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The unprecedented rain in Nepal during the last 72 hours had made the situation of Bihar flood more critical affecting 3000+ villages and around 65 lakh of population. The whole battalion of National Disaster Response Force has been set up for the expulsion of trapped people in the districts of Purnia, Muzaffarpur, East and West Champaran, Darbhanga, Kishanganj and Supaul. In Kishanganj district, 1.75 feet rainfall was recorded in the last 3 days due to the severe rainfall in Nepal and Himalayan region. Death toll reaches to 162 with about 374 huts fully damaged in the state. However, 185524 residents trapped were safely evacuated. The central government is also taking brief info about the situation with the state government and offering help as much as possible. Various issues like sanitary problems and drinking water supply has arouse due to the severe flood. In areas affected by flooding, there is a risk that contaminated flood water can enter drinking water pipes. There m

PANAJI: Potable water supplied through the Selaulim water treatment plant is safe for consumption with the manganese content within permissible limits, states the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) water quality report. The board conducted analyses from April to July, following complains. The analyses were carried out at the board's laboratory in Panaji and at the Margao-based Italab (Goa) Pvt Ltd, approved by the ministry of environment and forests. On Tuesday, GSPCB chairman Jose Manual Noronha told TOI that the manganese levels found were within WHO-specified limits for drinking water. While the content in April was 0.10 mg/litre, it was 0.05 mg/litre in May, 0.07 mg/litre in June and 0.04 mg/litre in July. The background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality notes that concentrations below 0.05 mg/litre are usually acceptable to consumers, although this may vary with local circumstances. GSPCB, meanwhile, has recommended that the governme

AHMEDABAD: Heard of any municipal corporation operating a mineral water bottling plant before? The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) now plans to set up a mineral water plant / water filtration plant near its Kotarpur sewage treatment facility that will treat water to high levels of purity and then bottle them in 200 ml and 1 litre bottles. The capital costs to be incurred in the project is estimated to be around Rs 1.3 crore, according to a note in the standing committee agenda. The note further states that the annual operation and maintenance of the plant is estimated to be around Rs 27 lakh. Also the bottling costs per month would be Rs 20 lakh. "We have been buying mineral water from various companies which puts a huge burden on us, so the plant would reduce the financial load," claims an AMC official. "The fact that the water will be sourced from the water treatment facility itself is a gleaming example of management of resources," claims the official. Of

GURGAON: The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is planning to provide canal water to builders for construction purposes. "The option of supplying canal water to builders is being worked out. The details and the procedure will be finalized soon," said Praveen Kumar, HUDA administrator. As per the tentative plan, builders will have to ferry canal water from Chandu Budhera water treatment plant (WTP) through water tankers. The canal water supply is likely to increase by the end of this month. Till the time builders are allowed to use canal water, they will have to take treated water from the sewage treatment plants (STPs) for construction. After the Punjab and Haryana high court ban on the use of underground water by builders in Gurgaon, the HUDA had decided to provide treated water for construction. According to an estimate, this is saving 2 lakh litres of underground water every day. The HUDA is also providing drinking water to thousands of workers at