MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday allowed the BMC to go ahead with its plans to set up sewage treatment plants and lay pipelines on coastal areas in the city, which house mangroves. A division bench of Justices J N Patel and Vijaya Kapse-Tahilramani asked the municipal corporation to ensure "minimal intervention'' so that mangroves are cut only if absolutely necessary.

Amloh, March 17
There is no end to the suffering of residents of the town as sewage continues to block streets and enter houses, making their lives a virtual nightmare.

The Green Goa Foundation has threatened to launch a public movement against the unhygienic conditions in Colmorod and neighbouring areas unless the sewage mess is cleared within a week.

MARGAO, MARCH 6
Is disconnecting water supply to residential buildings an answer to discharge of sewage in storm water drains in the absence of an underground sewerage line?

This question has come to the fore a day after the Margao Civic body issued notices for disconnection of water supply to as many as seven buildings housing around 200 apartments.

In a shocking revelation the Delhi Committee of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has said that there are more than one lakh open drains in the Capital.

K. Manikandan

TAMBARAM: Notwithstanding the assurances of authorities that sewage treatment plants proposed as part of underground drainage project in the southern suburbs would be built on modern lines, residents fear that the facilities might irreversibly affect the environment in the areas.

Ludhiana, March 5

Waterlogging constitutes the most challenging problem in the Gangetic plains of the state affecting agricultural productivity. Attempts have been made by various departments and agencies in sectoral manner for prevention and reclamation of flooding, water clogging and degraded lands but the impacts have not been satisfactory.

New Delhi: The Delhi Government

Civic engineers are exploring the possibility of laying an underground pipeline from Subhas Sarobar to the Hooghly, alongside the proposed East-West Metro tunnel, to solve the waterlogging problem in the city proper.

Over 20 waterlogging-prone city pockets, from Camac Street to Shyambazar, could benefit from the project, according to the engineers.