Fazilka: Expressing disappointment at the decrease in forest cover in Punjab to around 7 per cent (as opposed to the 33 per cent set as the norm by the Government of India) due to deforestation, Ch

KOLKATA, 29 JUNE: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) today took up a scheme worth Rs 210 crore to the resolve drinking water crisis in the city.

The government has approved 87 projects involving over Tk 1025 crore to combat climate change impacts.

New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board will tap into the city’s massive network of dry tubewells to increase its groundwater levels.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said despite her government's initiative and the money spent, rain water harvesting in the Capital has not had satisfactory results.

Ms. Dikshit advocated simplifying the procedures of providing policy support, financial assistance and technical guidance to the citizens and residents' welfare associations to ensure that harvesting becomes a major initiative to improve the ground water levels in the city.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday approved Rs 184.60-crore Annual Plan of Operations for Compensatory Afforestation Fund Managament and Planning Authority (CAMPA) for the financial ye

Considering the intense heatwave conditions for more than a week and reports of drinking water crisis trickling in from different parts of the State, the Government has instructed district collecto

The federal government has planned to spend Rs 41.2 billion on water resource development including small and medium dams as well as canal channels to enhance irrigation income.

LUCKNOW: The high day time temperature is not only leaving people high and dry, but has also shrunken the ground water level in some parts of the state capital alarmingly.

The Federal capital is facing an acute shortage of some 98 million gallons of water per day. Its daily requirement is 180 million gallons.