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 …
The sixth Left Front Government in Tripura has sent a safe drinking water project of Rs 522.12 crore for Agartala to the Centre, soon after assuming office. Official sources said here today that the project aimed to ensure safe drinking water for the urban dwellers from the source itself to …
Some 90 illegal plants are playing with the health of Noida residents by supplying impure drinking water. No norms or quality checks are being followed by these companies in manufacturing and marketing bottled water to people nor there is any supervision of this trade by health or other government agencies. …
Under pressure to resolve quickly the impending water crisis in the Capital, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday said that if Haryana and Uttar Pradesh did not release Delhi's share of water then her government would not fight shy of going to the Supreme Court. However, she expressed confidence that …
Come June 2008 and citizens will have to fork out a sum ranging between Rs 75 and 110 per month as water tax but under the name of water service charges or water levy. A proposal to collect these service charges based on the size of the ferrule provided by …
Click here to enlarge view the much delayed plan to supply water to Kathmandu is set to roll. On February 13, the Nepal government said the newly formed Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (kukl) would take over the project from the Nepal Water Supply Corporation (nwsc). The government said the corporation …
In a major setback to Haryana's request for re-assessing Delhi's demand for water, the Upper Yamuna River Board has not just turned down the appeal but insisted that Haryana stick to the 1996 Supreme Court order directing it to release the required quantum of water to the national Capital. In …
CONGRESS Corporator Rajendra Prasad Choube on Tuesday pointed out that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is discriminating the water supply in different pattern parts of the city. He made these claims in his speech on the civic body's Budget 2008-09 in the Corporation's general body meeting on Tuesday. To make …
Chennai residents can look forward to a stable water supply this summer as the city has enough storage in its reservoirs, according to Chennai Metrowater officials. A Metrowater official said the present supply of 645 million litres a day would be sustained during the next few months. The water supply …
Frequent electricity cuts have made it clear that the city needs to be prepared for frequent blackouts and for yet another dry summer this year too. According to sources, these days Delhi is facing a shortage of over 400 MW electricity daily, which will rise to over 1,000 MW electricity …
In an attempt to ease the water woes of Thaneiites, a proposal for additional water supply from the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) was passed in the General Body Meeting of the Thane Municipal Corporation last week. The proposal for getting 60 MLD of water was backed by the Opposition …
Over 50,000 residents of Palampur and adjoining areas are being forced to consume muddy and contaminated drinking water as the water treatment plants of the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department have virtually become non-functional. Though the state government had spent crores of rupees on the water treatment plants installed …
Haryana continues to withhold city's share of drinking water Water production in two of the Capital's water treatment plants has also come down "We are hoping the CWC will get Haryana to release more water to our demand' NEW DELHI: There is no let-up in Delhi's water crisis as Haryana …
The water crisis that has been plaguing the Capital since last Friday is threatening to get worse. Several parts of north, northwest Delhi and NDMC areas have been getting a highly erratic supply and authorities see no respite from the situation till the end of this week at least. The …
A group of residents of Marathi Ward, Zuarinagar, confronted officials at the PWD office in Baina on Monday, to complain about the erratic water supply for the last 20 days. Accompanied by local Panch Nilesh Dalvi, the residents confronted Assistant Engineer (AE) M S Kunju and demanded immediate water supply …
The Delhi government is planning to go to the Supreme Court to seek a direction to the Haryana government for releasing adequate water from Tajewala so that the Yamuna reaches an optimum level in the national Capital. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said that neighbouring state governments were aware of Delhi's …
Frazzled by the frequent disruptions in the supply of water meant for the Capital, the Delhi Jal Board wants the Centre to step in and ensure that Haryana sticks to the terms of water sharing agreement signed by the two States. Delhi and Haryana have been at loggerheads over the …
The Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Jagdish Mukhi, has written to Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz drawing his attention to the Capital's water woes and demanding proper allocation of the Yamuna waters. He has urged the Union Minister to convene a meeting of the Punjab, Haryana, …
Rapid urbanization causes disorganized and uplanned growth of towns and cities. The pressure of an ever growing population becomes a burden on the limited civic amenities which are virtually collapsing. Asymmetrical growth of urban centres consumes agricultural land adjacent to these, resulting in lower agricultural productivity. Besides taxing the groundwater …
Haryana has cut the supply from 600 cusecs to 500 cusecs from February 15 It has badly affected Central Delhi that houses VIPs including the President and the PM Water production at Chandrawal and Wazirabad plants has come down by 20 to 30 per cent NEW DELHI: Water woes have …
