To check spread of jaundice and other infectious diseases, as many as 1,763 new water connections have been provided in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar and free health camps were organised in the city on

Cities should be able to manage themselves and be self-sustaining, with a single energy input. This article presents the idea of natural cities.

For this 44 per cent residents, a scheme has been drawn up by the DJB for supplying water through private and government tankers.

The BJP has asked Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung to issue a white paper on the status of water supply by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) along with the role of private and government tankers.

The DDA told the court that it had identified several new sites where groundwater could be extracted.

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will dig 16 borewells in Dwarka to increase water supply during summer, DDA’s counsel told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.

The Bangladesh government has launched Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project in a bid to reduce poverty in the vulnerable 12 coastal districts due to climate change. Read more in this April 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh.

The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests,conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 19 - 26 April 2014 .

The long spell of dry season in the State has resulted in a water scarcity in the capital city with various localities facing a sudden drop in water supply.

The scarcity of water at a time when the State is observing Easter has irked residents of the city.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Navyuvak Vikas Samaj Samiti, Jaipur v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 16/04/2014 regarding the contamination of water supply in Jaipur city. Additional Chief Engineer, PHED, Region Jaipur II has submitted before the Tribunal that the entire task of replacing the old pipeline at 5 places has been carried out and work completed in the walled city and outer areas.

The . 210-Cr Project, Which Would Benefit West Kochi, Delayed

Kochi: Residents of west Kochi, who were hoping for respite from the perennial water scarcity this fiery summer, will have to wait longer. The Kerala Water Authority (KWA), which was planning to commission the Maradu drinking water project mid-March, is unlikely to get the project operational this summer.

With release of genetically modified Bt brinjal for commercial cultivation Bangladesh is first country in the South Asia to cultivate any genetically modified food crop. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh.

 

 

 

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