Pilgrims putting broken coconut pieces into the `homakundam

The otherwise-illuminated Central Plaza Mall in Gurgaon

MARGAO, NOV 12
Foul odour emanating from the sewage treatment plant brought PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao to the plant site at Sirvodem-Margao on Wednesday evening.

Hyderabad, Nov. 5: Thousands of families in the cantonment area are being forced to maintain separate septic tanks for sanitation. Though officials say that 75 per cent of the 65,000 households in 300 colonies are connected to the sewerage network which includes the underground drainage and septic tanks, only about 30,000 households in the area have access to underground drainage.

R. Srikanth

Mangaloreans asked to pay more for less water to help repay loan Flawed policy and politics over water have left Mangaloreans high and dry. The city has been witnessing fights over water pricing, but the people are not convinced these are actually out of concern for them and not for their political outcome. On August 12, various political parties staged a protest against the ruling

A 15 million-gallon water treatment plant coming up in Garden Reach promises to ease water woes of Behala, Thakurpukur and the adjacent localities.

The Calcutta Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority (CMWSA) project is expected to be ready in a year and a half.