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Man drowns in BMC pit at Tilak Nagar, body found next day
1 week, 5 days ago

Man drowns in BMC pit at Tilak Nagar, body found next day

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A 40-year-old Nerul resident, Raju Tulshidas Gawande, died after falling into a pit dug by the sewerage operations department of the BMC at Tilak Nagar near Chembur on Wednesday. Man drowns in BMC pit at Tilak Nagar, body found next day Acting senior inspector Dilip Mane of the Tilak Nagar police said that Gawande used to stay earlier at …

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165-year-old stepwell in Nampally chokes on sewage
4 weeks ago

165-year-old stepwell in Nampally chokes on sewage

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The 165-year-old stepwell near the Legislative Council building in Nampally Public Gardens is in a state of severe neglect. Once a vital water source, it is now on the verge of becoming a mere nala outlet due to a continuous inflow of sewerage water from a nearby drain near the Nampally railway station. Officials have visited the site but …

Nampally Stepwell
Hyderabad: Residents slam HMWS&SB officials for closing unattended complaints
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad: Residents slam HMWS&SB officials for closing unattended complaints

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Many people from the city are lashing out at the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, whose officials are closing complaints lodged by the consumers without addressing the underlying issues. Despite the board being flooded with innumerable complaints regarding erratic water supply and sewerage problems, there has been no tangible redressal. Rather, the officials are marking the complaints …

Complaints
A Journey Through Bengaluru's Rainwater Oasis: Exploring the Sir M Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park
2 months, 1 week ago

A Journey Through Bengaluru's Rainwater Oasis: Exploring the Sir M Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park

The Hindu  

A museum dedicated to rain water harvesting has opened in Bengaluru, showcasing various models and educating citizens about the importance of this technique for mitigating water scarcity. The museum, named Sir M Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, is a treasure trove of information and an invaluable knowledge hub for those interested in learning about RWH. Visitors can explore different models …

Environment Law Sustainability Water Resources Bengaluru
NMCG nod to ₹50 crore sewerage project in Bulandshahr
3 months, 3 weeks ago

NMCG nod to ₹50 crore sewerage project in Bulandshahr

Hindustan Times  

The National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved a sewerage project in Gulaothi town of Bulandshahr district that will come up at an estimated cost of Rs. 265 crores approved by the NMCG in its 56th executive committee meeting held in New Delhi recently. The approved projects are pivotal to the improvement of the river’s ecosystem as these ensure minimized …

Project Crore River Approved Ganga Nmcg
New estates have been built to ease Adelaide's housing crisis but residents are now facing a sewage problem
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New estates have been built to ease Adelaide's housing crisis but residents are now facing a sewage problem

ABC  

Imagine purchasing your new home only for there to be minimal water infrastructure and for your sewage to be stored in a pit. "We've really in Adelaide hit the absolute ends of the supply of both sewerage and water infrastructure," Mr Champion told 7.30. "Over the next four years, we're putting in place $1.5 billion worth of infrastructure … and …

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Evening briefing: Russia says stopped recruiting Indians for military; Jaishankar meets Maldives's Muizzu, and more
4 months, 1 week ago

Evening briefing: Russia says stopped recruiting Indians for military; Jaishankar meets Maldives's Muizzu, and more

Hindustan Times  

Russia said on Saturday that it had stopped recruiting Indian nationals into its armed forces in April this year and that authorities are working for the early discharge of Indians who “voluntarily contracted for military service”. External affairs minister S Jaishankar and Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on Saturday participated in the official handover ceremony of completed water and sewerage projects …

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Damaged, uncovered storm sewers on NH 44 a safety risk: Locals
5 months, 1 week ago

Damaged, uncovered storm sewers on NH 44 a safety risk: Locals

Hindustan Times  

The damaged and uncovered storm sewers on the national highway 44, especially in Sherpur, Dhandari and Jalandhar Bypass areas, pose a serious safety concern, commuters and locals said. Locals said that amid rains, the uncovered storm drains are often flooded and the waste flows out. Balpreet Kaur, a local, said, “Last year, numerous two-wheelers got stuck in these open sewerage …

Rains Drains Storm Sewers
Chennai Corporation prepares for digging of roads for sewerage system makeover in core city areas
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
Ludhiana: No cleaning after sewerage work causes traffic snarls in Dugri
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
An overview of the AMRUT scheme | Explained
6 months, 3 weeks ago

An overview of the AMRUT scheme | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Around 36% of India’s population is living in cities and by 2047 it will be more than 50%. The purpose of the AMRUT mission was to ensure that every household has access to a tap with assured supply of water and a sewerage connection increase the value of cities by developing greenery and well-maintained open spaces …

India Water States Urban Cities Scheme Amrut
Heavy rains continue in Ooty
7 months ago

Heavy rains continue in Ooty

The Hindu  

Heavy rains continued in the Nilgiris on Thursday, May 23, 2024 leading to at least one reported instance of a tree becoming uprooted and blocking traffic along the Coonoor to Kotagiri Road late on Wednesday night. Following heavy water logging in a few places, the Udhagamandalam Municipality has warned residences, restaurants and hotels to not directly divert rain water into …

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PPCB mulls setting up plant for hydrochloric acid recovery
7 months, 1 week ago

PPCB mulls setting up plant for hydrochloric acid recovery

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh Amid the dumping of spent hydrochloric acid in sewerage that often results in mishaps, the Punjab Pollution Control Board has mooted a plan for setting up of a hydrochloric acid recovery plant. The objective is recovery of spent hydrochloric acid in scientific and environmentally sound manner in Punjab. Setting up a hydrochloric acid recovery plant will help curb the …

Recovery Ludhiana Punjab Plant Acid Hcl Ppcb
Telangana: 39 STPs to be constructed to curb sewage flow into Musi river
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana: 39 STPs to be constructed to curb sewage flow into Musi river

New Indian Express  

The STP project in GHMC limits on PPP mode is estimated to cost Rs 737.68 crore while the STP project in HAM mode for ULBs between GHMC and ORR is estimated to cost Rs 2,900.16 crore. The proposals consist of one STP with a 7 MLD capacity in GHMC in PPP mode and 38 STPs with a total capacity of …

Capacity Orr Ghmc Musi River Stp Ppp Mld
Broken gutters, dirty water spillage plague Juhu Koliwada
8 months, 1 week ago

Broken gutters, dirty water spillage plague Juhu Koliwada

Hindustan Times  

Over two years after their first complaint about broken gutter chambers, residents of Juhu Koliwada continue to live with stinking water collecting in pools on their lanes. “The top of the gutter chambers of the drainage lines are broken, which causes water to spill out,” said Nicky D’Souza, a resident. That exacerbates the problem and the cycle never stops.” Broken …

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1.5 MLD STP at Bengaluru's Vibhutipura Lake awaits power supply
8 months, 2 weeks ago

1.5 MLD STP at Bengaluru's Vibhutipura Lake awaits power supply

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: It has been almost a month since Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board installed the sewage treatment plant at the city’s Vibhutipura lake. BBMP Health Spl Commissioner writes to BWSSB To prevent outbreak of communicable diseases in the city, Special Commissioner of Health, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Surolkar Vikas Kishore on Saturday wrote a letter to Bangalore Water Supply …

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Over 39,000 residential buildings regularly penalised by BWSSB for failing to implement RWH
9 months ago

Over 39,000 residential buildings regularly penalised by BWSSB for failing to implement RWH

The Hindu  

Despite several awareness programmes and penalisation by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, the residents of Bengaluru remain reluctant when it comes to implementing rainwater harvesting owing to infrastructure constraints. The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 2021 made it compulsory for even old constructions on 60x40 feet and above sites to install RWH systems. “People are ready to …

Bengaluru Board Supply Water Kumar Systems Bwssb
Municipal housing costs up 6% this year; 94 municipalities charging over €1,000
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Municipal housing costs up 6% this year; 94 municipalities charging over €1,000

NL Times  

Residents of 94 municipalities in the Netherlands will spend more than 1,000 euros on municipal housing costs this year. The municipal housing costs bill will increase by an average of 5.9 percent this year. A multi-person household will spend an average of 951 euros in municipal housing costs this year, an increase of 53 euros compared to a year earlier. …

Costs Average Euros Housing Costs Veh Municipalities Housing Municipal Housing
Heed panel advice, save Durgam Cheruvu from pollution, directs Telangana HC
10 months ago

Heed panel advice, save Durgam Cheruvu from pollution, directs Telangana HC

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The fate of Durgam Cheruvu, a lake located between Jubilee Hills and Madhapur in Hyderabad, hangs in the balance with pollution threatening its existence. A division bench, led by Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti, on Wednesday, took suo motu cognisance of a news report and directed authorities to act on the recommendations made by an …

Durgam Cheruvu
Telangana: Govt initiates plan to strengthen water supply in urban local bodies
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana: Govt initiates plan to strengthen water supply in urban local bodies

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: As part of the water supply service improvement plan and strengthening of underground sewerage system in Urban Local Bodies across the state, the government has initiated the process to strengthen the water supply system and required infrastructure in as many as 98 ULBs and sewerage projects in nine major ULBs covering three packages at an estimated cost of around …

Supply Water Projects Water Supply Sewerage Ulbs Urban Local
BMC budget ₹46 cr shy of ₹60k cr mark
10 months, 2 weeks ago

BMC budget ₹46 cr shy of ₹60k cr mark

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: In a budget speech peppered with platitudes to chief minister Eknath Shinde and his pet projects and schemes, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner Iqbal Chahal pegged the civic body’s budget for 2024-25 at ₹59,954.75 crore, just ₹46 crore short of the ₹60,000-crore mark. Though the allocation was 10.5% more than the 2023-24 budget of ₹54,256.07 crore, no new projects …

Mumbai Budget Work Projects Chahal Crore Bmc
No Service Tax Payable On Service Of Laying Of Pipeline For Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board: CESTAT
1 year, 1 month ago

No Service Tax Payable On Service Of Laying Of Pipeline For Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board: CESTAT

Live Law  

The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that no service tax is payable on the service of laying a pipeline for the Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board.The bench of Ramesh Nair and C. L. Mahar has observed that the service of laying pipelines for GWSSB does not fall under the service of. The …

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Hyderabad: BJP leaders focussing on civic issues during campaigns
1 year, 1 month ago

Hyderabad: BJP leaders focussing on civic issues during campaigns

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Civic issues and those concerning health and education are set to be at the heart of campaigns by BJP leaders in GHMC pockets. Former MLA Marri Shashidhar Reddy said, “People are fed up with the goondaism, corruption and non-governance that is so prevalent in Sanathnagar under minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, who is associated with anti-social activities. Prabhakar, former Uppal …

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Hyderabad: Kid's death leads to strict action on open drainages
1 year, 3 months ago

Hyderabad: Kid's death leads to strict action on open drainages

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Days after a four-year-old boy was swept away in a drain in front of his house — the apartment watchman and RWA president have been booked —the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board said that stricter measures would be taken to prevent such incidents from recurring. The board said that criminal cases would be registered on those removing …

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