In half the 1,383 cities/towns that responded to the survey, stormwater drainage coverage was below 50%; in 1,142, it was below 75%. And the man-made alternative, stormwater drains along roads, faces major deficits in urban locations. One of these was stormwater drainage. A total of 1,383 urban local bodies (ULBs) responded, of which 104 were municipal corporations/nagar nigams in large cities. Source: Ministry of urban development report titled ‘Service levels in urban water and sanitation sector’ for 2010-11howindialives.com is a search engine for public data.

Source: Mint August 02, 2016 19:21 UTC