UNDP team to visit Idukki to evaluate hydel projects
A team of UNDP officials is expected to visit Kerala's Idukki district to explore the posibilities of extending 100 per cent grant to mini and micro hyel projects in the district on the similar lines the United Nations agency is financing such projects in the North-Eastern States.
Cess on water issue referred back to panel
The Centre has decided to refer back the matter regarding cess on water used by hydro-electric power generating units under the water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1997, to the Standing Committee of Parliament.A decision to this effect was conveyed to the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. P.K. …
Cauvery talks draw a blank
An arduous exercise by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to arrive at an amicable solution to the Cauvery waters dispute, in consultation with Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry and Kerala, drew a blank here on Thursday.
ADB assistance for drinking water
The Asian Development Bank approved a technical assistance grant to assist the Nepal government to design a small towns water supply and sanitation project for possible ADB financing. The technical assistance, valued at $600,000 aims at establishing a water supply and sanitation sector plan and five-year investment programmes for small …
Rani Tal
A threatened wetland : The drying up of Rani Tal in Nepal including the three man-made ponds elsewhere in the Shuklaphanta area has forced the wild animals such as swamp deer, spotted deer and tiger to cross the southern border and plunge into the Mahakali River. Threat to the wetland …
National meet on groundwater from today
The national convention of regional directors of Central Ground water Board will get under way in the State capital from Thursday. The venue of the event is Narmada Bhawan where ground-water experts from all over the country are arriving. A press release issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on …
Karnataka, UK firm tie up for water project
Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Anglian Water Intenational of UK for a joint venture with private sector participation to provide drinking water and sewage services in the state, except Bangalore.
Rain water harvesting
The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has adopted the technology to harvest rain water under the urban forestry programme by planting trees across the slopes to prevent run-off loss of rain water. The HUDA would also insist on house and apartment owners to adopt the technology by digging re-chargeable pits …
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 …
