In spite of lifting an average of 5 lakh litres of water everyday to meet the requirement of about 4,000 people, the rainwater harvest tank in the Yenepoya University premises at Deralakatte provides water for about 7 months in a year.

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.

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.