India-Germany Enter Into Agreement To Prevent Plastic Waste Entering Oceans
by Arun Kumar Das - Apr 20, 2021 07:51 AM
Marine pollution.
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The project is aimed at enhancing measures to prevent plastic accumulation in oceans that is adversely affecting marine ecosystem.
India has joined hands with Germany to establish an efficient system that ensures no waste finds its way into rivers or seas.
The project, aimed at enhancing practices to prevent plastic accumulation in oceans that is adversely affecting marine ecosystems, will be undertaken at the national level, select states (Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Andaman Nicobar Islands) and in the cities of Kanpur, Kochi and Port Blair for a period of three and a half years.
Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra on Friday called for making telecom connectivity part of common ducts inside new buildings. He said digital connectivity has become one of the basic amenities like electricity and water connections in homes. This is new India. We cannot do without it (telecom connectivity). Any new building that we are going to construct, every house, every room must have connectivity. Like you cannot do without electricity, like you cannot do without water, so is the telecom connectivity, Mishra said at a Broadband India Forum event. The National Digital Communications Policy 2018 proposes to set up common service ducts and utility corridors in all new city and high road projects and related elements.
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Centre Plans Massive Push For Drinking Water Supply Infrastructure, Launches Stock-Taking Survey In 10 Cities To Begin With
by Arun Kumar Das - Feb 17, 2021 04:41 AM
Mission to supply water to all urban households.
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The ministry has decided to launch a pilot âPey Jal Survekshanâ in 10 cities â Agra, Badlapur, Bhubaneswar, Churu, Kochi, Madurai, Patiala, Rohtak, Surat and Tumakuru.
Based on the learnings of the pilot survey, this exercise will be extended to all Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) cities.
Aiming at providing universal coverage of water supply to all households through functional taps in all 4,378 statutory towns, the Centre has launched a survey to collect data on drinking water in 10 cities under the Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban).
Jal Jeevan Mission-Urban designed to cover all cities: Govt
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Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry Durga Shanker Mishra.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 17 : The Centre s Jal Jeevan Mission-Urban (JJM-U) is designed to provide universal coverage of water supply to all households in all cities in the country, an official said on Wednesday. JJM-U will lead to competition among cities to become more water secure and will create more awareness and sensitivity towards water conservation, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said.
While launching the pilot programme of the Pey Jal Survekshan, he said that based on the learnings from it, the programme will be extended to all the AMRUT cities.