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Governor visits Kheer Bhawani shrine, reviews mela arrangements	18.6.2018	The Tribune
Tribune News Service Srinagar, June 16 Governor NN Vohra visited the Mata Kheer Bhawani shrine at Tulmulla, Ganderbal, on Saturday to review the arrangements for Mela Kheer Bhawani commencing on June 20. Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, Ganderbal MLA; BB Vyas, Chief Secretary; Dr SP Vaid, DGP; RK Goyal, Principal Secretary (Home); Dr Piyush Singla, Ganderbal Deputy Commissioner; Fayaz Ahmad Lone, Ganderbal Senior Superintendent of Police, representatives of the Dharmarth Trust and several members of the Kashmiri Pandit community received the Governor on his arrival at the shrine, an official spokesman said. The Governor discussed with the Chief Secretary, the Deputy Commissioner and other officers concerned the arrangements made by the district administration and the Dharamarth Trust for the stay of the pilgrims, particularly the sanitation facilities He visited the sewage treatment plant at the shrine, which, he was informed by the Deputy Commissioner, would become operational in the next two ...
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Court seeks reply on STP in Badrinath	18.6.2018	The Tribune
Dehradun, June 17 The Uttarakhand High Court has sought reply from the Centre and the state government on the construction of a sewage treatment plant (STP) near the Badrinath shrine in violation of environmental norms. While taking up a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a Nainital resident on Friday, Justices VK Bisht and Alok Singh directed the Central and state governments to file their reply by the next date of hearing on June 19. Petitioner Chetna Bhargava alleged that the waste from the plant was going into the river. She demanded that a shrine board be formed on the lines of the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and the Tirupati temple board. — TNS
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Plan in place to rejuvenate four water bodies	17.6.2018	The Assam Tribune
Plan in place to rejuvenate four water bodies
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NTPC to use treated sewage water at Dadri plant	15.6.2018	Central Chronicle » Business
New Delhi, State –owned power generating major NTPC, will use treated sewage water at its Dadri Power Station. This is in line with the tariff policy amendment by Ministry of Power, which requires mandatory use of treated sewage water from Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) of municipal body for thermal power plant located within 50 kilometre radius […]
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MC goes slow on development works	14.6.2018	The Tribune
Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 13 Upgrade of a sewage treatment plant, construction of connecting passages in corridors at Sector 17 and refurbishment of public toilets are some of the 130 projects of the Municipal Corporation which are awaiting completion for over a year and a half. Sources said of the 150 works approved by the general house of the MC, a majority were pending for various reasons. While some of the projects had been delayed for lack of clearance of drawings from the Architecture Department, many had been delayed for want of funds. The MC general house held 11 meetings last year. Over 150 works of various types, including recarpeting of roads, were passed at the meetings. The project for replacement of street lights with LED lights was approved in the first meeting on January 24, 2017, but the project is yet to be completed. While 40,000 lights have been replaced, 9,000 lights at dark spots and gardens are yet to be replaced. The ...
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Cantt board makes hay out of waste	11.6.2018	The Tribune
Tribune News Service Ambala, June 10 The Ambala Cantonment Board has adopted a slew of measures to tackle horticulture waste and sewage water in order to keep the area clean. The fallen and dry leaves along with cut grass are being collected and converted into green manure with the help of a green waste re-processor installed recently at Patel Park. A decentralised sewage treatment machine has been set up on pilot basis to treat waste water from a public toilet so it can be used for watering plants. Speaking to The Tribune, Varun Kalia, Chief Executive Officer, Ambala Cantonment Board, said, “So far nearly 500 kg manure has been generated by composting dry leaves.” A solid waste management plant has been constructed on pilot basis at the Topkhana Bazaar. The Cantonment Board has over the last two months segregated and stocked nearly 1.2 tonne recyclable waste. The CEO said, “Cow dung and bio-degradable kitchen waste is used to produce bio-gas, which will be used as a substitute for LPG and for generating ...
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Maharashtra: Water regulatory body plans to make sewage treatment viable	8.6.2018	Mumbai – The Indian Express

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Team marks disposal points polluting nullah	7.6.2018	The Tribune
Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 6 A state-level team on Wednesday surveyed the Buddha Nullah and found various disposal points through which waste was being released into it by dyeing units and dairy complexes. The team, led by Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company (PMIDC), Ajoy Sharma inspected the disposal points. According to MC officials, who were present during the inspection, the team found an illegal disposal point through which ‘untreated water from dyeing units’ was being dumped into the nullah. PPCB officials were pulled up and directed to collect samples of the untreated waste from the dyeing units, it is learnt. Ajoy Sharma, along with Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal, MC Commissioner Jaskiran Singh and PPCB officials, visited the dairy complexes to check as to how untreated waste was being dumped into the nullah. The team inspected sewage treatment plants (STPs) at Jamalpur, Ballo Ke and Bhattian. It directed the MC officials to keep ...
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Concerns raised on depletion in green cover	6.6.2018	The Tribune
Tribune News Service New Delhi, June 5 On the occasion of World Environment Day, acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal today raised concerns over the depletion in tree cover and bio-diversity, especially the variety of birds’ species in the national Capital. The two natural features of Delhi — Aravali Hill Range and Yamuna River — have been under constant environment threat despite monitoring by the Supreme Court and High Court in the past three decades, Mittal pointed out. Mittal also stated that not only house sparrows, but the population of crows has also reduced over a period of time and the scavenging birds have increased causing imbalance in the natural eco-system of the city. She emphasised the need for effective sewage treatment and scientific disposal and management of municipal solid waste so that the city could be saved from further environmental degradation. The acting Chief Justice was addressing a gathering during an event organised jointly by the Department of Environment and Forest and Delhi ...
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STPs to commence soon at Dravyavati	4.6.2018	DNA: Money
All the five sewage treatment plants at the Dravyavati riverfront project are now in final stages of their testing. The results have been ‘satisfactory’ so far and laying of the 81-kilometer long sewer trunk main is also near completion. “The testing at all the STPs have commenced before last week of May and shall continue for nearly 45 days before these plants could be commission,” says an official. Commission of these shall come as a relief for over a hundred low lying colonies along the project trajectory. These STPs with a cumulative capacity of 170 million liters per day (MLD) of these nearly 50 MLD of sewerage is expected to be from these low lying colonies while around 100-120 MLD shall be from the major nullas. These plants after treatment of sewage shall release the clean water in Dravyavati that shall help in providing water for agricultural use at tail end areas and also help in recharge of the water table at large. However, the process is faced with challenges following delay in the ...
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Dal gets dull as waste dumping goes on	2.6.2018	The Tribune
Tribune News Service Srinagar, June 1 “Perhaps in the whole world, there is no corner as pleasant as the Dal Lake,” said Sir Walter Lawrence in his book ‘Valley of Kashmir’. But today, the Dal Lake, which used to be the top attraction for tourists in Kashmir, has turned into a dumping ground for tonnes of waste and sewage. The rising pollution and high-nutrient load continues to flow and gather on the surface of the water, which locals used for drinking decades ago. Boatmen and houseboat owners say the lake is no more soothing to the eyes. “Successive governments have been making tall claims that the lake will be cleaned and it will be preserved, but it is only getting worse day by day,” said Farooq Ahmad, a houseboat owner. Bashir Ahmad (45), another boatman, who has been working for more than two decades, says the lake used to be crystal clear, but sewage, which comes from many localities, has caused its “death”. “The sewage is directly being dumped into the lake. The government is not sincere. It is ...
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Power Finance Corp looks beyond power sector	31.5.2018	DNA: Top News
At a time when power sector is under stress, state-run Power Finance Corp Ltd (PFC) plans to start lending to projects such as sewage treatment plants, smart cities, railway electrification, mining, electric vehicle charging stations, mini-grids, among others. PFC chairman and managing director Rajeev Sharma on Thursday said that the company is exploring options to diversify its loan portfolio instead of limiting it to only thermal, hydro and renewable power projects across the country. In the mining space, PFC is eyeing projects pertaining to gas, liquefied natural gas and coal mining. "There is railway electrification, smart cities infrastructure, electric vehicle manufacturing units including charging stations, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, battery manufacturing units for solar projects, mini and micro-grids, energy-efficiency systems like co-generation or tri-generation or combination of heat as well as power and waste heat recovery systems we are looking at as part of our diversification ...
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Mumbai: Cowsheds alongside Dahisar river to relocate after BMC slaps notice	31.5.2018	Free Press Journal: Mumbai
Mumbai: Cowsheds on the banks of Dahisar river are likely to be ‘relocated’. The Brihanmumbai
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Cities at Crossroads: Who pays to save this lake?	30.5.2018	Opinion – The Indian Express

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Policy for reusing waste water: Gujarat government	29.5.2018	DNA: Mumbai
In a bid to make the most of available water resources, the state government on Monday announced a policy for reusing treated waste water, making it mandatory for thermal power plants and large industrial units to use treated wastewater. The government is also targeting to reuse 100% of treated waste water by 2030. The Policy, unveiled by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, aims to achieve minimum 80% coverage and collection of sewage in all municipal towns and to reach a level of 100% treatment of collected sewage. "We aim to reuse at least 24% of the total freshwater consumption from treated wastewater by every municipal body. We are targeting to reuse 70% of the treated wastewater by 2025, and 100% by 2030," JP Gupta, principal secretary, water supply department, said while announcing the policy. Speaking after launching the policy, Rupani said that water was a basic problem in Gujarat, but the government was committed to resolving the problem. He cited the ongoing water conservation drive, plans to set up ...
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First multi-species hatchery of India to come up in Maharashtra	25.5.2018	Mumbai – The Indian Express

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MP visits STP, ETP at leather complex	24.5.2018	The Tribune
Jalandhar: As the issue of water pollution gets raked up, Jalandhar MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh along with Mayor Jagdish Raja on Wednesday visited the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Basti Peer Daad and Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) at the leather complex here. Even as the environmentalist Balbir S Seechewal, whom the MP met a few days back at his dera in Shahkot, has repeatedly been saying the STP is under-capacity and does not work properly, the MP after today’s visit said, “The STP with 50 MLD capacity fulfills the all parameters and has been treating domestic sewer properly.” TNS
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In Moga, untreated sewage flowing into water bodies	24.5.2018	The Tribune
Tribune News Service Moga, May 23 Most of the sewage water in Moga city flows into stormwater drains, polluting the natural water bodies even as a sewage treatment plant was commissioned by the state government in 2013 at a cost of Rs 27 crore. Many households on the Sandhuana road and Bohna road direct their wastewater into open drains (natural/storm water bodies), thus causing foul smell in nearby areas. Deepinder Singh Sandhu, Independent councillor of the Moga Municipal Corporation, has alleged that both Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the local civic body have failed to stop the pollution caused by the sewage water. “Untreated water should not be allowed to flow into the natural/storm water bodies,” he added. The MC authorities has said the total capacity of the installed sewage treatment plant is 27 million litres per day (MLD), but the outflow of the wastewater has increased by about 5 to 10 MLD, which has created the problem. Mayor Akshit Jain said the STP was being run by the Punjab ...
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Leakage in sewage treatment plant renders locality filthy	14.5.2018	The Tribune
Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 13 Improper and inadequate sewage treatment has infuriated the residents of Avtar Nagar, Guru Nanak Pura East. Reportedly, it’s been more than twenty days that the leakage of the sewage treatment plant has been taking place, but no adequate action has been taken by the authorities to repair the drains. Commuters find it difficult to cross the area for the fear of slithering into the drainage, and the filthy water spilled all over the road is equally posing a danger by becoming a den of mosquitoes and insects. One of the residents of Avtar Nagar said, it is a regular sight of the streets there. Authorities have been informed about the menace several times but no concrete step has been take in this regard. As the street also leads to the other major nearby locations of the area therefore, people have no other option but to pass through the dismantled street. Also, incidents of diseases such as dengue and malaria were also reported among the residents. Another resident, ...
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NHRC issues notice to MC Commissioner	13.5.2018	The Tribune
Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 12 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Commissioner, Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, for providing information related to the death of sewermen in 2015. The notice has been issued on the complaint filed by Advocate Pankaj Chandgothia. Chandgothia said three labourers, who were working with a private contractor hired by the Municipal Corporation, died in 2015 after inhaling toxic gases on entering a 20-feet sewer chamber in front of the 3BRD Sewage Treatment Plant’s (STP) in the Industrial Area, Phase II, to clean it. He said despite earlier notices, the MC had failed to give the reply to the Commission. Taking a serious view, the National Human Rights Commission issued the notice to the Commissioner directing him to submit the report within four weeks, failing which the Commission will be constrained to issue coercive process.
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