In a bid to conserve water, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is gearing up to recycle sewage water and reuse it for non-potable purposes.

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot laid the foundation stones for a plant for cleaning of the Chambal river waters to be installed at a cost of Rs.149.59 crore under the National River Conservation Project as well as for three other projects in Kota on Wednesday.

Six sewage pumping stations and two sewage treatment plants of the capacity of 30 million litres per day (MLD) and 6 MLD w

Oct. 19: The CAG is now looking into the expenditure and quality of the water treatment and sewage treatment plants installed at the Games Village at a cost of more than `60 crores. The cost of these plants, capable of treating 1 million gallon per day (mgd) of water and sewerage, is usually less when constructed using the normal available techniques.

Presentation by Sunita Narain, Director of Centre for Science and Environment at the Plenary session of World Water Week at Stockholm on September 6, 2010. Focuses on decentralized wastewater management and says that localisation is the key &  calls for affordable and sustainable approaches to waste management.

Chandigarh: The Union minister for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh said Centre has cleared projects worth Rs 504 crore for cleaning of Sutlej and Beas rivers in various districts of Punjab.

Polluting industries along a 500-km stretch of the Ganga between Kannauj and Varanasi might soon face the axe.

SRINAGAR, Aug 29: The Governor, N. N. Vohra, today visited the holy cave of Shri Amarnathji and the camps at Panjtarni, Sheshnag, Baltal and Domel to review the status of the ongoing special sanitation drive being carried out under his directions.

Water Resources Minister N.K.

VILLUPURAM: Two sewage treatment plants will be set up at Ka. Kuppam and Erumanthal in Villupuram as part of an underground drainage project being executed by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, according to Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Managing Director, TWAD Board.

He was speaking to officials after inspecting the project works on Monday.

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Ranchi, July 28: In a landmark decision, the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board today ordered Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC), Ranchi, to shut down its foundry forge plant

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