Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI:

This report analyzes the access, service quality, operational efficiency, and tariff levels of more than 65 large water PPP projects (representing more than 100 million people) over 15 years in different regions. Its goal is to contribute to a better understanding of how to tackle the many challenges of providing water and sanitation services to urban populations in the developing world.

This article is an interim outcome of an action research project being done on Water Governance under which an analysis of the sub-basin is being done to understand the dynamics of water allocation and regulation in practice. It studies inter-sectoral water allocation, planning and management in the last decade in the small sub-basin (Waghadi) in Painganga basin of Godavari River in Maharashtra.

MUMBAI: Although the city has been allotted an additional water supply of 100 million litres a day (mld) since January 6, the BMC has not been able to carry it to Mumbaikars' taps.

Staff CorrespondentSlum dwellers of Ghuntirghar and Chitarpar slums under the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Rishipara slum in Narayanganj upazila are facing severe safe water and sanitation problems.

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board has approved several water and sewerage schemes besides welfare measures for its employees.

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi International Airport is now gearing up to have its own water supply in time for the Commonwealth Games.

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to formulate a

Gurgaon, famous for its plush buildings and luxury apartments, stares at a serious problem: water scarcity. Excessive drawing of groundwater has led to the water table receding almost six metres in the last two years, according to a study carried out by the Gurgaon administration.

Bhopal: Badee Jheel, a picturesque water body that draws large number of people and also provides drinking water to nearly half the city, is fast drying up. From a once sprawling spread of 31 sq km, the Upper Lake has shrunk to less than nine sq km. This year the region received little over half its average rainfall, exposing stark patches in the lake that seems to be expanding every day.

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