Protest brewing against TN project to dam river
The 'Action Group against Panidar-Punnappuzha Project' has decided to launch an agitation against the Pandiyar-Punnappuzha multi-purpose river project of the Tamil Nadu Government, which is coming up at Gudalur close to the State border. According to the forum, the project would deplete the water flow in Cheliyar and deny drinking …
- Haroa canal widening project dropped
The irrigaiton department has abandoned its 20-year project to widen the Haroa canal, which carries the bulk of the city's sewage, because of problems in acquiring land on either bank.
A dam is caught in tragedy of errors
You could call this the height of error. One of the largest hydro-electric projects of the country is stuck in the last four years because Government agencies made crucial errors while calculating the height of the dam. When building a power plant, a few question the figures offered by an …
Action plan for Trans-Yamuna colonies put on backburner
Four years ago, the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Undertaking had submitted an action plan with the Trans-Yamuna Area Development Board, to rationalise the water supply system in the area. However, so far, not much progrsss has been made.
Scientists told to gear up to face water crisis
The Assam Irrigation Minister, Mr. Abdul Muhib Majumdar, has exhorted scientists and technocrats to prepare themselves to face a water crisis in the country in the years to come. Addresssing the 13th Water Resources Day seminar at Guwahati, Mr. Majumdar said according to a United Nations report, India would face …
Water, water - nowhere in Guwahati city?
Even as the city is situated in an ideal location with the mighty Brahmaputra flowing by it and an enviable reservoir of ground water beneath it, Guwahati, the lone B-2 city of the NE Region and the capital of Assam is today not in a position to supply its over …
Water in city potable
Board: Delhi water Board (DWB), which supplies water to the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) area, on Friday clarified that the cholrine content in water is enough to be used for drinking purposes. Reacting to news item in a section of the Press, which has stated that drinking water supplied …
2 projects taken up to ensure optimal use of Ganges water
The government has taken up two priority projects, Gorai River Excavation and updating pre-feasibility studies of the Ganges Barrage - to ensure optimal use of the Ganges water and save 40 million people of the country's south-easten region from severe environmental degradation caused by the desertification.
Kerala greens oppose TN river basin project
Environmental groups in Kerala are planning to launch a struggle against the Pandiyar-Punnappuzha multi-purpose water project in Tamil Nadu, protesting that the plan would dry up the Chaliyar river in Kerala. The Malappuram district panchayat committee has already passed a resolution against the project and the Kerala Government has reportedly …
Gowda in a bind over Upper Krishna project case
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has been put in a tight spot following a Karantaka House panel recommendation for the CBI to probe charges of irregularities in the Upper Krishna Project. The estimates committee of the legislature headed by Vajianath Patil, submitted the report.
- Tanker drivers quench their thrist before anybody else's
In the middle of a water crisis, it is one world which promises succour--tanker. But very often, the promise fails to translate into reality. For, much as the Delhi Jal Board may choose to think other otherwise, water tankers quite regularly fail to reach the due destination--a water-starved colony. Water …
Water resource in N.E. not being tapped
A seminar on "Five Decades of Water Resources Development of India", held in Guwahati today in connection with the 13th Water Resource Day, once again highlighted the fact that despite being endowed with rich water resource, the North-eastern region presents the paradoxical situation of poverty in the midst of plenty …
Safe drinking water for all by end of Ninth Plan
The government proposes to provide safe drinking water in adequate quantity to each rural habitation in the country by the end of Ninth Plan in a major initiative under the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme. Official sources said here on Thursday the initiative will also cover quality of drinking water …
Tribal method may help purify ground water
The seeds of the forest tree strychnos potatorum used by the tribals of Andhra Pradesh for purifying water may hold the key to remove arsenic in the ground water of West Bengal and Bangladesh, scientists claim. A substance isolated from the seeds has proved to be efficient in removing arsenic, …
Cracks in Chashma structure
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed panel of experts to find out the causes of cracks in the edifice and redesign the Rs. 13.6 billion Chashma Hydro-power project, it is learnt.Serious cracks have developed in the structure of under-construction hydro power project because of this work on the project …
Selangor goes underground for water
Selangor has, for the first time, gone underground in itssearch for water. A company _ Pangkal Tulin Sdn Bhd _ has been appointed by the stategovernment to look ground water. It has started digging 40m into the ground at a site in Olak Lempit, Kuala Langat. The move is expected …
Delhi govt. to sell bottled water
The newly formed Delhi Water Board plans to distribute its own brand of market water in the capital within the next three months. The chief minister of Delhi, Mr. Sahib Singh Verma, who is also the chairman of the water board, while announcing the government's decision said that the water …
- 'Crack' in Tehri dam causes alarm
Reports that a part of the land adjoining the Tehri Dam area is sinking gradually and that a 50-meter-long crack has appeared near the coffer dam site have once again brought to the fore the question whether construciton of the 2,400 MW dam is fraught with danger. The crack, according …
Jal Board steps for providing adequate supply
The Delhi Chief Minister, Mr. Sahib Singh Verma, said today that the newly-constituted Delhi Jal Board had initiated several steps to provide adequate drinking water to the people during the summer months. He said the Board will supply bottled water in the market within the next three months which would …
