Indo-German workshop inaugurated

Pressing issue: German Consul General in Chennai Roland Friedrich Hermann in discussion with Anna University Vice-Chancellor P.Mannar Jawahar at a seminar on water management in Chennai on Tuesday.

The need of set ting up more Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) around the Dal Lake might be a standard demand from the environment protection institutions, the fact remains that even the existing STPs are not functioning to their potential thanks to their linkage with a limited number of sewer lines.

High court shuts down houseboats on Dal lake Come summer, tourists visiting Srinagar may not be able to rent a houseboat on the famous Dal lake. The Jammu and Kashmir high court, on February 25, ordered the government to close down all houseboats. The owners will be allowed to resume operations if they instal sewage disposal units in the houseboats. Dal lake has about 1,000 houseboats and in

The large quantity of sewage that flows into Dal lake from Srinagar requires two additional sewage treatment plants (STPs). Current STPs are working at 50-60 per cent capacity, according to data. All households must be connected to sewage systems which will transport the sewage to the treatment plants. Decentralized technologies, like the STUs, can help treat sewage directly discharged

Mumbai: The Environment Impact Assessment Authority has made it mandatory for projects spread over more than 20,000 sq metres (built-up area) to set aside a corpus to maintain, operate a sewage treatment plant for three to five years.

Lohian: The polluters of rivers, be it bureaucrats or politicians who turn a blind eye to the environmental violations, must be brought to book and asked to compensate those who have lost their loved ones to pollution-related diseases like cancer.

Augmentation of the existing capacity of sewerage networks in the Capital

Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI: Even as the Delhi Jal Board is gearing up to get its ambitious project to resuscitate the Yamuna by constructing interceptor sewers off the ground, work related to augmentation of the existing capacity of sewerage networks and de-silting of sewers is way behind schedule.

Oslo: Can the key to