24% Of Shanties Along Drains, 12% Beside Rly Tracks: NSSO
Mahendra Kumar Singh | TNN

New Delhi: Even as the Indian economy remains one of the bright spots in the world showing an upward growth trajectory, around 49,000 slums continue to blight the urban landscape forcing lakhs of people to live in pathetic conditions.

Timely steps to ensure regular cleaning of the drains could have given some relief to the lakhs of people of Guwahati city who have to face severe water logging problem even after a brief spell of rain, observed voluntary organisation Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG).

The weather department's forecast of early monsoons in the national Capital this year has raised the concerns of the Delhi Government.

The Delhi Cabinet has sanctioned additional funds to the tune of Rs 40 crore for the second phase of a stormwater drain to be built along the periphery of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Surajmal Garg and Justice Ranjan Gogoi after hearing the PIL No. 81/09 filed by Ketaki Bardalai and Dr Santwana Bordoloi today directed the Commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation and Commissioner of Municipal Administration Department, Govt. of Assam to file their affidavit within April 29.

KORAPUT: The villagers of Sibaguda under Konga gram panchayat in Jeypore block have threatened not to cooperate with the census enumerators till their demands are conceded.

They alleged that the village had seen several elections and census enumerations in the name of development but it lacks even basic amenities till date.

Voluntary organization Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG) has made an appeal to the authorities concerned to take urgent measures like cleaning the city drains once a week, to save the Guwahatians from flash flood during the monsoon.

Already reeling under an acute water crisis, Mumbai has been losing an additional 5 million litres everyday since February 17 when a borewell being dug without permission damaged an underground water tunnel in Malad.

After a month of grappling with a maze of technical difficulties in undertaking repairs, the BMC will now appoint a private firm. It will soon float tenders.