaged due to bursts or leaks in pipelines, at various locations across the city. This northeast monsoon, the board has received 10,252 complaints related to sewage overflow and sewage mixing with drinking water. Complaints regarding bursts or leaks in sewer pipelines …

Complaints Work Lines Repair Sewage Sewer Sewer Lines

2 years, 2 months ago

4 months after inauguration, road caves in B’luru, oppn slams state govt

Hindustan Times

A portion of the service road in Bengaluru’s Kundalahalli underpass caved in within four months of its inauguration, on Sunday, triggering allegations of corruption against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government. The service road was built as part of a ₹ 19.5-crore underpass project and a huge pothole emerged in the middle of the key stretch after a water pipeline …

Traffic Bengaluru Water Road Pipeline Bwssb Underpass

2 years, 7 months ago

Pipeline works in ORR villages drag on; commuters face hard time

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Water woes and bad roads continue to haunt the people residing in areas beyond the Outer Ring Road even as the monsoon is approaching. Though the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board assured that it will complete laying 2,863 km of drinking water pipelines as part of phase-II project, it could only complete about 280 km. If the …

Pipeline Works Orr Pipeline Works

2 years, 7 months ago

Agra to get country's first vacuum-based sewer system

India Today

The city of Taj Mahal, Agra, has become the first city in the country to have vacuum-based sewers. Agra Smart City officials told India Today that the corporation has connected 240 such houses near the Taj Mahal with vacuum-based sewer where conventional sewer systems can not be used. ‘’Being in a ‘low-lying’ area, these homes are connected to a vacuum-based …

City Smart City Vacuum Sewer

2 years, 8 months ago

No longer the city of gardens! How we can stop our cities and towns from going the Bangalore way

Firstpost

Currently, only 30 per cent of India’s wastewater is recycled. State or Central government agencies that fund the ULBs for building water and sanitation infrastructure to service urban growth can introduce smart rules when approving plans for new growth areas in the form of conditions for allocating zones for locating facilities for decentralised wastewater treatment and recycling. Similarly, ULBs that …

Growth Water Cities City Sanitation Systems Towns

2 years, 8 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Two workers die while cleaning sewer line in Rae Bareli

India TV News

Highlights Two workers died while cleaning the sewer line constructed under a government scheme in Rae Bareli The administrative staff and District Magistrate rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation The workers were pulled out from the sewer and rushed to the district hospital Two workers died while cleaning the sewer line constructed under a government scheme here …

Workers Rae Bareli Sewer Line Two Workers

3 years ago

Pipeline leakages damage roads in Secunderabad Cantonment

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Residents of several colonies in the Secunderabad Cantonment continue to demand laying of new roads, as many of them are damaged due to pipeline and sewerage related works. Stretches along some of the densely-populated slums like Sriram Nagar in Mud Fort are completely out of shape, with the narrow roads damaged due to pipeline leakages. People walking towards St …

Roads Road Pipeline Pipeline Leakages

3 years, 9 months ago

Sewer work affects traffic in Patparganj

Hindustan Times

What started as a routine sewer laying work by the Delhi Jal Board has led to residents of east Delhi’s Patparganj suffering long traffic snarls and dust on the Narwana Road for the last two years. In January this year, we met senior Delhi Jal Board officials who assured us that the work will be completed in 15 days, but …

Traffic Road Patparganj Senior Delhi

4 years, 5 months ago

Ludhiana: Four-decade old storm sewer lines caused 4 road cave-ins in 3 years

Hindustan Times

The deteriorating condition of the four decade-old storm sewers in areas including Dugri, Kaka Marriage place road and Saggu chowk has resulted in four major road cave-in incidents over the last three years. During monsoon, major road cave-in incidents are reported in the city The sewer line starting from Dugri which goes upto CRPF colony near Dugri canal bridge damaged …

Dugri Lines Line Sewer Lines Major Road Storm Sewer

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