Portugal, Goa Ink Memorandum Of Understanding On Water Supply, Water Management And Sanitation

As per the MoU which is for two years,Portugal and Goa governments will collaborate on various issues including the Opa water supply project in north Goa,...

634 Deaths Related To Manual Scavenging Recorded In 25 years: National Commission For Safai Karamcharis

The report released by National Commission for Safai Karamcharis comes in the wake of deaths of five men due to asphyxiation after they entered a sewage...

Project To Convert Barapullah Drain’s Sewage Into Clean Water, Biofuel Launched In Delhi

The first-of-its-kind technology, which will be set up in Delhi, will recover carbon from Barapullah drain’s sewage and convert it into biofuel. The plant will also...

Germany To Provide Euro 120 Million Soft Loan For Clean Ganga Mission

The Euro 120 million soft loan will help strengthen sewage water treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand

Delhi Jal Board Bars Groundwater Usage For Horticulture Needs In Delhi, Suggests Water Usage Via Waste Water Treatment System

The Delhi Jal Board said that all major parks and green belts will make arrangements for waste water treatment plants near a feeding point from where...

IIT Kharagpur To Set Up Re-Water Research Centre To Rejuvenate India’s Water Resources

Alumni from IIT Kharagpur will set up an on-campus plant to convert 1.35 million litre of sewage from hostels to 1.2 million litre of potable water

Clean Vasundhara Storm Water Drains Within Four Weeks: National Green Tribunal Orders Ghaziabad Authorities

As per a please filed by the residents of Vasundhara in Ghaziabad, the drains have been converted into an open sewer and remains choked which leads...

Award Tenders For Laying Pipeline To Supply Treated Sewage Water, Says National Green Tribunal

The NGT directed the Delhi Development Authority and South Delhi Municipal Corporation to complete the laying of pipeline to treat sewage water by November 15

Jammu And Kashmir Governor N N Vohra To Engage With Professionals, Experts To Revive Dal Lake

Water quality of the Dal lake has deteriorated due to flow of untreated sewage and solid wastes, encroachments of water channels and clogging leading to extensive...

Waste Management: Single Agency Should Maintain Stormwater Drains, Suggests IIT-Delhi

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, in its report, suggested a number of measures like cleaning water bodies, rainwater harvesting system and no encroachments and sewage...

16 Sewage Treatment Plants Completed In Uttarakhand: Nitin Gadkari

In a review meeting, Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari informed that the ongoing projects will create 82 Million Litres per Day (MLD) capacity, so, after...

Waste Management: Three Sanitation Workers Die Inside A Sewage Pumping Station In Ghaziabad

Three sanitation workers, all in their thirties, had climbed inside a 40-feet deep main pumping station plant to clean the facility

Manual Scavengers To Be Given Loans To Buy Sewer Cleaning Machines, Says Delhi Government

The Delhi government will hire 200 sewer cleaning machines, each of which will provide job to four people, creating employment for 800 people in total

Untreated Sewage Won't Be Allowed Into Rivers: Punjab Environment Minister

Punjab Environment Minister O P Soni said water quality of river Sutlej deteriorated due to discharge of untreated/partially treated sewage and industrial effluents of Ludhiana

NGT Directs AAP Government To File Reply On Plea Alleging Lack Of Sewage Facilities

For lack of sewage facilities in a south Delhi colony, National Green Tribunal (NGT) slammed AAP government and has asked them to file a reply by...