The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Public Health, Engineering and Cooperative Minister Gaurishankar Bisen has said that it is a matter of concern that arrangements of clean drinking water are lacking in the rural areas even after 62 years of India
Drinking water crisis in Bangalore only seem to aggravate in the coming days. The City is getting 900 million litres of water per day (MLD) as against the demand for 1,125 MLD. Moreover, contractors are not coming forward to sink new borewells due to the new no-water-no-bill policy and the …
'Privatisation alone cannot solve the problems of water supply in Bangalore as the corporates are profit oriented and lack social conscience.With water being one of the most essential necessities for life, the poorer sections of the society would find it extremely difficult to cope,' said Dr Rajashekhara Murthy, a scientist …
Deep tubewells in Kandi districts will be installed soon to optimally use the groundwater and overcome the problem of potable water scarcity in the areas. This was stated by Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Taj Mohi-ud-Din in reply to clubbed questions by MLAs Mir Saifullah, Sajjad Kitchloo and …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to spend Rs 271 crore on rural water supply scheme to avert crisis during summer which will be dry and harsh, according to forecast. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the situation at a high-level meeting here where it was decided that 21 rural drinking …
The people of Chikkaballapur and Kolar districts are reeling under the scarcity of water. Without irrigation facility, the farmers of both the districts are facing a lot of hardships, said Chikkaballapur district BJP President N M Ravinarayana Reddy. Speaking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, the BJP leader said both the …
Rajasthan Governor Prabha Rau on Monday said the State Government was keen to solve the problems of the common people. She said it was giving top priority to augmenting resources for providing drinking water, electricity and health service. Delivering her address on the opening day of the Assembly Budget session, …
Deputy Commissioner N Prabhakar has asked the City Municipality to prepare a Rs 60-lakh action plan to address drinking water shortage in the City. The DC a surprise visit to the City Municipality on Tuesday following complaints by some councillors alleging that grievances put forth by them have not been …
ANANTAPUR, Feb. 14: There will be severe drinking water problem in the Anantapur city in the ensuing summer as water levels in the summer storage tanks and borewells have reduced to dead storage level. The city requires drinking water of 20 million litres per day of which the summer storage …
ONGOLE, Feb. 14: Scarcity of water problem has started in most areas of Prakasam district before the onset of summer. The district rural water supply (RWS) authorities are gearing up to tackle the situation by initiating a summer action plan. There are 196 recognised water ponds (Sagar canal), 124 non-recognised …
The Kolar Gold Fields is already gripped by water scarcity even before the onslaught of summer. Thanks to ineffecient supply of water to the town, the residents are feeling the heat of crisis. Summer is just a few weeks away and the citizens are already a worried lot. However, the …
Mohali: In a bid to augment the water supply position in the town in view of the coming summers, the Water Supply and Sanitation Wing has requested the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) to sink 10 tubewells in various parts of the town and also release funds for the …
NAGPUR: The district administration has geared up to tackle the drinking water crisis ahead of summer and will be spending Rs8.18 crores on it, official sources said today. A meeting chaired by district collector Praveen Darade today reviewed the situation in 916 villages falling in the district. Phasewise necessary steps …
In a first of its kind effort to encourage technology-driven development at the grassroots, the science-related departments of the government got together to inform the states about indigenous technologies currently available in the country and how they can be utilised to solve everyday problems. Seven scientific departments, including the Department …
PALAKKAD: The State Government should initiate urgent measures to solve the drinking water problem in Plachimada, said Gandhian and Kerala Sarvodaya Mandalam president M P Mathai. He was speaking after inaugurating the indefinite satyagraha undertaken by Coco Cola Virudha Samara Samithi chairman Velayodi Venugopal and vice-chairman Ramaswamy Moopan under the …
Sangeetha Samuel Like many wards in the City, now preparing for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections, the erstwhile Frazer Town, now renamed as Pulakeshinagar, is also plagued by acute water crisis. Alongside beautiful parks, old Gulmohar trees, Sepian Victorian houses, and broad roads, Pulakeshinagar also has to deal …
