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NAGPUR: At a time when Nagpur Municipal Corporation launched an intense drive to rejuvenate Nag River, it's lack of concern of leaky water system of city seems paradoxical. Just like it was near Sitabuldi flyover, thousands of litres of potable water is going waste every day due to a leak in a major pipeline at Raj Bhavan's rear gate near Seminary Hills. Despite many complaints from citizens and the water works department (WWD) being aware of the leak over years, officials did not initiate measures to plug the leak. A vigilant citizen, requesting anonymity, brought this leak to the notice of TOI. He claimed WWD officials knew about this colossal waste since long. "Despite several reminders, officials do not seem keen to repair the leak," he said. People residing in the nearby locality claimed, "There is a virtual stream running near the Raj Bhavan compound due to the water leakage. We went to Mangalwari zone office to register a complaint several times. Every

HYDERABAD: With only four days left for the mega biodiversity meet, host city Hyderabad is still far from pretty, the multi-crore beauty treatment notwithstanding. And painting the ugliest picture is the official venue for CoP-11, Hitex-HICC which is thick with dug-up stretches, broken road dividers, withering saplings, heaps of felled branches and a stinking water body. The unfinished parking lot and helipad, exclusively being re-done for the dignitaries, on Wednesday appeared more like a construction site sitting in the middle of a swamp. Most of the previously planted saplings in and around the venue are on their death bed and being hurriedly replaced with marigolds and other seasonal flowers which, however, have so far failed to uplift the look of the venue, instead only adding to the clutter and chaos. Government-appointed contractors working at the site said that they were confident that they would succeed in fixing every gap in the remaining two-three days to pre