It was a deadly cocktail of poisonous heavy metals and dangerous coliform bacteria that was responsible for the Bholakpur tragedy that led to 16 deaths and hospitalisation of over 500 people in May, 2009. Residents consumed water containing coliform bacteria 24,000 times in excess of the permissible limit. The heavy metal toxicity only added to the bacteriological problem, making it more deadly.
Fuel (diesel and petrol) constitutes a complex mixture of volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbons among them benzene (BZ), toluene (TOL), and xylene (XYL) are considered to be the most hazardous, predominantly BZ because of its carcinogenic potency. Exposure to these compounds may have an impact on the health of the exposed subjects.
Forest land worth thousands of crores of rupees is encroached upon in the city and Ranga Reddy districts. The forest department has found that 4,648.43 hectares of land in key areas like Dulapally, Medpally, Shamirpet and Ibrahimpatnam have been encroached. The forest department is fighting the cases in various courts to evict the encroachers.
If one goes by the Master Plan proposals of the HMDA, by 2031 Hyderabad will be the second-largest city according to area. In the forthcoming Master Plan, replete with a Geographical Information System, the city
Five years after the project was almost shelved, tenders have been called for the Krishna Phase-III project that will bring an additional 90 million gallons per day (MGD) of drinking water to the city from the present 340 MGD to 430 MGD.
Krishna Phase-III has been revived by the Chief Minister, Mr N.
A team of Indian virologists has found that the high transmissibility of the pandemic human influenza virus H1N1 is due to its ability to take more control of the host
Complaints are still pouring in of foul-smelling, yellow coloured drinking water being supplied to residents of various localities in the Old City. This is despite the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board claiming that measures have been taken to ensure that the water is potable.
In what is a record of sorts, engineering giant L&T has achieved the financial closure for the prestigious Rs 16,375 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail Project, making it the biggest ever fund tie-up in public-private partnership project anywhere in the world in a short span of six months.
L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd, a special purpose vehicle to implement the mass transit system in Hyderabad, has tie
The officials of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) are not aware of whether or not the drinking water that they supply to customers in the cantonment area is fit for human consumption.
The SCB does not even have the basic equipment that is needed to test the presence of chlorine levels in the water that it is supplying to the citizens.
