The Narmada water from neighbouring Gujarat touched the desert sands of Rajasthan on Thursday at a function marking the release of water to the receiving head at Lalpura village in Jalore district.

National Conference (NC) today demanded the re-opening of Ranbir Canal keeping in view the shortage of irrigation water.

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.

Acute shortage of water at Kotri Barrage has pressed the panic button in the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Hyderabad, to replenish it's water lagoons for 15 days keeping in mind the fact that e

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued notices to the DCOs of Hyderabad and Tando Mohammad Khan, Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (Site) managing director, Taluka Municipal Administratio

A 12-kilometre long tunnel of 10 metre diametre would be constructed at a cost of Rs 799 crore for carrying Narmada water to the basin of Son river under Bargi diversion project.

The Narmada waters from the neighbouring Gujarat are likely to reach the border districts of Rajasthan by the month-end, enabling the State Government to expand the drinking water and irrigation facil

As a result of special recovery campaign of water cess (Aabiana), the Punjab government has been able to recover an amount of Rs 9.73 million in eight days from the defaulters.

The Central Water Commission (CWC) has avoided to give its explicit opinion on the legality of the controversial Hansi-Butana feeder channel being built by Haryana to the Supreme Court or whether it w

Farmers are hard hit by the re-closure of water in the canals in Abbasia and Cholistan areas of Tehsil Liaqatpur, which is affecting the standing wheat crop. Several local councillors including Dr Muhammad Aslam, Chaudhry Asghar Ali lumbardar Abdul Karim and others have urged early release of water in the canals, which had again been closed after a short reprieve earlier. They said water scarcity was also impacting sugarcane sowing, and if the canal closure continued, it would not only hurt the local farmers financially, but would also affect the per acre yield of those vital crops. Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2008