Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding drainage and sewerage system in the town of Sujangarh, Churu District, Rajasthan, 02/09/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Om Prakash Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 02/09/2016 regarding drainage and sewerage system in the town of Sujangarh, Churu District, Rajasthan.

Judgement Date: 
02/09/2016
Tags:
Drainage, Urban Waterlogging, Churu (D), Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Municipal Corporation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Waterlogging due to DMRC sites, says govt. report

Construction projects of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) are one of the major factors contributing to massive waterlogging and traffic jams in the Capital, the initial findings of a governm

Publication Date: 
21/07/2016
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waterlogging, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Urban Waterlogging, Rainfall
Habitat And Urbanisation

Manish Sisodia seeks reports on waterlogging within 24 hours, asks agencies to work together

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia directed officials that the waterlogging helpline number 1077 be made functional on a 24x7 basis and was told it was already functioning round-the-clock.

Publication Date: 
19/07/2016
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waterlogging, Municipal Corporation, Rainfall, Congestion, Urban Waterlogging
Habitat And Urbanisation

Waterlogging renders desilting claims hollow

New Delhi: The desilting claims of different civic agencies fell flat when many areas in the capital on Thursday faced massive waterlogging.

Publication Date: 
15/07/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waterlogging, Rainfall, Municipal Corporation, Drainage, Urban Waterlogging
Climate Change

The economic impact of floods and waterlogging on low-income households: lessons from Indore, India

As Indian cities grow, urban planners must ensure that basic infrastructure and public services are provided on a sustainable and equitable basis. Access to amenities such as water, electricity, food, drainage, sewerage systems, solid waste disposal, healthcare and transportation are key to the smooth functioning of urban areas.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2016
Pritee Sharma, Anup Karanth, Megha Burvey, Amit Dubey
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Tags:
Floods, Urban Waterlogging, Climate Change, Urbanisation, Indore (T), India, Informal Sector, Economic Development, Extreme Weather Events
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judiciary and the destruction of Chennai’s wetlands

This article investigates the impact of court verdicts on Chennai’s canals, tanks and related wetlands. It discusses three interlinked cases surrounding Buckingham Canal area and argues that the verdicts in these cases allowed the administration to destroy sophisticated water systems. It also argues that these waterbodies could have mitigated, if not prevented, the November–December 2015 fl oods in Chennai.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2016
Economic and Political Weekly
51
7
17-20
Tags:
Wetlands, Chennai (T), Urban Waterlogging, Supreme Court, Adyar, Cooum, Drainage, High Court, Groundwater, Tanks, Floods, Urban Encroachments
Natural Disasters

Ignore hydrology at your peril

Chennai floods show the vulnerabilities that arise from the neglect of urban planning. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
28/11/2015
Economic and Political Weekly
50
48
7-8
Tags:
Urban Waterlogging, Chennai, Hydrology, Adyar, Rivers, Urban Encroachments, Drainage, Floods, Rainfall, Natural Disasters, Urban Planning, Mithi, Mumbai, Disaster Management, Tamil Nadu, Municipal Corporation
Natural Disasters

Urban flooding of Greater Dhaka in a changing climate: building local resilience to disaster risk

Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one of the world’s rapidly growing megacities, is an urban hotspot for climate risks. Located in central Bangladesh on the lower reaches of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the city faces the recurring phenomena of urban flooding and waterlogging following intense rainfall nearly every year.

Publication Date: 
19/10/2015
Susmita Dasgupta, Asif Zaman, Subhendu Roy, Mainul Huq, Sarwar Jahan, Ainun Nishat
The World Bank
Tags:
Floods, Urbanisation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Climate Change, Disaster Management, Urban Waterlogging, Drainage, Climate Impacts
Habitat And Urbanisation

Many stretches damaged as capital remains waterlogged

Several roads were found damaged after the weeklong rain resulted in constant waterlogging across the city.Traffic police said they discovered that bitumen had got washed off after the stagnant wat

Publication Date: 
13/07/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Urban Waterlogging, Rainfall, Drainage, Monsoons
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding unauthorised dumping around the floods plains of river Ganga, Haridwar, 15/06/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 15/06/2015 regarding unauthorised dumping around the river bank/flood plains of River Ganga flowing within the limits of Nagar Nigam, Haridwar.

Judgement Date: 
15/06/2015
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Waste Disposal, Court, Municipal Solid Waste, Floods, Urban Waterlogging, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

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