Biswajeet Banerjee | Lucknow

With several crore rupees going down the drain and the Ganga still remaining

The Himachal government accepted in the Assembly on Wednesday that the jaundice outbreak in Shimla was an outcome of the contamination of drinking water with sewerage water in various residential localities.

Asks petitioner to suggest alternative site to authorities

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has declined to interfere with the construction of a sewage storage-cum-treatment plant in a lake land at Ka.Kuppam village in Villupuram taluk.

Stating that Delhi Government is very much concerned about completion of the Munak-Haiderpur Canal project within the stipulated time, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said talks with Haryana Government are on and the issue would be resolved soon. She further said that even PM Manmohan Singh wanted that the project should be completed soon.

With an aim to upgrade the sewage system of Allahabad, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has sanctioned over Rs 315 crore project for this holy city.

The river Yamuna, having been declared dead with its water all poisonous from 22 drains from all over Delhi feeding 800 million gallons of sewage into it per day, can kill a healthy human being.

The State Government has approved funds amounting to more than Rs 100 crore for construction of sewage treatment plant and related facilities in Dehradun.

New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) are in trouble for supplying untreated sewage water to Lodhi Garden for horticulture purposes.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the tender procedures of various packages under the JNNURM project meeting with no response, the Centre-sponsored scheme is moving at a snail

Private companies will soon play a direct role in the city