The answer to pollution in the Yamuna lies in rethinking the subsidy on water use and building capacity for drainage

Rajesh B. Nair

A sewage treatment plant is being planned on the southern side bund of Kanakaneri at Thattanchavady in Puducherry.

PUDUCHERRY: The Kanakaneri, one of the oldest waterbodies in the town, is once again in the news. Environmental activists have come out against the government's decision to establish a sewage treatment plant on Kanakaneri under the Comprehensive Sewerage Scheme.

Civic amenities:Collector C. Munianathan, second from left, inspecting the work which is under way for a sewage treatment plant at Keechankuppam in Nagapattinam.

NAGAPATTINAM: Over six sewage treatment plants are being conceived for tsunami houses here in Nagapattinam.

Rakesh Lohumi
Acting swiftly on the complaints of local villagers, the state pollution control board today issued a show-cause notice to the Wildflower Hall hotel of the Oberoi chain on the outskirts of the city for flouting environmental norms and contaminating natural water sources by discharging partially treated sewage effluent into a nearby nullah.

Will the various government agencies at least now put their act together and get down to the serious business of putting an end to environment degradation with the Goa State Pollution Control Board compiling a damning report on the state of affairs in Colva?

Paving way for what is being seen as a ong-term solution to the pollution in the Yamuna iver due to untreated sewage disposal, the Union Cabinet Committee on nfrastructure on Wednesday cleared the pro ect for laying interceptor sewer along the three main drains of the city Najafgarh, Supplementary (running almost parallel to Najafgarh drain) and the Shahdara drain.

The Union Cabinet Committee on Wednesday approved the ambitious Rs 1,357-crore Yamuna cleaning Interceptor Sewer project of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). In what is termed as the largest fund approval for Delhi under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the project was cleared after extensive examination by the ministries concerned.

The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has admitted that the sewage of Chandigarh and Mohali was being discharged into the seasonal N-choe, which originates from Chandigarh and passes through various parts of the city before reaching Mohali.

Chandigarh: As a part of river conservation project, the union ministry of environment and forests on Thursday cleared a proposal for laying sewage disposal pipes, and provision of sewage treatment plants in eight more towns of Punjab. These are Hoshiarpur, Phagwara South, Rajpura, Patran, Lehraghaga, Derabassi, Khanuri and Jalandhar. The project will be taken up at a cost of Rs 465.07 crore.