In the midst of many promising opportunities, the water sector is grappling with problems related to slow project off-take and liquidity concerns. As we welcome the New Year, it is a good time to reflect on the developments
Category: Water & Waste
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2016 – An Infrastructure Leap Year
United Nations General Assembly has declared 2016 to be the year of ¨pulses¨. With pulse prices going sky-high in 2015, another source of protein for the poor people has well-nigh gone out of reach in our country.
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AMRUT Action Plans for 81 cities
Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Mizoram to improve water supply and sewerage network infrastructure under the Atal Mission.
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Water and sewerage plans in 89 AMRUT cities approved
Aiming at ensuring water supply and sewerage facilities in urban households, Urban Development Ministry has cleared plans worth over Rs.2,700 crore in 89 cities under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
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Connecting the dots
Conventional sewage treatment systems, favoured by engineers and bureaucrats, are incapable of doing the job. So the smart cities have been picked and the hunt is on to flesh out what the proclamations of the Ministry of Urban Development
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The 2 % mandatory CSR spend is a move in the right direction
Revealing the loopholes in water management, Vivek Shah, Managing Director, K Pack Systems Pvt Ltd, points to the opportunities created and impact of the government´s initiatives.
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Recycling- the way forward
A major part of the sewage generated in Indian cities is discharged untreated into water bodies. Such unwise loss of water can have serious impacts. Wastewater management is thus assuming a pivotal role.
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CWC has made an excellent contribution in design consultancy´
Addressing issues of water scarcity and contamination of surface and ground water, AB Pandya, Chairman, Central Water Commission, paints a holistic picture and suggests remedies.
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Blue Gold
Warring nations over water may sound apocalyptic, but there is no denying water is going to be a major restraint on urbanisation. Basic demand-supply rules apply here and explain to a large extent doomsday scenarios captured in Hollywood hits such as Water Wars
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The precious undervalued commodity
More than 100 thousand cubic km of water falls on the face of our mother earth every year as precipitation, and this huge quantity will be, in a manner of speaking, adequate to meet everyone´s needs - but for the fact that some of it cannot be captured, and some of it falls where it is not needed.