Water supply and waste water management are the two major areas where the country has to step up its efforts to provide its citizens with clean drinking water and safe sewage disposal. To achieve this, increased private participation is needed.
Category: Water & Waste
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Vox Pop: Experts provide solutions for urban wastewater management
From what model of PPP will work in our urban wastewater management to how they can move from a mostly secondary treatment to tertiary and make water viable, policymakers, city administrators and wastewater practitioners offer solutions.
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Urban Wastewater Management: A much needed delivery system
The treatment capacity from the sewage generation from Class I cities and Class II towns is less than 30 per cent. About 80 per cent of domestic water goes out as wastewater.
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Pressure and opportunity
The government appointed AK Hazarika as CMD of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) with effect from 1 February 2011 for a period of three months on ad hoc basis.
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The $50 billion question: Is equipment manufacture ready for Defence Sector?
The newly unveiled Defence Production Policy focuses on increasing private participation in defence equipment manufacture. Although not a new practice, the policy could mean a major boost to indigenous equipment manufacture.
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AP to facilitate land acquisition
An order has been passed by the Andhra Pradesh government which will facilitate allotment of 104 acre for the Rs 12,136 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project to be developed by concessionaire L&T.
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Valecha Engineering bags hydro project contract
Valecha Engineering has bagged a Rs 55 crore hydro electric project in Kerala.
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BSWH project to take off in Orissa
The Bundled Solar Water Heater (BSWH) project is likely to take off in Orissa soon.
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New focus on water
Germany-headquartered industrial equipment maker Mann & Hummel, which is setting up a new manufacturing facility in Bawal, Haryana, has a new leader in India.