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.
Category: Water & Waste
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There´s an urgent need to formulate a detailed plan of action
AB Pandya, Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC), believes that the Commission´s efforts can improve the water-related issues facing India.
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MP Forest department throws hurdle in path of river-linking project
With the Madhya Pradesh Forest department yet to give its nod, the Centre's ambitious river interlinking project is likely to be delayed. While permission is reportedly secured in Uttar Pradesh, the Forest Department is yet to give its approval for the project area that falls in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
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Decentralised Wastewater Management Systems
Urban India is bracing for a unique and difficult challenge of shortage of freshwater as well as managing increased wastewater. Urban India is experiencing an exponential growth. With about 377 million people
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Automatic Water Quality Monitoring on Ganga
Under the World Bank aided project Automatic Water Quality Monitoring has been setup under the NGRBA Project for the river Ganga at an estimated cost of Rs 94.45 crore approximately.
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High achiever
Umesh Ulavi, is currently serving as Vice President and Business Sector Head, Water Resource Management of Kirloskar Brothers Limited. He is the holder of bachelor degree of engineering in mechanical stream from College of Engineering Pune in 1979. He has more than 35 years of rich experience in the field of hydraulics and pumping systems.
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Japan to extend Rs.2,760 cr loan for river projects
India has signed Rs 2,760 crore loan deal with Japan for the development of the second phase of the Rengali irrigation project in Odisha and cleaning of river Mula-Mutha in Pune, Maharashtra.
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Exploring water opportunities from a clean Ganga
Clean Ganga Mission under good governance is an essential drive as a mission, at the heart of translating zero tolerance to any contamination of the holy river Ganga, which shall also be a model for all the rivers and water bodies.
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We have proposed a full-fledged Ganga River Basin Act
We have suggested a series of recommendations based on the basic principles of ecology-based river management of the Ganga. The implementation and follow-up has to be done by the Central government in collaboration with the State governments. Our grand vision is as follows:
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IVRCL bags orders worth Rs.1,255.67 crore
IVRCL Limited (IVRCL) is glad to announce that the Irrigation & Water Divisions of the company has bagged orders of the value of Rs 1,255.67 crore as detailed hereunder: