Anandpur Sahib: For the first time in the state, a computer-operated water supply and sewer monitoring system has been introduced at Anandpur Sahib wherein six sewer pumps and two water tanks will be monitored using the latest technology.

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.

In its ongoing efforts to keep the Yamuna river clean, the Centre has okayed a major interceptor sewer project for the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Ministry of Urban Development will provide 35 per cent cost of the project under the JNNURM, while the rest of the cost would be bear by the Delhi Government.

Seeping sewage into the basement of their residential complex has prompted about 100 families of Sharda and Vivekananda, two blocks of Gadadhar Apartments, at Adarshnagar in Sonari to knock on the doors of BJP leader Sarayu Roy.

Mumbai: After adopting various measures to save water, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) now wants to improve the quality of water supplied to Mumbaikars. The BMC plans to map, inspect, repair and replace, wherever necessary, the sanitary sewers in the island city.

South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha took a dig at PWD Minister Churchill Alemao for seeking Rs 1000 crore to fund sewerage projects, saying the PWD department should first ensure that the existing sewage network laid years ago is put to optimum use.

METRO Water (MW) has created a mess. Thanks to its decision to go against expert advice, some parts of the city today face a problem of `stink'.

The exercise was to lay interceptor sewers to increase the pumping potential of the sewage pumping station and the treatment plant. Experts said go for Glass Reinforced Pipe (GRP) and Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) pipe.

Delhi produces 3,800 million litres of sewage every day

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.