New Delhi: 5-MGD waste treatment plant to come up in Okhla; at present, almost 80% of the supply water turns into sewage and is treated, the rest goes down the drain, literally
One person died and seven others were admitted following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak because of suspected water contamination in Ward 20 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) over the past few days. Civic officials are yet to determine the cause of diarrhoea.
Rainwater inundating the roads is a regular feature in Guwahati, particularly in its central parts, during the rainy season. The Guwahatians hence lay more stress on keeping the city drains clean to make them able to carry the discharge of the rainy days. But the ongoing drain cleaning exercise undertaken by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has been resented by most of the city residents.
In view of the unprecedented dry spell coupled with depleting ground water level in Guwahati owing to shortage of rainfall, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has pressed into service two of its water tankers to supply water, more particularly in areas that are not covered by its water piped network.
Mumbai: An NGO converted a drinking water fountain on Marine Drive into a urinal after walkers petitioned the BMC that they needed a place to relieve themselves more desperately than they needed water. The water fountain-turned-urinal was opened to the public on Monday.
Chandigarh: Moving a step forward in the proposal to run 100 AC and non-AC buses in the city, the UT Administration has awarded the contract for the project to Tata Motors. Confirming this, Secretary (Transport) Ram Niwas said:
KOLKATA, March 30: Unable to complete its slum development projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme on time, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) now faces a cost escalation of around Rs 80 crore. This amount will be borne by the civic body.
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has asked the BMC to furnish a list of 28 trees that are to be hacked for the Nepean Sea road widening project.
A division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud have also asked the corporation to submit a list of the 46 trees that have gone "missing'' from the road over the last few years.
