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 …
Following steady rise in level at many dams THENI: In the wake of a steady rise in storage level in Vaigai and Periyar dams, farmers are hoping that the Public Works Department (PWD) would release water for irrigation of 2.19 lakh acres under Vaigai ayacut in five districts in the …
JAMALPUR, 15 SEPT: The Burdwan administration has ordered a probe into alleged siphoning off underground water reserve by a packaged drinking water unit here. Locals raided the unit on Monday demanding immediate stoppage of operation and a detailed probe against issuance of work permission. The private unit was bottling underground …
BALANGIR: Diarrhoea is spreading fast in Balangir district with 53 more cases being reported in the last two days taking the total to 132. The condition of seven persons is stated to be critical. With district health officials here unprepared, it is on the verge of taking the shape of …
Presentation by Sunita Narain, Director of Centre for Science and Environment at the Plenary session of World Water Week at Stockholm on September 6, 2010. Focuses on decentralized wastewater management and says that localisation is the key & calls for affordable and sustainable approaches to waste management. Presentation given by …
Kokrajhar, Sept. 2: Assam transport minister Chandan Brahma inaugurated the multicrore-rupee Balapara-Salbari flow irrigation scheme yesterday. Built at the cost of Rs 3.76 crore, the scheme at Balapara in Chriang district was initiated in 1988 but the work stated in 1991 only. After 1992, the work had stopped because of …
BHUBANESWAR: The Thirteenth Finance Commission has given a grant of over Rs 1,300 crore for operation and maintenance of the drinking water supply system in rural areas. Scarcity of drinking water in rural areas is becoming a major problem of the State as natural sources of water are drying up …
Gravity makes water run downhill, so people and communities living in mountainous areas often have more difficulties in accessing sufficient water. As this example from the Philippines shows, simple technologies can be a great help
The handbook seeks to serve as a quick reference for Gram Panchayats (GP) and Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSC) on how to plan, implement, operate, maintain and manage water supplies and to ensure their sustainability. The handbook is based on the National Rural Drinking Water Progam (NRDWP) guidelines. The …
Bhopal, Aug 25: The state government has decided in Sankalp 2010 to provide clean and adequate drinking water to every village under one thousand spot water supply schemes. In the first phase of this plan, the villages of all the 230 Assembly constituencies in the state have been included . …
Rajahmundry, Aug. 24: To ensure proper maintenance of sanitation and supply of chlorinated water, authorities in the Godavari districts are taking up a drive from August 30 to September 15. Following reports of an increasing number of cases of seasonal fevers, the state government issued directions to organise a drive. …
Sighting danger to the newly constructed water tank at Shirgao, residents of Shirgao-Bicholim have expressed anger over the mining work carried out in close proximity to the tank.
JAIPUR: Rajasthan is trying to reduce its water consumption in agriculture while ensuring productivity. The farm sector consumes as much as 83 per cent of the available water in this arid State and even a five per cent reduction in water use can help mitigate the drinking water problem in …
The objective of this study was to evaluate and quantify the economic benefits attributable to improvements in water supply and sanitation in rural India.
Chennai: The World Bank has approved two projects worth $372 million to India, consisting of a $222-million IDA credit for the integrated coastal zone management project (ICZMP) and a $150-million IDA credit in additional financing for the ongoing Karnataka rural water supply and sanitation project((KRWSS), according to a release. India
Nagesh Prabhu The World Bank has approved financing of $150 million (Rs 810 crore) credit for the second phase of the Karnataka Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (KRWSS) to be implemented in 11 districts of north Karnataka. The KRWSS, also called the Jal Nirmal Project (JNP), is part of …
Some weeks ago when Amit Biswas was handed a cup of water for the customary rinse-and-spit after a dental procedure he already knew the water’s source. Although his gums were hurting from the extraction of the wisdom molar he remembered what Pritpal Singh, dental surgeon and proprietor of Aradhana Clinic, …
New Delhi: Water may no longer be a free commodity even for the agriculture sector. In order to deal with an imminent water crisis that could haunt the country in the next few decades, the Centre has commissioned the Planning Commission to formulate a policy on integrated water management. Plan …
