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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicSewage treatment plants

Topic: Sewage treatment plants

Four projects completed under Namami Gange Mission 2.0

ThePrint Team -
The Namami Gange Mission 2.0 is a significant step towards the rejuvenation of the Ganga river.

Delhi police files FIR against unidentified man in Keshopur borewell death case

ANI -
The case has been registered under IPC Section 304(A), death by negligence, at Vikaspuri police station after the victim's body was recovered around 3 pm Sunday.

A Bengaluru group is knee-deep in wastewater—looking for secrets on future diseases

+TFP Sandhya Ramesh -
Ecologist Farah Ishtiaq and her team are tracking viruses and diseases through Bangalore's underbelly. Their wastewater-based epidemiology project is catching attention.

Mumbai set to have network of 7 key sewage treatment plants. Why it took almost 20 yrs

Purva Chitnis -
PM Modi will Thursday perform bhoomi poojans for the 7 plants to be set up by BMC at an estimated cost of Rs 26,000 cr. The project is expected to be completed in 4-6 years.

Urine from your toilet can be recycled in this simple way

Prithvi Simha -
Recycling urine collected from toilets can make a big difference to local food security and environment.

Delhi to Vijayawada, India has started dumping Covid-19 infected waste in public places

Akhileshwari Reddy -
India was already unable to treat 600 tonnes of biomedical waste it produced every day. Then Covid happened.

Deadline to clean Ganga is next year but less than 30% of sewerage infra is ready

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Of the 150 sewage treatment plants sanctioned under Namami Gange, only 42 have been completed as on 31 May, shows Ministry of Jal Shakti data.

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Opinion

SC’s stray dog order fails Delhi. Courtroom absolutes don’t solve bad policy

Amana Begam -
What’s needed now is a policy-based solution. The situation cannot remain suspended between denial and inaction—it has already cost lives and money.

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

India’s land acquisition disputes have a way out. Both Japan and Gujarat have used it

Economy

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Akanksha Mishra -
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Defence

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

Javaria Rana -
This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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