IMPHAL, March 23

Howrah is set to face another dry summer with the municipal authorities not drawing up a plan to solve problems in the supply of surface water.

For several years, taps have been running dry in Howrah in summer forcing residents to queue up for hours for a bucket of water.

According to engineers of the Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC), the root of the problem lies in the pipe network.

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Ahmedabad: There is water for everyone to drink till 2021. This is according to an Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plan and might sound reassuring but, experts warn that we might run out of the precious resource if steps like metering water supply, controlling leakage in supply lines and so on are not taken.

KAMPUR, March 20

Curse of melting glaciers, shrinking rivers and growing deforestation

March 13: Water experts have warned that the hydro-logical cycle needs to be protected to prevent water shortage in the future.
Taking part in a seminar on "water use efficiency and water quality issues in Andhra Pradesh" organised by Central Ground Water Board here, the experts said water in the country was overexploited and the situation would turn grim by 2050.

UNITED NATIONS - The world needs to act urgently to avoid a global water crisis due to increased population, rising living standards, dietary changes and more biofuels production, the United Nations warned on Thursday.

The Chittagong Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has taken initiative to beat the persistent water crisis in the port city, reviving a foreign-financed project that have been shelved for the last eight years.

The other day, our editions in Tamil Nadu carried a small item of news from the northern district of Vellore, on the pleasure of water-rig operators at the profitable season ahead. The Celsius level has suddenly shot up there, the maximum touching almost 40 degrees already, and the water level, it appears, has sunk to below 800 ft in much of the district.

March 3: The city is likely to face severe water shortage as a result of the rapid growth in infrastructure, sources said.
"The utilisation of ground water has increased since the last four years. But, there has been no increase in the water table in the city," said Mr N. Srinivasu, the additional director of the ground water department.