Barely weeks from a scorching summer, Bengalureans are deeply worried about a perennial problem that just does not seem to go away: Drinking water woes. Srikant Narasimhan, Bengaluru Navanirman Party General Secretary and Bangalore Apartments Federation Founder, has a suggestion: “For an individual house with five to six people, the rough water usage should be about 500 litres per house …
Selva Chinthamani tank in Coimbatore has been neglected for months, raising concerns among daily walkers, who visit the water body. It receives around 100 visitors per day but the numbers have been on the decline due to poor maintenance, security personnel at the tank said. Despite the completion of development work at the tank, it has only been on the …
A lack of communication between government agencies despite red flags, the restoration of electricity without identifying the root cause of a fault, and lack of accountability seem to have caused the death of 16 people and injuries to 11 others, all of whom were electrocuted at Namami Gange Sewerage Treatment Plant at Gopeshwar in Chamoli on Wednesday morning. Kranti Bhatt, …
