Hyderabad, Jan. 26: The Centre has taken a serious note of the state

G.K. Nair

Kirtika Suneja / New Delhi January 14, 2010, 0:10 IST

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) plans to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for projects to control municipal and industrial sewage generated in the country. The SPV, a joint venture between the Centre and the states, will facilitate faster execution of projects.

RASHME SEHGAL

NEW DELHI The ministry of forests & environment (MFE) has launched a massive National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) to revitalise 38 key Indian rivers.

Thirty five cities in India are pumping as much as 7,604 million litres of sewage daily straight into rivers, notably the Ganga, and the sea.

Seventy per cent of the total municipal sewage and effluent from over 900 cities and towns are being discharged untreated into rivers which are a major source of drinking water, a recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said.

Pune Following the implementation of five projects for the treatment of sewage in the city, Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade has set the level of cleanliness of Mutha river water as the benchmark for deciding whether sewage treatment is complete.

Vicente Greens is Goa

The year 2010 has brought new hope for the Gomti river, the lifeline of Lucknow. The river, which is a major source of drinking water for over 32 lakh people, is polluted the most in its 14-km stretch in the state capital, owing to millions of litres of untreated domestic waste that is released in it daily. In the next few months, things will change for the better.