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 Muzaffargarh canal which had been closed for farmers for the last six months, is supplying water to the lands of bureaucrats and former military officials. This canal irrigates 0.8 million acre land, but it had been closed in Rabi season owing to construction of its banks and stone ditching …
Water crisis has turned acute in the Rajshahi city due to frequent power outages and sharp decline in the groundwater level, causing immense sufferings to the city residents. The Rahjshahi City Corporation is now producing only 106 lakh gallons of water against the demand for 226 lakh gallons, according to …
The Minister for Water and Power, Pervez Ashraf, on Wednesday refused to follow Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's directive on 'free of cost' provision of energy saver bulbs to consumers. Prime Minister Gilani in his first speech in the National Assembly had announced that 10 million energy savers would be …
The groundwater level in Dhaka is dipping because of a massive extraction of water from underground, according to a recent study. Experts said that the groundwater level was declining by up to three metres every year, posing a threat of landslide. According to a report,
City dwellers are facing acute water crisis as the Sylhet City Corporation can supply only 21 lakh litres of water per day against the demand of more than 65 lakh litres. Apart from technical faults, frequent load-shedding and low-voltage also seriously hamper the utility service in the city, sources in …
Minister for Public Health Engineering Choudhary Chandrabhan Singh has instructed the officers concerned to ensure availability of spare parts required for repair of hand pumps to proper drinking water supply during the summer season. He directed that the hand pump technicians should be assigned works with spare parts and vehicles. …
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will outsource the testing of borewells in the City to a private agency. Tenders have been called for the work, which is expected to begin in a fortnight, BWSSB chairperson G Latha Krishna Rao told Deccan Herald. "We have a laboratory, but …
A dietary survey was carried out during summer and winter seasons on 20-40 years old subjects i.e. 23 and 49 women from sewage and tube well irrigated areas, respectively around Ludhiana city (Punjab, India). Raw food samples from both the areas were analyzed for various minerals. Mineral intake by individual …
THE taps are beginning to run dry in the Capital, although summer's scarcely begun. It's symbolic of a deep-seated problem in the water sector. The plain fact is that India needs a lot more water infrastructure. As the finance minister P Chidambaram noted in his Budget speech last month, "massive …
Crop cultivation on 8,000 acres of land are hampering due to lack of irrigation as power lines of 130 deep tube wells remained disconnected at different parts in Baghmara upazila. Thousands of farmers have become unnerved with their crops for want of irrigation water. Local farmers have already submitted written …
The underground water table of Dhaka can be recharged easily during the rainy season by artificially infiltrating water through the topsoil layer of ground into the sub-soil reservoirs, local geologists said. Hydrologists in many countries experiencing rapid depletion of underground water table apply artificial methods to keep their water table …
The people in different areas of the Rajshahi city have been suffering from acute scarcity of supply water for the last one week. The Rajshahi City Corporation cannot provide adequate supply of water to most of the city areas causing immense sufferings to the people, locals said. The areas severely …
The government has moved a proposal seeking central assistance for introducing Tube Well irrigation in Kandi areas of the state. Minister for Rural Development Mula Ram said this here today while addressing a series of public meetings at his home constituency Raipar-Domana. Mula Ram said that once the proposal gets …
The crops of wheat and sunflower have been severely damaged due to the shortage of water in the canals. Most of the canals in southern Punjab are closed nowadays. Farmers are facing lot of difficulty due to this situation. The production is also expected to be low due to this …
L&T; takes its nation-building philosophy quite literally. FOR A COMPANY THAT'S BUILT SOME OF INDIA'S TALLEST STRUCTURES, LONGEST flyovers and largest industrial projects, you can't be blamed for assuming that CSR is just a tiny blip on its extensive, all-encompassing radar. It isn't. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Larsen & …
Punjab government has failed to provide any data on depleting water table in the province despite the fact that its media campaign on the issue has disturbed the central government. Sources told Business Recorder that Punjab government had recently launched an advertisement campaign in which it informed the public that …
Water scarcity is increasing day by day in Chittaurgarh district. Groundwater level is falling at a high rate. 12 percent of the hand-pumps have been completely dried out.
The Haryana's Command Area Development Authority (CADA) has decided to implement a scheme to improve the water table in those areas of the state, where it has been depleting continuously. Stating this here today, an official spokesman said that the scheme has already been implemented in Sirsa district as a …
For Rs 1.9 crore, three deep tubewells and a distribution network were set up in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. Six years on, these wells supply arsenic-laced water to 14000 villagers.
In order to assess the border situation after the return of migrants to their homes from the make shift camps at various places, Speaker Tara Chand conducted an extensive tour of entire border of Chhamb sector in the accompany of whole district administration today. During the tour, Speaker made on …
