Report on behalf of Government of NCT of Delhi through Delhi Jal Board in compliance of NGT order dated December 22, 2023. The matter related to a news report (Hindustan Times, November 30, 2023) on arsenic present in groundwater in 25 states and fluoride in 27 states. Fluoride have been …
The Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Mana-gement Board (KVWSMB) has swung into action to control the illegal extraction of ground water in the Valley. A committee formed by the Board on Wednesday monitored six places where underground water was extracted above 100 metres from the ground level without holding a licence …
After a series of reports by TOI on the need to protect the ecofragile Mangar area and adjoining forests in the Aravalis in Faridabad, the district administration has sent a detailed report to the state headquarters seeking the conservation of these areas. Deputy commissioner Rakesh Gupta told TOI that the …
JAMMU, NOV 24: The minister for revenue, relief and rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla, today dedicated 5000 gallon discharge capacity deep drill tube well to the inhabitants of Guru Arjun Dev Singh Nagar (Kashmiri Basti) in Lower Belicharana. The construction work of tube well including laying of water supply pipes have been …
JAMMU: To provide road connectivity to Greater Kailash, Lower Chowadi, Ratnu Chak, Kalu Chak, Jallo Chak and its adjoining areas, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today inaugurated 21.40 meter span vented causeway including approach road to Police Station at Greater Kailash. Both the projects have been completed …
Has installed 90 tube-wells supplying water for about 25 lakh people in the Palla floodplains Mandated to carry out the task of supplying water to the burgeoning city, the Delhi Jal Board has now decided to join the ongoing campaign to protect the floodplains which are an important groundwater recharge …
JAMMU: For providing adequate drinking water facilities to Dharp and Dharp Kothey SC basti Government has earmarked ` 1.49 crore for digging of 10000 gallon discharge capacity deep drill tube well, 30000 gallon storage capacity Over Head Tank. This was stated by the Minister for Revenue, Raman Bhalla while addressing …
Farmer leaders protesting against the forceful land acquisition in Gobindpura were today shown alternative land at six different places in two adjoining villages. The land was shown by a team comprising Paramjit Singh Grewal, DIG, Bathinda range, and Ravinder Singh, Mansa deputy commissioner, besides officials of the agriculture and revenue …
Already struggling to meet demand, PSPCL will have to arrange 200-MW extra electricity Patiala: With the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) giving its nod for the release of 75,000 tubewell connections for the year 2011-12, the power requirement in the state would go up by 200 MW and approximately …
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government today enhanced the subsidy on drip and sprinkling irrigation from 75 per cent to 85 per cent for small and marginalised farmers. The state government has also decided to provide over 1,000 priority tube well connections to farmers engaged in this kind of irrigation. According to …
While the New Lake in Sector 42 is filled up using water from tubewells, the rainwater is being allowed to go down the drain. The UT Administration has made no provision for using rain water to fill the lake. The New Lake, inaugurated in 2008 by the then UT Administrator …
Under the national sanitationproject, a plan has been taken to construct 4,60,000 sanitary latrines acrossthe country as part of the government initiatives to achieve 100 per centsanitation by 2013. This was disclosed on Wednesdayat a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of LGRDand Cooperatives that was held …
Installation of hand pumps in villages will no longer be encouraged by the Centre as borewell water contains substances like arsenic which are a health hazard. Stating that central government will now fund only pipe water supply schemes, rural development minister Mr Jairam Ramesh today batted for a “paradigm shift” …
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) claims that the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has repaired only 11 out of the 95 water pipelines, which were found to be leaking, in the last six months. In a letter to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the civic agency has highlighted …
Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Medical Relief and Public Health Committee chairman V.K. Monga has written to National Human Rights Commission chairman K.G .Balakrishnan requesting him to fix responsibility for “unchecked” contaminated water supply by the Delhi Jal Board despite repeated reminders by the civic body. “In the letter, the NHRC's …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to appoint 314 junior engineers under the Rural Development Department, one each in 314 blocks of the State, to monitor the provision of drinking water. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a proposal of the Department in this regard on Tuesday. The junior engineers will …
At a time when the whole world is looking for techniques to conserve water, Punjab farmers, in their own way, have started taking steps to ensure that not a single drop of water is wasted when irrigating their farms. In a state that swears by agriculture, more than 15,000 farmers …
JAIPUR: The new Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill 2011 might pose fresh roadblocks for the ring road project. As the state government has not taken possession of the acquired land for the 47-km proposed road project, the Ring Road Sangarsh Samiti leaders is all set to organise camps …
Ranchi, Sept. 11: The sun will help supply safe drinking water in Jharkhand’s hinterland from November this year, as the state government hopes to kick-start its ambitious project of solar-powered hand pumps. An initiative of the state drinking water and sanitation department under the Centre’s National Rural Drinking Water Programme, …
Works to the tune of Rs. 13 crore are under various stages of completion, says Agriculture Minister The World Bank-assisted Hydrology Project-II aimed at improving groundwater situation in the Union Territory will be completed during 2011-12, Agriculture Minister M. Chandrakasu informed the Assembly on Friday. Replying to a calling attention …
JAMMU: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla on Wednesday laid foundation of deep drill 438900 gallon per day discharge capacity tube well at Sector No. 14 in Nanak Nagar area, coming up at an estimated cost of Rs. 1.20 crore under Water Supply Scheme Nanak Nagar. The project …
