National Institute of Urban Affairs
National Institute of Urban Affairs
Best practices on flood resilience from Indian and global cities
Posted on 21 Dec, 2022 02:20 PMUrbanization in India has led to 31% of its total population residing in cities and urban areas contributing to 63% of the national GDP in 2011.
Jaipur’s wastewater conundrum
Posted on 21 Nov, 2019 12:29 PMA major area of concern currently for India is the proper disposal of wastewater in urban areas. The huge increase in supply of potable water to cater to the needs of modern urban households has correspondingly increased the quantum of wastewater.
Status of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management in urban areas – A research study by CPHEEO (2005)
Posted on 11 Nov, 2010 10:16 PMThis study by the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO) assesses the status of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management in selected 300 cities and towns of India including all metropolitan cities and selected Class I and Class II urban centres. It estimates the requirement of funds for full coverage of population by these services in the urban areas of the country from 1999 to 2022 (at five yearly intervals). Overall, the study confirms the normal notion that the metropolitan cities are better provided for than the other size class of urban centres.