Ranchi, Sept.

The Chennai Corporation is likely to construct a stormwater drain network, totalling nearly 1,055 km, in the eight added zones as part of the measures to prevent water-logging.

The network, which will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 3000 crore, will cover four basins of Kosasthalaiyar, Adyar, Cooum and Kovalam. Kosasthalaiyar basin will be divided into watersheds covering zones such as Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram and parts of Ambattur. Adyar basin will cover zones of Valasaravakkam and Alandur.

Monorail will occupy less space, can be completed comparatively early using pre-fabricated structures: RAAC

At a meeting recently, the Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore (RAAC) asked the Coimbatore Corporation to take up with the State Government the need for a monorail for the city. A presentation made on the occasion said that a city such as Coimbatore, with over a million population, could go in for the mass transport system project, more so when cities with far fewer population and lesser area had taken many steps forward.

With one and a half years remaining to complete the projects taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation has plans to borrow an additional Rs.150 crore.

It is biding its time in view of the money to be released by the State government. The State government has to pay Rs.126 crore, including its share of 20 per cent towards the works completed under the urban mission project so far. “For works worth Rs.40 crore completed by contractors, bills are due.

The second version of the JNNURM must focus on putting systems in place that stop the extensive wastage of water in urban areas

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee is no mood to risk her new found rural base ahead of the panchayat elections in West Bengal.

LUCKNOW: Even as fate of the existing municipal solid waste treatment project in Lucknow hangs in balance, the state government has proposed another such project for the city.

Introduction of a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Bhubaneswar has gained ground with the State Government seeking investment from Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), a financial institution o

India's most ambitious urban development plan, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, has run into a wall with the finalisation of its second phase being delayed due to a turf war bet

As governments grapple with mounting quantities of waste and draft policies to tackle it, waste pickers who earn their livelihood from collection, segregation and disposal of waste still remain neglected, reveals a new study by a non-government organisation.

Accessing the welfare programmes and the prevalent rules for waste management in 14 major cities, Chintan, an environment action and research group, in its report ‘Failing the Grade’ has claimed that there was no city that has fully implemented the rules and policies for waste pickers.