Water Treatment Plants are Shut in New Delhi

As Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal put it, the city is facing an 'unprecedented water crisis'. 60 per cent of Delhi's water supply has been hit due to Jat quota protest in Haryana, which has led to disruption of water supply from the Munak Canal. This has caused closure of seven out of nine waste water treatment plants in the national capital.

Left with no option, the Delhi government has started rationing water and announced that all government schools will remain closed on Monday. On Sunday, water reservoirs in Delhi ran out of stock as treatment plants were shut down due to unavailability of water from Munak canal.

On Sunday, several parts Delhi faced water problems. Residents had to call up private tankers.

The government has now asked Delhiites to be prepared for the next few days and conserve water. "No water is available now. If something is not done right away, Delhi will face an unmanageable crisis," Deputy Chief minister Manish Sisodia said, adding he has directed all schools to be closed on Monday due to water crisis DJB said their teams have managed to supply water in small quantities to most areas on Sunday evening. It will try to do so on Monday morning as well, but if the problem persists the city will face an unprecedented crisis.

So water and waste water treatment plants are very necessary for day today life we all know. It's a matter of caring for our environment and for our own health. There are a lot of good reasons also like Fisheries, Wildlife Habitats and etc why keeping our water clean is an important priority. If wastewater is not properly treated, or waste water treatment plants are shut then the environment and human health can be negatively impacted.

Water Treatment Plant to be Set Up

SHIMLA: Chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of water treatment plant at Lambloo that would cater to 43 villages of the area. The plant will come up at a cost of Rs 1.54 crore.

The chief minister also laid the foundation stones of drinking water supply scheme at Jhaniara and a shelter home for the homeless at Hamirpur. Taking a dig at former chief minister and BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal, Virbhadra alleged that Dhumals, in connivance with a Union leader were hatching a conspiracy against him and trying to implicate him in false cases. tnn

He also raised the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) controversy saying that the land lease was not a big issue, but the error occurred when the HPCA was converted into a company instead of registering the same under the cooperative Act.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Air Pollution Raises Risk of Death

Air pollution raises the risk of death for many decades after exposure, according to the longest-running study to date.

The analysis of 368,000 British people over 38 years also showed that those living in the most polluted places have a 14% higher risk of dying than those in the least polluted areas. Those exposed to particulate air pollution were more likely to die from respiratory problems, like pneumonia, emphysema and bronchitis, and also from cardiovascular problems, like heart attacks.

In Inadia Delhi, a city of 25 million people and nine million vehicles, routinely experiences fine particulate pollution above 300 micrograms per cubic metre; the EU’s legal limit is 25. According to New Delhi US Embassy Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) is 200 means totally Unhealthy.

A recent study in Nature found that more people 1.4 million people a year in China and 650,000 in India die from air pollution than malaria and HIV combined.

Clean air should be a global priority, and it is puzzling that it is not. Unlike, say, climate change, toxic air is identifiable by the layperson, indisputably of the here-and-now, and kills rich as well as poor, which should make it a seductive subject for problem-solving by politicians.

Perhaps air pollution hasn’t been solved because no one makes a fuss: scarier than the smog in Delhi, Kolkata and London is the stoicism of residents for whom bad air has become part of daily life. I suppose it’s understandable why they’re not taking to the streets.


Source: http://www.theguardian.com/environment

Set up Water Treatment Plant to Provide Subsidized Potable Water

Coimbatore: The city police department have set up a drinking water treatment plant to sell purified mineral water at subsidized a rate to police personnel. The water treatment plant was set up at the police recruitment school (PRS) campus at a cost of Rs 4.15 lakhs. Police personnel can fill a 20-litre water can for just Rs 5 from the plant.

Police sources said that as many as 500 city police personnel, 150 rural police personnel and 50 armed reserve police personnel are residing along with their families at the police quarters located in the PRS campus. The police quarters were maintained by the armed reserve police officials. The 700 families were facing shortage of drinking water and were buying mineral water can from private companies, which sold a 20ltr can for about Rs35 -40.

So the police department set up the plant to supply clean mineral water to police families at a subsidized rate. On Wednesday, director general of police Ashok Kumar inaugurated the plant. "Now police families can avail treated mineral water at subsidised rates," said city police commissioner A Amalraj.

Sources added that the plant was drawing water from bore wells and treating it. "The water is treated through reverse osmosis and ozonated also. A one litre bottle of mineral water will be sold for Rs7 and 300ml bottle for Rs4. The sticker on the water bottle will display the Coimbatore city police icon and will be circulated only within the PRS campus. It won't be sold at other places," said Amalraj.

Two women police constable have been deployed in the water plant and the plant will daily operate from 7am to 7pm.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/