KOLKATA, 8 July: The state government's shortsightedness may result in disaster in vast areas of south Kolkata surrounding Rashbehari that face threats of caving in.

Isher J Ahluwalia , Ranesh Nair

Until 10 years ago, Alandur, a residential suburb of Chennai in the Kanchipuram district, famous for its ancient temples, had no underground sewerage. In 80% of the metropolitan area outside the city of Chennai, most households depended on septic tanks with soak pits.

Stay vacated by HC, new sewage plant can finally be linked to network

Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade on Thursday expressed concern over the linking of sewage and storm water drainage line. He has directed his staff to immediately identify the connecting point and separate it.

Poor Waste Disposal System, Unauthorised Constructions & Siltation Behind Flooding: NSSO Report

Nature might have cleaned up the contaminated Colva creek of the sewage and other waste, but are the authorities geared up to ensure that no further sewage finds its way into the water body?
Well, ask the Colva Panchayat and the panchayat secretary says that the local body has issued notices on as many as 34 erring hotels and restaurants for discharging the waste in the drains and the creek.

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CMWSSB will procure new devices worth Rs 8 crore. Plans are on to purchase 25 more jet rodding machines, 17 desilting machines and three super suction machines }
IN a bid to cut down complaints, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) is planning to buy new devices worth Rs 8 crore to clean up sewage and clear blockages in manholes.

NEW DELHI: The Centre has approved a Rs.497-crore project for Varanasi under Mission Clean Ganga.

the Goa Sewerage Corporation appears a worried lot over the lukewarm response to the sewerage scheme in the Commercial Capital.
More than a year after sewerage work commenced in Sirvodem-Margao with the Trenchless technology, ninety-five per cent of the work stands completed, but the Sewerage Corporation has nothing to cheer about.