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Chennai: New desalination plant to be set up by 2023; nine lakh city residents to be benefitted

Chennai: New desalination plant to be set up by 2023; nine lakh city residents to be benefitted

A new desalination plant is in progress and will be set up by April 2023 at Nemmeli. The second desalination plant will provide a drinking water supply to around nine lakh residents of Chennai. The new plant, built at a cost of Rs 1,259.38 crore, has the capacity to desalinate 150 million liters per day (MLD). The residents of Ullagaram Puzhudhivakkam, Velachery, Madipakkam, Sholinganallur, Alandur, IT Corridor, St Thomas Mount, and Pallavaram will be supplied with water once the plant is set up. On Tuesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK…

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Haryana becomes 3rd state to get clean tap water in every rural household under Jal Jeevan Mission

Haryana becomes 3rd state to get clean tap water in every rural household under Jal Jeevan Mission

In a major achievement of the Narendra Modi government, Haryana has become the third state of the country where every family in the rural areas has started getting clean tap water in their homes. Goa and Telangana are the two states which have already achieved this feat apart of the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Besides these states, three Union Territories (UTs) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Puducherry; and Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli have also achieved 100 percent of the ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Mission. According to…

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Cabinet approves AMRUT 2.0

Cabinet approves AMRUT 2.0

With an aim of making the Indian cities ‘water secure’ and ‘self-sustainable through circular economy of water, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0) till 2025-26. The total indicative outlay for AMRUT 2.0 is Rs. 2,77,000 crore including a central share of Rs. 76,760 crore for five years from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26. The government aims to provide affordable water and sanitation services by providing functional tap connections to all households, undertaking water source conservation/ augmentation, rejuvenation of water…

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New World Bank Project to Support Southern Indian City of Chennai Deliver Better Services to its People

New World Bank Project to Support Southern Indian City of Chennai Deliver Better Services to its People

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $150 million program to support the Government of Tamil Nadu’s vision of making Chennai into a world-class city that is more green, livable, competitive, and resilient to climate change and other shocks. The $150 million Chennai City Partnership: Sustainable Urban Services Program will help strengthen institutions, improve the financial health of service agencies, and drive significant improvements in the quality of four key urban services — water supply and sewerage, mobility, health, and solid waste management. The Chennai Metropolitan Area,…

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L&T Construction secures multiple orders for its businesses Capital Market

L&T Construction secures multiple orders for its businesses Capital Market

L&T Construction has secured various orders in India for its businesses. These have been classified as significant orders value in the range of Rs 1000 crore to Rs 2500 crore. The Water & Effluent Treatment business has bagged an order from Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) to construct a Demineralization Plant, ETP and allied facilities for its Barauni Refinery in Bihar. The project scope involves design, engineering, supply, erection & commissioning of the demineralization plant, effluent treatment plant, condensate polishing unit, and drinking water plant with single-point responsibility on a Lump…

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NGT can take up environmental issues on its own: Supreme Court

NGT can take up environment issues on its own: Supreme Court

In a landmark judgment that comes as a shot in the arm for legitimate environmental causes, the Supreme Court said the National Green Tribunal does have suo moto powers and can take up environmental issues on its own. The order came even as the Union government said NGT does not have such powers. “The National Green Tribunal cannot afford to remain a mute spectator when no one knocks on its door,” the court said on Thursday while passing an order that vests suo moto powers to the body created under…

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Hoshiarpur villages to get treated water for irrigation

Hoshiarpur villages to get treated water for irrigation

Punjab Soil and Water Conservation Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh on Friday laid the foundation stone of a project, which would provide treated water to irrigate 2,264 acres of land at a cost of Rs 11.10 crore. Kick-starting the construction of the project here at Piplanwali village, Rana Gurjeet Singh said the project would cater to the irrigation needs of seven villages by utilizing treated wastewater of Hoshiarpur city through underground pipeline systems. “This project will ensure round-the-year availability of water to the farmers. Treated water being rich in nutrients, will…

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Four sewage treatment plants in Patna to be made functional by March’ 22

Four sewage treatment plants in Patna to be made functional by March ’22

The four sewage treatment plants (STPs) at Beur, Karmalichak, Saidpur and Pahadi in Patna will be made functional by the end of the 2021-2022 financial year. Sewer networks are being laid to connect all the households to the STPs so that untreated water does not get discharged into the Ganga directly.The foundation for the plants, which have a capacity to treat200 million litres of wastewater per day, was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mokama in Patna district in October 2017. According to sources, the wastewater will be treated…

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Ozonation plant being planned at Nashik’s Ramkund

The Nashik Municipal Smart City Development Corporation (NMSCDCL) is planning to use ozonation technology to treat the Godavari River water at Ramkund. A meeting between the smart city officials,Environmentalists and officials from a Nagpur-based private firm, which manufactures ozone generators used to treat sewage, were held on in October. The smart city officials have asked the firm to give demonstrations on the ozone plant that could be set up at Ramkund. The trials are likely to be conducted before municipal commissioner Kailas Jadhav and NMSCDCL CEO Sumant More. Rajesh Pandit,…

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UP govt sets up 104 sewage treatment plants, water quality in Ganga, other rivers improve

UP govt sets up 104 sewage treatment plants, water quality in Ganga, other rivers improve

The Uttar Pradesh government has set up 104 sewage treatment plants (STP) of 3,298.84 million liters daily (MLD) in the state in a bid to clean the major rivers including Ganga. The water quality in Ganga, Gomti, Saryu, Yamuna, and Rapti has improved significantly, according to the Uttar Pradesh government. The state government has said that drains flowing in the rivers have been plugged. Due to the reduction in the amount of filth, aquatic beings are healthier. With the removal of silt, surface cleaning of rivers has become possible. Diseases…

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