- Krishna Valley Corpn to irrigate 5 districts in Maharashtra
The Maharashtra Government's ambitious Krishna Valley Development Corporation project will irrigate five districts fully and two districts partially. The drought-prone districts of Ahmednagar and Osmanabad will have the satisfaction of some of their parts being irrigated in this huge project.
- UP farmers tap river power
In Uttar Pradesh, better-off farmers have installed diesel or electric pumps to lift water from rivers and streams to irrigate their crops - but for most the cost of fuel is too high. Mangal Singh, a local farmer, has harnessed the natural flow of a river near his village to …
- Minister blames water board for crisis
Senior cabinet minister Narottam Patel has squarely blamed the Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board (GWSSb)-- the main official body respobsible for making potable water available in the state, except in Gandhinagar and six major cities controlled by municipal corporations-- for the acute water crisis, particularly in north Gujarat, Kutch …
- Court clears way to avoid flooding in Kharicut Canal
In a significant order, the division bench comprising Chief Justice K Sreedharan and Justice A R Dave of Gujarat High Court on Monday, while disposing of the Odhav Industries Association, observed that the respondents, including the state government, roads and building department, the irrigation department and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, shall …
Locals want answers on dam site land deals
Opponents of the Kaeng Sua Ten dam demanded an explanation of the irregular possession of land near the project site in Song district yesterday Taeng Intha, a protest leader, said about 730 rai in tambon Sa-iab was found to be owned by 65 people from other provinces without the knowledge …
- New board will manage water supply
The Delhi Water Board has been notified. Senior IAS officer Baleshwar Rai will take over as the chief executive officer of the newly-constituted board. And chief minister Sahib Singh Verma will be the chairman of the board.
- Uri hydroelectric project does NHPC proud
Rs 31,000-crore Uri hydroelectric power project in Jammu and Kashmir generated 2,100 million units of power by March 31 last, way above the targeted 1,500 million units fixed for the year 1997-98. Sources close to the National Hydroelectric Power Generation Corporation (NHPC) said that power generation could have been even …
- Govt consent on water harvesting may help end crisis
The first comprehensive proposal on harvesting rainwater in depressions and pits throughout the city has been given to the Delhi government. If implemented, it is said, it would help increase water availability considerably, catering fully to the city's requirments for 10 days every season-a total of 20 million cubic metres.
- Kerala villagers set up their own power project
In a country with a perennial power crunch, the people of a tiny mountain village in Kerala have taken a huge step towards meeting their own electricity needs by setting up a micro hydel power project.
- Scheme on regularising illegal water connections
Encouraged by the response to an earlier scheme on regulrisisng illegal connections, the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Undertaking has launched another scheme by which unauthorised connections may be legalised. The scheme, open for both domestic and nondomestic connections, came into effect on April 1 and will last six …
Tackling the water crisis
Ninety eight per cent of Dhaka'a water requirements are met from ground water but, due to the excessive dependance on tube wells, the groundwater level has been falling at an alarming rate. Experts have cautioned about the ecological and geological consquences of the depleting ground water for some time now …
Not just arsenic - other chemicals
Before we have been able to countermand the effects of excessive arsenic in the tubewell water, a new problem has arisen; not only are some people in parts of the country consuming arsenic contaminated water but they have also been consuming a number of toxic chemicals. In countries where the …
- Rs 15 crore drinking water scheme approved
A special scheme with the estimated cost of Rs 15 crores has been approved for Guna to solve the drinking water problems of the citizens, on the completion of which the town would be relieved of the problems.
Squeezing water from the sea
Improvements in a technique called reverse osmosis are gradually making desalination a practical technology. Even so, plugging holes in leaky mains might still be a better way to increase the water supply : a report.
New dam takes toll on livelihoods
The first major dam to be built in Laos in 20 years opens amid new environmental and commercial fears. The US$260 million Thuen Hinboun dam in central Laos will sell power to Thailand after being built with Norwegian and Asian Development Bank assistance in a consortium deal touted as a …
- Will SSP ever be given national project status?
While the Surpreme Court is still considering the applications of Madhya Pradesh government and the Narmada Bachao Andolan against the proposed height of Narmada's Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) from 81.3 to 110 meters, a demand for a new approach to the SSP has begun, albeit in hushes and whispers. With …
-Poor-quality water in Delhi since '90
CAG : Water supplied by the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Undertaking (DWS& SDU) to the Ntional Capital Territory of Delhi since 1990 has been reported to be dirty, turbid and foul smelling.
