New Delhi Mumbai and Delhi which are presently reeling under water crisis will require the maximum supply of the municipal tap water in the world by 2025, according to a Mckinsey Global Institute report.

Mumbai tops the list of the 20 global cities in terms of municipal water demand in the next 13 years, followed by Delhi, the report said. Three other Indian cities — Kolkata, Pune and Hyderabad — are ranked seventh, 12th and 16th respectively in the list of 20 cities needing the maximum supply.

Delhi has been named the most competitive city in India for its demonstrated ability to attract capital, business, talent and tourists by a new Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research report.

The study, commissioned by the Citigroup, ranked Delhi at number 68 in the list of 120 of the world’s major cities. The national capital has edged out financial hub of Mumbai, which ranked 70th in the index, followed by Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, at 79th rank, Pune at 97, Chennai at 105 and Kolkata at 106.

Data on surface ozone concentration compiled for a 10-year period from 1990 to 1999 for Pune and Delhi are analyzed in terms of its frequency distribution, annual trend, diurnal variation and its relation with various meteorological and chemical parameters. It is found that the surface ozone concentration range showing highest frequency of occurrence at Pune is 0–5 ppb during winter and post-monsoon seasons and 15–20 ppb and 5–10 ppb during summer and monsoon seasons, respectively. It is 0–5 ppb at Delhi during all the seasons.

AHMEDABAD: Gujaratis have high hopes from the Railway Budget to be announced on Wednesday given that perhaps for the first time both Union railway ministers are Gujaratis.

Dinesh Trivedi is originally from Kutch and now lives in West Bengal, while Bharat Solanki is the Anand MP. But sources say there is no point in expecting a bonanza as only a few of the requests are likely to be considered in the end

Accelerating growth in the transport sector, a booming construction industry, and a growing industrial sector are responsible for worsening air pollution in Indian cities.

Parisar compared the performance of PMPML with bus service providers in five other Indian cities; BEST (Mumbai); MTC (Chennai); BMTC (Bangalore) and DTC (Delhi). In a previous study titled PMPML Report card, Parisar had quantified the performance of PMPML, which showed how PMPML scored low on all counts.

This study under the SIM-air program was initiated with support from the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (New Delhi, India) to better understand the sources of air pollution in the Pune city and to support an integrated dialogue between local pollution management and climate policy in a co-benefits framework.

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee on Tuesday approved a proposal to supply water to every household in the city on 24X7 basis by appointing an Italian company as a consultant.

After verifying the additional documents submitted by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), the court of chief judicial magistrate NT Ghadge reserved its order on the case filed against L

Tata Motors on Thursday launched its revamped version of multi utility vehicle (MUV) Sumo as Tata Sumo Gold in Pune.

It is available in four variants GX, EX, LX & CX priced at Rs 5.23 lakh onwards (ex-showroom, Pune). It has BSIII and BS IV 3.0 litre diesel CR4 engine, delivering 85 PS power which is also available in turbo engine.

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