Kuala Lumpur's taps tapped out
Months of rationing by local water authorities in Kuala Lumpur-made necessary by a dry 1997 and dangerously low reservoirs are taking an increasingly heavy toll on the citizens. Ecologists say the poor planning of the region's water supply infrastructure has deepened a crisis originally brought on by the relatively dry …
Concern over poor quality water
A four-day national seminar-cum-biennial worksop on 'Strategies for Management of Poor Quality water' was held at the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal.
Probe ordered against Teesta project officials
An inquiry has been initiated against at least 20 senior officials of the Irrigation Department for alleged involvement in irregularities detected in the multi-crore Teesta Barrage project in North Bengal.
DDA blamed for deaths by contaminated water
Even as the Delhi Government ordered an enquiry into the deaths, allegedly after drinking contaminated water, at a camp in Kakrola Village in West Delhi over the past one week, the Chief Minister said today that only six deaths had been reported and the contract for supplying water to the …
Draining the Murray dry
The president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Mr Peter Garrett, has accused the Federal Government of siphoning off $12million earmarked for the environment to repair a dam on the Murray River.Mr Garrett, who was visiting the Murray's mouth in South Australia yesterday, said the river was in danger because of …
Suit filed in Sydney over water pollution
A group of hotels, convenience stores and dentists launched a class action lawsuit on Wednesday against Sydney Water over the city's recent water contamination scare.
Sarapadi project
protestors adopt 'wait & watch' policy: Even though the Government has announced that it would carry out a re-survey of the region ear-marked for the dam across the Nethravathi river and for the hydel power project at Sarapadi in Dakshina Kannada, anti-dam protestors have now adopted a 'wait and watch' …
Contaminated water claims 7 lives
With the death of three-year-old Deepa on Wednesday, the toll from alleged supply of contaminated water to the Bharat Vihar Jhuggi cluster, near Kakrola village in west Delhi, rose to seven. All the victims were children, between nine months and six years of age. The deaths occurred over the past …
Patel for settling Cauvery issue by mutual consent
Karnataka on Wednesday made it clear that provisions in the Central draft and modified schemes for implementation of interim award of the Cauvery tribunal was "totally unacceptable" and calld on Tamil Nadu to "stop politicising" the issue and agree to solve it through mutual consent and cooperation.
Water supply in Karachi may worsen
Minister of State for Water and Power Capt (retd) Halim Siddiqi expressed apprehensions that the water supply situation to many parts of Karachi would aggravate if the Sindh government did not make alternative arrangements to provide water to the affected areas after the stoppage of normal water supply from Hub …
Gujarat bans visit of 'anti-dam' body
The controversy over the visit of the World Commission on Dams took an ugly turn on Thursday with the commission expressing its desire to go to the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river and the Gujarat Governemnt virtualy imposing a ban on the entry of any of its members …
Dutch aid for dredging of Gorai
Bangladesh and the Netherlands have signed an agreement on the dredging of the river Gorai. The dredging is expected to begin from next month.
Contaminated water kills 175 tribals in Chhindwara
The tall claims of Digvijay Singh Government about the welfare measures of tribals turn hollow as it failed even to provide pure safe"drinking water", which claimed the lives of 175 people, belonging to Scheduled Tribe during the last one month in Chhindwara district. This was alleged by the State BJP …
End in sight to marathon dam protest
Villagers affected by the Rasi Salai Dam project yesterday agreed to end their five-month-long protest after the Science Ministry pledged to verify their compensation claims in 45 days. The agreement followed Deputy Science and Technology Minister Pornthep Techapaibul's promise to the villagers their claims would be verified based on aerial …
MCD's claim on cholera cases is motivated
Jal Board : The Delhi Jal Board is quite unhappy with the municipal corporaiton's claim of a 40 per cent increase in the number of cholera cases this year in the Capital--officials smell a conspiracy by the MCD to get back charge of water distribution, handled by the recently-formed Board. …
Malaysia water crisis leaves rich, poor high and dry
For nearly 2,000 people in this low-income housing project, going eight days without water simply confirmed their belief that Malaysian officials had forgotten them.As nearly 2 million people in the capital and its suburbs head into their sixth month of strict water rationing, few residents rich or poor go untouched.Legends …
Little headway at meet on Cauvery
The meeting of the Chief Secretaries of the basin States convened by the Union Cabinet Secretary, Mr Prabhat Kumar, here today to discuss the draft scheme for implementation of the interim award of the Cauvery water Disputes Tribunal, appeared to have made little headway, with each State sticking to its …
CAG report indicts Rajasthan Government
The Rajasthan Governemnt has failed to implement the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, launched in 1991 to provide sustainable safe drinking water to villagers and create awareness among the rural people about the hazards of using unsafe water.The State Government did not release matching contribution of Rs. 42.16 crores …
Pooyamkutty hydel project's fate hangs in the balance
Seven years after th 240 MW Pooyamkutty Hydel Power Project first came to the Ministry of Environment and Forests for clearance, it's fate still hangs in the balance. While Minister of State in the Environment Ministry Babu Lal Marandi, informed the Lok Sabha on July 27, that the project had …
