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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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Varanasi Gets Advanced Sewage Treatment Plant, Only Treated Water Will Now Fall into Ganga

Varanasi Gets Advanced Sewage Treatment Plant, Only Treated Water Will Now Fall into Ganga

With the aim to conserve and rejuvenate the river Ganga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Uttar Pradesh on Monday inaugurated a new state-of-the-art sewage treatment plant of 10 MLD capacity in Varanasi. According to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is ensuring that a wide network of sewage treatment plants is set up to tap the flow of dirty water into the Ganga, so as to ensure the “nirmalta” (cleanliness) and “aviralta” (easy flow) of the holy river. The Namami Gange…

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Delhi Jal Board to provide household water connection to all consumers in UT

Delhi Jal Board to provide household water connection to all consumers in UT

Water Minister Satyendra Jain and Delhi Jal Board have decided that it would provide household water connection to all the consumers that including laying water pipelines and installation of meters at consumers’ premises. The water minister also approved the project of installing a 20 MGD (Million Gallons per Day) RO plant at Okhla, as per the statement. He also approved the proposal of constituting a water and sewage committee for better coordination of government with the citizens of Delhi, according to the press statement. Water Minister Satyendar Jain agreed on…

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Rajasthan: 800 textile units in Barmer told to shut shop for polluting Luni

Rajasthan: 800 textile units in Barmer told to shut shop for polluting Luni

The Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RPCB) had ordered the shutdown of more than 800 textile units in Balotara in Barmer district for releasing effluents into Luni River till the 18MLD reverse osmosis (RO) plant begins operations. The board has also taken serious note of the delay in starting of 18MLD reverse osmosis (RO) set up to process the effluents draining into the river. The board has warned strict action will be taken against the units that flout the order. Though the RO plant is almost ready, the carelessness of the…

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