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Treatment plant to be refurbished
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Now that the water treatment plant constructed under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) scheme is officially up and running, the contrast between the modern manner in which treatment of water takes place at this plant
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Working Groups on Drinking Water and Sanitation
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The Department of Drinking Water Supply under the Ministry of Rural Development has constituted two Working Groups one each on Drinking Water and Sanitation to develop the strategic plan of the Department
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Residents complain of water contamination
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Residents of Lakshmeshwar area in Ankola town protested on Sunday against the mixing of drainage water with drinking water in the area. They demanded immediate repair of the drainage pipes.
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North Goa to get more water from May 25: Churchill
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Augmentation of the Assonora water treatment plant by 20 million litres daily will help solve the water scarcity of 15 mld in North Goa, public works department (PWD) minister Churchill Alemao said on Friday.
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Overflowing tanks: VK puts lid
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Residents of Vasant Kunj and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) will launch a unique initiative on Saturday to stop wastage of water.
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State blamed for drinking water crisis
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Orissa Jalasurakhya Janamanch on Tuesday held the State Government responsible for the severe drinking water crisis facing the people in many regions of the State in the recent months.
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Civic helpline flooded with water-related complaints
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water crisis, the phone in the civic control room hasn’t stopped ringing with disgruntled citizens calling to register water-related complaints.
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Power crisis adds to water woes in Capital
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At a time when the State is witnessing the hottest April in several decades, perhaps the worst power crisis is posing hurdles in the sporadic water supply system in the capital city.
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Water crisis grips Tripura
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Tripura Government has begun supplying drinking water in tankers and trucks to several areas with an acute water crisis gripping the State due to the drying up of water sources.
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UKD protests against supply of contaminated water
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Irked over the supply of contaminated water to majority of the areas in Dehradun, activists of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal staged a protest on Thursday.
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Districts face severe scarcity of potable water
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With the advent of summer in the State, 13 districts are facing water scarcity. Hilly terrains of the State are worst affected as majority of work for laying pipelines has not been completed yet.
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BMC hikes water cess to Rs 180 per month
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Water cess in the State capital has been increased from the existing Rs 60 to Rs 180 per month. The proposal in this regard was passed in the general council meet of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) held here on Tuesday.
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Acute water crisis looms large over Berhampur
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Water supply through tankers to different areas of the city has started indicating accute water scarcity in the coming days during this summer.
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CM okays hike in tanker cost
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The cost of water supplied through tan-kers will go up by Rs 75 from April 1. The cost of each 5,000-litre tanker will go up from Rs 250 at present to Rs 325.
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Third drinking water project demanded
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The general secretary of the Ganjam Zilla Vikas Manch, Abani Kumar Gaya wrote a letter in blood to the Chief Minister on Friday demanding measures to alleviate perennial drinking water crisis in the city.
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24x7 water supply scheme to be extended
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The State Government has decided to extend the 24x7 water supply scheme from a few select wards to entire city corporations of Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Gulbarga.
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Water tankers to go off roads from March 31
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The State Motor Transport Operators Association has decided to withdraw its water tanker services from March 31 protesting the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board's failure in resolving the long pending demands.
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Water Board seeks hike in water tariff
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In a bid to earn more revenues, the Water Board has proposed a hike in the water tariff.
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Delhi water table falling by 2m/yr
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The alarm bells are ringing right below our feet. Delhi and portions of Rajasthan falling in the National Capital Region (NCR) extract almost double the amount of groundwater than is recharged every year.
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Steps for water management during floods
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For flood prone States like Assam, preserving the quality of drinking water is a major cause of concern during the high floods as most of the sources go under water and sometimes even washed away.
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This summer season too, priority will be given to water
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Come summer, water and its availability gains priority among city residents.
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Drinking water supply disrupted in Thiruvananthapuram
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Authorities have informed that drinking water supply will be disrupted from 10 pm Monday night at Thiruvananthapuram. The disruption is due to the installation of pipe for completing the drinking water project of Japan.
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Orissa to implement 21 big drinking water projects
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To overcome pure drinking water crisis in many parts of Orissa in the coming summer, the state government today decided to implement 21 big projects with an investment of Rs 271 crore.
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Drinking water crisis in city
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Lack of rainfall and non-completion of the government schemes to supply water in the hilly areas of Guwahati and the city fringes, have left people worrying about the shortage of water, which would be actue in the coming months.
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Drinking water supply affected due to lack of coordination
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An innocuous mistake in failing to 'effectively' coordinate with the National Highways Authority of India officials by the Virudhunagar municipal officials has affected drinking water supply to the local body for months together.
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