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 …
Thousands of villages in the state still lack proper drinking water facility while one-third of them are only partially covered with adequate and safe drinking water. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for drinking water and sanitation, Upendra Kushwaha, admitted that Rajasthan has a lot …
Highly ambitious water grid project on Ganga and Son rivers has received the much needed fillip since the Center had green signaled it about a month ago. The expert committee from IIT-Rurkee has submitted its report and now the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DWSD) is on the verge …
The Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) has allocated Rs 477.91 crore to the state Flood Control and Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) for the Annual Action Plan (AAP). Meanwhile, under Water Quality Special Focus Fund Project (subject to approval …
Despite Sufficient Funds, KWA Failed To Provide Safe Drinking Water: CAG Report The latest Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has come down heavily on Kerala Water Authority (KWA) for not providing safe drinking water to people of Kerala, especially when sufficient funds were allotted under various drinking water and …
PUNE: The garbage dump in their backyard has polluted the ground water, forcing 80,000 residents of Phursungi and Urali Devachi villages to summon water tankers all these years. Agitations and protests for the closure of the garbage depot have yielded some results., but the stink and pollutants emanating from the …
Institute of Public Auditors of India conducts study between 2007 and 2010 A large chunk of population of Angul district is exposed to contaminated drinking water, says draft internal audit report on district conducted by Institute of Public Auditors of India (IPAI), Odisha chapter. The Institute of Public Auditors of …
Multi-lateral funding agency, the World Bank will provide $500 million loan for water supply and sanitation projects in the rural areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. “The World Bank has approved a $ 500 million credit for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Project for Low Income …
A recent report of the Union water resources ministry states that villages in Rajasthan are most affected by contaminated water in the country. According to the report, in Rajasthan, 25,504 rural habitations or 1.09 crore people are getting water with chemical or bacterial contamination. Assam comes next with 12,879 rural …
The Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has stressed the need for enhancing drinking water supply in the rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir, besides introducing the piped water supply schemes (PWSS) in these areas. The observations were made during a meeting at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi …
In 2009, the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme was modified as the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) with major emphasis on ensuring sustainability of water availability in terms of potability, adequacy, convenience, affordability and equity, on a sustainable basis, while also adopting decentralized approach involving PRIs and community organizations. …
With conventional power not available in remote areas, the government is preparing to implement solar energy-based pipe water supply scheme, a government of India-assisted scheme, in 18 of Integrated Action Plan (IAP) districts. In the current fiscal, 3,217 habitations have been identified under the scheme which has been designed in …
Under a Central programme, sustainability works are being taken up on priority in over-exploited rural areas The Karnataka government is drawing up a new project to recharge borewells in the backdrop of over-exploitation of ground water, drying up of 50,000 handpumps and "life-less" position of 12,000 tanks in the state, …
Water with impurities cause cancer, birth defects, fluorosis and miscarriages In a startling revelation, the Centre has said that as many as 15,979 rural habitations in Assam are yet to get safe drinking water. “There were 1,157 rural habitations affected with excess arsenic, 80 habitations affected with excess fluoride and …
'There was no Monitoring Cell to supervise expenditure incurred by Panchayat Raj bodies' The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) found serious lapses in the implementation of water quality component of National Rural Drinking Water Programme in the Sate. The CAG, in a report on Local Bodies for the …
This case study narrates the successful initiatives taken by Mr. Rakesh Bhagat, Mukhiya through the Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC) in Bero Panchayat (Bero Block) of Ranchi district of Jharkhand in the context of revival of a dysfunctional piped water supply scheme. According to the policy guidelines of the …
The government of Karnataka has failed to achieve the target of providing safe drinking water to 17.35 per cent of the state’s rural habitations during 2012-13 and spent only 46 per cent of Rs 800.38 crore allocated under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) till January 31, two months …
In what could be a slight setback to the government's programme to bring safe and adequate drinking water to all rural households, only around 67 per cent of the targets have been met under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) in 2012-13, as against the over 90 per cent …
Money for improving quality of drinking water in rural areas The governments of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and some other states have drawn the ire of the Centre for failing to report the utilisation of funds provided to them for improving quality of drinking water in …
The Union government has sanctioned a Rs 402-crore contingency plan, under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme, to tide over the water crisis in the State. The move follows recommendations by task forces of various districts, said Revenue Secretary (disaster management) Tushar Girinath, here on Tuesday. He told a press …
This new report released by the rural development ministry examines environmental implications of its schemes & assesses their potential to deliver green results and contribute to the national goal of 'faster, sustainable & more inclusive growth'. The Ministry of Rural Development, with support from the UNDP released a report “Greening …
