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After the BWSSB was formed in the 1960s, programs were again implemented to expand the system to not sewer areas. The current sewer system utilizes stoneware pipes up to 300 millimetres (11.8 in) in diameter, and RCC pipes for the mains and outfalls up to 2,100 millimetres (82.7 in) in diameter. [12]
Cost recovery in rural areas is low and a majority of the rural water systems are defunct for lack of maintenance. Some state governments subsidise rural water systems, but funds are scarce and insufficient. [82] In rural areas in Punjab, operation and maintenance cost recovery is only about 20%. On one hand, expenditures are high due to high ...
By way of comparison, the 'Urban Green Guidelines, 2014' issued by the Government of India calculates the average green space for cities worldwide at 18.6% and Bangalore's area of green space at less than 5%. [57] Bangalore compares unfavourably with New Delhi, which has retained 20% of its urban area as public open space. It also demonstrates ...
Pages in category "Water management authorities in India" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Lady Curzon Hospital, now known as Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital was established in 1864 and named after the first Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon.. After Indian independence in 1947, the two municipalities of the cantonment and Bangalore town were united under the Bangalore Municipal Corporation Act LXIX (1949) to form a single municipality for the city – the Bangalore City Corporation ...
Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, formerly Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), is a state-owned public road transport corporation in the Indian city of Bangalore. It is wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka .
Monthly monitoring data is classified under pre-defined water quality criteria A-E. [106] In 2022, according to this data water in all the lakes in Bangalore were undrinkable with no lake falling under categories A-C. [107] Water hyacinth, and other macrophytes and phytoplankton, are bioindicators of certain characteristics of water quality.
The region comprising the Bangalore Urban and Rural districts is known as the Bangalore (region). The Government of Karnataka has carved out the new district of Ramanagara from the old Bangalore Rural district. In the 16th century, Kempe Gowda I constructed many lakes to meet Bangalore's water requirements.