The News Review:
- Water supply for Sonia Vihar plant cut down
- No funds, so no water in cantonment
- Fallbrook alert puts limits on water use
- ‘Sanitation is an institutional orphan’
Water supply for Sonia Vihar plant cut down
Hindu – Sep 22, 2007
The Sonia Vihar plant, which is entitled to 140 MGD of water from U. , has been getting only 70 to 80 MGD for the past two days. Ruling out any “political motive” behind the decrease in supply, Delhi Jal Board sources said the U…
Government had attributed the decline to a fall in water level at Tehri Dam. However, to ward off any possible water crisis, the DJB has sought an increase in supply for the plant that supplies water to areas in South Delhi, East Delhi and the NDMC area. “There has been a decline in water supply for the Sonia Vihar plant, but the situation is stable as of now. We have written to the U. Government to release more water and they have not rejected our demand,” said a Board official. The two States had failed to reach an accord over release of water for the Sonia Vihar plant, but with the change in government in U.
No funds, so no water in cantonment
Pakistan Dawn – Sep 22, 2007
Ironically, there is no alternative source of drinking water for the residents. Water is the costliest commodity of life for the residents who not only pay water tax but also for the water tanker. The residents of Lalazar get water supply for 15 minutes on every alternative day. There are also localities in Lalazar where residents believe water flows into the taps only when the palm of the Valve-Operator in the area is greased.
Fallbrook alert puts limits on water use
San Diego Union Tribune – Sep 22, 2007
The new rules will immediately affect everyone from restaurant patrons to residents with yards. Water managers across the region are watching how the compulsory and optional efforts play out as they plan their own strategies. Opinions are split about whether it's premature to start putting mandates in place, as they were during the last major drought in the early 1990s. “Once you start the panic.
‘Sanitation is an institutional orphan’
Pakistan Dawn – Sep 22, 2007
But we do find brave politicians who are willing to break through the taboo and talk about it. Sanitation is also an institutional orphan, in the sense that the agency or ministry that is responsible for water supply in a country is not necessarily the agency that is responsible for sanitation. So there will be a ministry of water, for instance, that is responsible for water resources and water supply. But then sanitation will be buried in the ministry of health. The ministry of health would be much more interested in curing a disease than in sanitation, which is sort of poorly resourced, and an embarrassing topic. So we do a lot of work to raise the profile of sanitation within health ministries. Q What are the consequences of lack of sanitation among children?A The thing that were most worried about is diarrheal diseases.