China will spend 100 billion yuan ($16 billion) over three years to deal with Beijing's pollution, an official newspaper reported on Friday, as the government tries to defuse mounting public anger

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found deficiencies in supply of potable water in the city. In its recent report, the CAG has pointed out that the raw water available in Delhi is not sufficient to provide potable water to the whole population as per the prescribed norms.

“Two dams were proposed on the Yamuna in 1994 to augment the raw water in Delhi, but were not constructed even after a lapse of 18 years after incurring an expenditure of Rs.214 crore. The production of potable water at water treatment plants and waste water recycling plants was also found to be below the designed capacity,” the CAG noted.

The quality of water supply in southern Beijing has been improving in recent years, an official said.

The Beijing Water Authority said the capital will set up 46 new water recycling plants and upgrade 20 sewage treatment plants in the next three years, Beijing Times reported.

With summers approaching, and with it the shortage of water supply in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has written to the Ministry of Water Resources, demanding that Haryan

Slums account for a quarter of the urban population, but get only one twentieth of the total water supply, said Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Monday, referring to the sharp inequity in water supply in the country.

Expressing concern over the quality of water and the declining water table, he said: “Even the lucky one’s who are connected to the regular water supply system, get water of dubious quality, in an erratic manner. The solution being pursued is to bore wells, which is in turn is leading to an alarming decline in the water table, engendering a possible national groundwater crisis.”

The 324 pollution-prevention projects along the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Program in Shandong province have been completed and started operating at the end of January to e

Twenty-five garment factories were awarded yesterday for being environmentally-compliant by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and SouthAsia Enterprise Development Facility.

The Shahdara lake is in line for revival with the Trans-Yamuna Area Development Board giving its consent for the project. The East Municipal Corporation will now undertake the project, which is expected to be completed latest by 2015.

The approval and the beginning of revival project will also help clear any encroachment on the dried up lake. "We have 30.74 acres of land in North Shahdara. The lake will be developed on 10 acres. Four to five acres will be developed as playground for children of the nearby areas. We cannot take away playground from the children who play there," Commissioner of East corporation S S Yadav said.

22Cr Project To Develop Surrounding Area To Make It A Tourist Hotspot

New Delhi: An area around the Shahdara lake, which has been turned into a garbage dump over the years, is on its way to become a tourist hotspot. East Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to revive the little-known Shahdara lake and develop the area. The Rs 22-crore project, which will include an amphitheatre, banquet hall, facility for recreational activities, and a playground around the lake, was recently approved by Trans-Yamuna Area Development Board.