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Saturday, 20 September 2014

AG exposes Karnataka’s contradictory stand on Mhadei Water Dispute

PANAJI/KERI: The Karnataka government's record in water disputes is a bundle of contradictions, as it is fighting against any diversion of water from the Krishna Godavari basin, but aggressively pursuing a project to link Mhadei's tributaries to the Malaprabha basin, advocate general of the state Atmaram Nadkarni stated before the Mhadei water disputes tribunal.

While pointing out that the Karnataka government has countered such proposals by neighbouring states before the Krishna and Godavari tribunals, contending that there cannot be diversion outside the basin, Nadkarni stated that they are precisely trying to do the same here by diverting Kalasa and other tributaries from Mhadei to link them to the Malaprabha basin.

The state government, which has locked horns with Karnataka over the water dispute, has also succeeded in getting an order from the tribunal to inspect the documents furnished by Karnataka in its dispute over Krishna Godavari water.

Saturday, 13 September 2014

2 workers die after inhaling poisonous gas in sewage pit

CHENNAI: Two workers died after inhaling toxic gas in a sewage pit at a Metrowater facility in Kodungaiyur on Saturday morning during maintenance.

The victims were part of four workers engaged by a contractor for maintenance work in the 10-feet-deep pit maintained by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board or Metrowater. The gas is suspected to have spewed out after a valve in the pit was opened.

Nandakumar, who went in first, fainted. Seeing him slump to the ground at the bottom of the pit, Jayakumar, who was not aware his colleague had inhaled toxic gases, jumped down to rescue him and met with the same fate. One of the two others standing above was also affected and was taken to a hospital. Security guards of nearby apartment complexes alerted the fire and rescue services, and teams from Manali and Madhavaram arrived. Police too rushed to the spot.
Read more here - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/2-workers-die-after-inhaling-poisonous-gas-in-sewage-pit/articleshow/41298451.cms

Ban on effluent discharge on open land

BHARUCH: District administration has banned discharge of effluent water on land other than sites notified by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). A notification was brought out by Collector Vinod Rao after recent incidents of tankers caught while discharging effluent waste into open lands in the district. The notification says that strict action will be initiated against culprit industries and tanker owners violating the notification.
Read more here - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/ban-on-effluent-discharge-on-open-land/articleshow/42246335.cms

Monday, 8 September 2014

Sewage treatment plan sinks as malls, flats rise

CHENNAI: Shopping malls, hotels and apartment continue to mushroom across the city attracting more people and spewing more sewage, but the city corporation's proposal to make sewage treatment plants compulsory in large commercial establishments remains on paper for more than three years.

In November 2011, the city corporation passed a resolution making sewage treatment plants compulsory in shopping malls, theatres, hotels and hospitals to reduce sewage overflow and curb wastage of water. Nobody, not even corporation officials, seem to know the fate of this proposal.

"We are waiting for the state government approval for the plan," is what a corporation official would say, that too on condition of anonymity. Several residents near large commercial establishments complained that sewage often overflows in their locality. This is because complexes generate more sewage than the drains can take. On General Patters Road and Bharati Salai in Royapettah, this is a perennial problem.
Read more here - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Sewage-treatment-plan-sinks-as-malls-flats-rise/articleshow/41046527.cms

Drains clogged, sewage floods roads

GHAZIABAD: Monsoons may not have hit Ghaziabad with all their ferocity, but the showers have been enough to overwhelm the city's drainage system. Waterlogging in Vasundhara, Vaishali and Indirapuram has pushed the spotlight on outdated and poorly-maintained drains, about which complaints by residents have so far fallen on deaf ears.

Sangeeta Sharma, a resident of Paradiso Apartment in Ahimsa Khand 2, said, "

Sewage water flows back into our area because there's no proper drainage system. I have lodged complaints with the GDA but no action has been taken yet."

A few residents believe the inadequate drainage system is not the only problem that needs to be addressed. "Yes, water-logging is a major problem, but not the only one. Littering of non-biodegradable garbage such as polythene is the real culprit. GDA needs to clean the drains regularly, which is not happening," said Ekta Chauhan, a teacher at DPS Indirapuram.