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India-European Union Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation renewed for next five years (2020-2025)By : Sustainability ..., Jul 27, 2020
India and European Union have renewed its Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation for the next five years (2020-2025). This has been done by exchange of Note Verbale between two... Read more.. |
Suez to invest ₹1,700 crore on 2 water management projects in IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 16, 2019
France-based Suez SA is working on two water management projects worth £217 million (over ₹1,700 crore) in New Delhi and Mangalore, a company official said. A waste water treatment plant is being set up in Okhla here at a cost of £145 million and will be operational within... Read more.. |
1.8 billion of world’s population live in water-stressed regionsBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 8, 2019
Amidst one of the hottest months in recorded history, Chennai faced acute water shortage- the reservoir providing drinking water to 4.6 million people dried up. This reservoir was India’s... Read more.. |
India's Chennai rapid growth threatened by water shortagesBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 6, 2019
Dozens of billion-dollar companies. Thousands of high-paying IT and manufacturing jobs. Luxury apartments towering over the Bay of Bengal. The southern Indian city of Chennai has one of the... Read more.. |
Uptick for India on sanitation in UN reportBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2019
India has made great gains in providing basic sanitation facilities since the start of the millennium, accounting for almost two thirds of the 650 million people globally who stopped practising... Read more.. Subject Tags: drinking water , Natural Resource Management , Sanitation , solid waste management , Swachh Bharat Mission , UNICEF , water and sanitation |
Ban ROs where dissolved solids in water below 500 mg/litre, NGT tells govtBy : Sustainability ..., May 31, 2019
In a bid to regulate the use of RO purifiers, NGT has directed the government to prohibit them where total dissolved solids (TDS) in water are below 500 mg per litre and sensitise public about... Read more.. |
Water from coal mines benefits 7 lakh peopleBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 2, 2019
Coal has always been identified as the primary source of energy in India, fuelling 55% of power generation. But thanks to a series of policy initiatives by the Narendra Modi government, the Black Diamond industry is now also quenching thirst of nearly seven lakh beneficiaries... Read more.. |
EU, India to jointly invest Rs 323 crore on 7 water projectsBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 15, 2019
The European Union and India on Thursday decided to jointly invest Rs 323 crore on seven projects over four years to find affordable solutions to improving drinking water quality and boosting waste water management in the country. Around 130 entities will be part of these... Read more.. Subject Tags: drinking water , European Union , Ganga rejuvenation , India , Technology Transfer , water projects , water resources |
Centre pushes Rs 6,000 crore plan to tackle water depletionBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 15, 2018
Fast depleting ground water in nearly 30% of the assessed blocks in the country has pushed the Centre to fast-track its Rs 6,000 crore ambitious plan aimed at efficient management of available... Read more.. |
73% of Kerala's water sources polluted says survey by Kerala State Literacy Mission AuthorityBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 20, 2017
A first-of-its-kind survey in Kerala, based on 58,463 households, has found that an alarming 73% of water sources in the state is contaminated. Of the 3,606 water sources including rivers,... Read more.. |