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Chandigarh: With the ongoing monsoon season, work on laying tertiary treated (TT) water pipelines in the city has been held up. Laying of TT lines requires road cuts at different locations but both the Chandigarh administration and the municipal corporation have stopped granting permission for road cuts during the season as a precautionary measure. Consequently, work on TT lines will not be completed by the end of July, the deadline set by Chandigarh administration in a recent meeting."Most of t ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has started a survey of drains using drones. They will assess the smaller drains that discharge untreated waste into larger drainage systems. This is part of the state govt's efforts to clean the Yamuna, water minister Parvesh Verma said on Tuesday.The city has 22 big drains, major being the Najafgarh drain, Shahdara drain and Supplementary drain, which empty into the Yamuna. Verma said that there are around 300 sub-drains connecting to these large drains."It is important f ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): A team of Nand Nagri Police Station launched a special drive against individuals involved in the sale of banned 'Chinese Manjha', amid rising incidents of injuries and nabbed two siblings with 325 rolls on Friday. With Independence Day (15th August) and Raksha Bandhan approaching, the Delhi Police has launched a special drive to curb the sale and use of hazardous Chinese Manjha -- a nylon-based kite string that has caused numerous injuries and fatalities involv ...Read More >
New Delhi: To give a push to Delhi's efforts to provide sewage connections to every household in the capital, central govt will provide Rs 800 crore to the city under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme 2.0.Officials said the money will be spent on strengthening the sewage network in the city's unauthorised colonies. They added that Delhi govt has planned to install around 2.5 lakh sewer connections in unauthorised colonies and other residential areas. The m ...Read More >
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Karnataka government to submit an action plan within a month to control the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents into the Thenpennai river. This is pending the completion of new sewage treatment plants (STPs) scheduled for the end of December 2025. The directive came during a hearing on July 15, based on a suo motu case initiated by the bench based on news reports. The bench expressed serious concern over ...Read More >
Mumbai: Ports minister Nitesh Rane said the Radio Club jetty project will be taken forward as per Bombay High Court orders. Nearly 20% of the jetty work has already been completed and the facility will become operational by May next year, Rane told reporters in the Vidhan Bhavan premises."The proposed Radio Club Jetty project near Mumbai's Gateway of India received the green light from the Bombay High Court. The court dismissed all three petitions filed against the project and issued clear direc ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwa ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad has been rated as the sixth cleanest city out of the 40 cities in India with a population of over 10 lakh, according to the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 conducted by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs. The city was ranked 9th in 2023-24, and stood at 10th place the year before. The top two cleanest cities this year are Ahmedabad and Bhopal. In Telangana, no other city featured in the top 10 list this year. However, from Andhra Pradesh, the Greater Visakhapatnam Mu ...Read More >
Mumbai: A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly strangling his five-year-old stepdaughter and dumping her body in the Arabian Sea. The body was discovered floating near Sassoon Dock in Colaba on Tuesday morning, leading to the swift arrest of the accused.According to the police, the child had been reported missing from the Antop Hill area in Central Mumbai a day earlier. Her mother, Nazia, who works as a housemaid, and Imran Shaikh, the accused, had approached the Antop Hill ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: As part of its efforts to clean the Yamuna river, the Delhi government has started a drone survey of smaller drains that discharge untreated waste into larger drainage systems. Delhi Water Minister Parvesh Verma said on Tuesday said that there are around 300 sub-drains that end up in these large drains, adding to the overall pollution load. Notably, the city has 22 big drains, including the biggest Najafgarh drain, the Shahdara drain and the Supplementary drain, which empties into t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India has urged parents to update the Aadhaar biometrics of children between five and seven years."Timely completion of mandatory biometric update is an essential requirement for maintaining the accuracy and reliability of biometric data of children. If the MBU is not completed even after seven years of age, the Aadhaar number may be deactivated, as per the existing rules," the agency said in a statement.This is required to ensure seamless access ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday upheld the Maharashtra government's and the Maharashtra Maritime Board's (MMB) decision to construct a new passenger jetty and terminal facilities in the sea near the Gateway of India, stating that "the pursuit of development is not an affront to the environment, when it walks the careful path of sustainability, guarded by regulations and reason". A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne dismissed three writ petitions filed by resid ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court observed that Hindu marriages, regarded as spiritual unions, are increasingly under threat from trivial disputes and prolonged litigation. While quashing a dowry harassment case filed in December 2023 against a Nagpur man and his family, the court noted such discord often causes irreversible damage to families and must be resolved with dignity, where reconciliation is not possible.The division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Mahendra Nerlikar pass ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Tuesday upheld the state govt and Maharashtra Maritime Board's (MMB) decision to construct a passenger jetty and terminal facilities near Radio Club, Colaba."The pursuit of development is not an affront to the environment when it walks the careful path of sustainability guarded by regulations and reasons," said Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne.They gave the ruling after considering the material on record, expert opinions, statutory clearances, weig ...Read More >
New Delhi: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired a high-level meeting on the rejuvenation of the Yamuna. He stressed the need for Delhi to work with its neighbouring states to check the industrial waste or effluents being discharged into the river.The meeting, attended by Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal, Union jal shakti minister CR Patil, Delhi water minister Parvesh Verma and senior officials from central and state govts, saw Shah aski ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 11 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah today chaired a high-level review meeting on Yamuna rejuvenation here today and directed to increase the capacity of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) for Yamuna to 1500 MGD by 2028. The meeting was attended by Union Ministers Manohar Lal, CR Patil, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Union Home Secretary, Secretaries and senior officials. Addressing the meeting, Shah said that the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) should work in action mo ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 10: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday inaugurated Shillong's first modern shopping mall at Polo. A host of dignitaries, including Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar, Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh, Chief Secretary DP Wahlang, Commissioner and Secretary, Vijay Kumar D, and Urban Affairs Director PK Boro, were present at the inauguration. The Polo shopping mall was developed under the Shillong Smart City project and constr ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police is questioning hospital safety officials and contractor representatives after registering a case in connection with the deaths of two labourers at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute. Police are planning to consult technical experts to understand the circumstances and systems involved in the assignment that turned fatal. "It's important to understand under what circumstances they were working, whether proper checks were there. As part of the investigation, we need to unde ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Two labourers died after falling unconscious while carrying out maintenance work on the carbon filter of the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Action Balaji Hospital in west Delhi's Paschim Vihar, police said on Wednesday. The Paschim Vihar East police station received information from the hospital regarding two medico-legal cases on Tuesday. Upon reaching the spot, officers found that the two labourers, Brijesh (26) and Vikram (30), both residents of Uttar Pradesh, had been declared " ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two labourers died while working on a carbon filter system at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute in west Delhi's Paschim Vihar on Tuesday. The deceased, identified as Birjesh (26) and Vikram (30), both originally from Uttar Pradesh, were declared brought dead bythe attending doctor at the hospital.According to police officials, the maintenance work was carried out by a contractor under an annual maintenance contract (AMC). Preliminary investigation suggests the two labourers fell unc ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 9 (ANI): As part of the nationwide strike called by central trade unions and farmer organisations, workers across Himachal Pradesh joined protests at district and block headquarters, bringing public services to a near halt in several areas, including the state capital, Shimla. Braving heavy rains, hundreds of workers, including sanitation staff, health workers, bank employees, and anganwadi and midday meal workers, participated in demonstrations demanding ...Read More >
Mohali: In a major step towards environmental sustainability, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal Monday dedicated a state-of-the-art 15 MGD (million gallons per day) sewage treatment plant to the public in Sector 83 here. The project, developed at a cost of Rs 145.26 crore, is being hailed as the most advanced of its kind in India.Speaking to the media after the inauguration, Mann said the ultra-modern plant has been built using the latest advanced nutrient removal technolog ...Read More >
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 7 (ANI): Haridwar, one of the holiest cities in India and a key site of the Kumbh Mela, is making major strides in preserving the purity of the river Ganga through enhanced sewage treatment infrastructure under the Namami Gange Mission. Working towards the goal of a clean and rejuvenated Ganga, the city now hosts two state-of-the-art Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) with a combined capacity of 82 million litres per day (MLD). These include a 68 MLD STP at Jagj ...Read More >
Chandigarh, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday jointly dedicated an ultra-modern 15 MGD (million gallons per day) sewage treatment plant constructed with an outlay of Rs 145.26 crore. Interacting with the media after dedicating the plant in Mohali, the Chief Minister said latest technology has been used in setting up this plant, which will be further replicated in other parts of the state. He said the moti ...Read More >
Chennai: Farmers and social activists of Tiruppur and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu are gearing up for an indefinite protest demanding the revival of the Noyyal River, which they said has been reduced to a drain due to unchecked pollution. The protest, scheduled to begin on July 13 in Mangalam, calls on the Stalin government to take immediate steps to prevent the inflow of untreated sewage, industrial waste, and plastic into the river. K.N. Mohammed Ali, a social activist, said the Noyyal, which ori ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government has empowered the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) with increased financial autonomy. The DJB will now be able to independently implement high-cost projects, including Yamuna purification, drain water treatment, and improvement of regular drinking water supply, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday. According to the CM, such projects will no longer require cabinet approvals as the powers of the DJB chairperson, CEO, and other senior officials have also been increased. Gupt ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board will now be able to independently execute capital-intensive projects without depending on the Delhi cabinet to approve them, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday.Gupta said the govt has restored the financial powers of DJB, which were taken away by the previous govt in the 2021-22 financial year. This will help in expediting high-cost projects such as the rejuvenation of the Yamuna, sewage treatment, and improvement of regular drinking water supply. She added th ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 4: Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha Friday said that he was proud to see women breaking barriers in agricultural sciences and technology. In his address at the 6th convocation ceremony of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K), the LG said, "Proud to see our daughters breaking barriers and achieving success in Agricultural Science and Technology. It reflects a bright future for J&K and the nation." During the convocation, of the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday came down heavily on the Delhi Jal Board for supplying contaminated drinking water laced with sewage in parts of east Delhi, questioning how authorities could justify forcing citizens to consume such dangerously polluted water. A bench led by Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal expressed dismay while hearing a public interest litigation that alleged residents of Yojana Vihar, Anand Vihar, Jagriti Enclave, and nearby localities were recei ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the Delhi Jal Board for supplying contaminated water in colonies and asked how the authorities could expect the citizens to "drink sewage mixed water". A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal was hearing a plea alleging residents of Yojana Vihar, Anand Vihar, Jagriti Enclave and other adjacent areas in east Delhi received "highly contaminated potable water" mixed with sewer/sewage in their household taps. "U ...Read More >
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