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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Category: Water & Waste
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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








