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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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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Is Swachh Bharat Abhiyan losing stream?
The much touted ¨Abhiyan¨ of the Centre, Swachh Bharat has hit its first roadblock-a funding block. The scheme, which depends on the massive financial assistance from the Centre, is likely to miss its deadline of 2019 on account of slashing of Rs 635 crore