T’puram: State human rights commission directed authorities to construct a sewage treatment plant (STP) at a housing complex built in Karode grama panchayat for rehabilitation of fishermen from Kulathoor grama panchayat.Commission chairperson Justice Alexander Thomas ordered that the project be completed within two months in coordination with Suchitwa Mission. The directive came after it was…
Prayagraj: In a push to strengthen drinking water supply and support water conservation in the extended municipal area of the Naini area, a new 81 MLD water treatment plant (WTP) will be constructed at Arail.The project, to be executed by Jal Nigam Urban, is expected to improve water supply in newly added areas of the…
Lucknow: The UP Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) has awarded a Rs 384 crore civil construction contract for a major elevated section of the Lucknow Metro’s east-west corridor under phase 1B.The contract has been awarded to Gujarat-based Ranjit Buildcon ltd for the design and construction of an elevated viaduct and five Metro stations between Thakurganj and…
Margao: The Consumer Conciliation Committee (CCC) of state govt’s department of civil supplies, which conducted a site inspection of the SGPDA market complex here on Wednesday as part of proceedings in a citizen complaint alleging deficiency in services, found the complex riddled with regulatory and infrastructural lapses.The inspection was carried out jointly with several govt…
Authorities at the scene of tragedy Bengaluru: Even as rescue teams continued their search for two workers who went missing inside a BWSSB sewage treatment plant (STP), anti-manual scavenging activists Friday alleged that the men were illegally employed and made to undertake hazardous work without adequate safeguards. The water authority, however, denied that the incident…
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Chennai: After eight years of delay, intervention by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and three govts later, the long-pending Villivakkam Lake restoration project may finally come to fruition by Sept this year.Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) commissioner Dr G S Sameeran, who inspected the upcoming eco-park on Sunday, said major bottlenecks that stalled the project were…
The deceased was identified as Joginder Pahalwan, a resident of village Aurangabad in Palwal Gurgaon: A 50-year-old sanitation worker of Faridabad municipal corporation died allegedly after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning a sewer line in Sector 19 on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Joginder Pahalwan, a resident of village Aurangabad in Palwal. He was…
Tourism and culture under one ministry Alleppey, Kerala, India – October 15, 2007 : Backwater tourism is an important tourism attraction in this city of Kerala; Houseboats are seen all over the backwater streams carrying tourists around for sightseeing, Thiruvananthapuram: Poor waste management, lack of toilets and shoddy parking mar tourist experience at major destinations…
Kanpur: Divisional commissioner Vijayendra Pandian on Thursday held a Udyog Bandhu meeting to discuss poor civic conditions in the district’s industrial areas. During the meeting, he said that a sum of Rs 68 crore would be spent on drains, sewer lines, road construction and other necessary civic works at Ispat Nagar.He also said that a…
