All anganwadi centres to have own water source
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government has decided to sink over 32,000 tube-wells near anganwadi centres (AWCs) in its bid to provide drinking water to all these ICDS utilities. Following a direction from
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government has decided to sink over 32,000 tube-wells near anganwadi centres (AWCs) in its bid to provide drinking water to all these ICDS utilities. Following a direction from
<p>Report by Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA) in OA No. 685 of 2019 in the matter of Rakesh Kumar Vs GNCTD in compliance of National Green Tribunal order of May 15, 2020. The report deals with remedial
Chief Minister N Rangasamy told the Legislative assembly on Tuesday that the Puducherry administration is committed to protecting groundwater, the main source of drinking water and agriculture. Agriculture minister M Chandrakasu said the administration was taking steps in regulating the construction of tube wells by industries to prevent depletion of water table. Tubewells can be constructed by industries only after obtaining permission from the state groundwater authority as per existing rules. Those constructing tubewells without permission are made to close the borewells with due notice by the State Groundwater authority besides imposing penalty.
Many suspend paddy sowing, dig up new borewells for irrigation Rapidly depleting water table has become a cause of concern for farmers in the Ambala belt, as underground water has dipped to a new low
BERHAMPUR: The claims of the Central and State Governments notwithstanding, safe drinking water remains a distant dream for many in Ganjam district. A case in point is Ekagharia village under Jagannathprasad
JAIPUR: The mystery over the existence of Saraswati river, it seems, may soon be solved. To resume the project of identifying the paleochannel of the lost river, the state government has submitted a detailed
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board will tap into the city’s massive network of dry tubewells to increase its groundwater levels. It is considering a proposal by the NGO FORCE to study the effectiveness of such
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 collectors to
Acute drinking water scarcity rages on in different parts of Haldwani city and its adjacent areas with the officials concerned remaining laggard. Suffering is compounded with the mercury surging up. About
Puri: Out of total 8,145 existing tube wells in Puri, water of as many as 2,168 have been tested contaminated. The tests were done in the wake of the jaundice outbreak in the town. It was revealed at a
There are a number of notifications and orders on rainwater harvesting but few of them have been implemented. Experts and residents also complain that there is no policy detailing how to pursue the projects
This paper investigates the effect of drinking arsenic contaminated water on mental health. Drinking water with an unsafe arsenic level for a prolonged period can lead to arsenicosis and associated illness.
The project, to be launched in the second week of May, has been named after socialist icon Dr Ram Manohar Lohia as he had always raised the issues of farmers, according to PWD and Irrigation Minister Shivpal
The coal-rich Belpahar town is facing acute water shortage. A few deep bore wells and tubewells provided by the Belpahar Municipality earlier have been the only means of drinking water for the water stressed
Tubewells in seven wards of Chittagong City Corporation are pumping water with arsenic contamination 10 times higher than the safe level. The wards' low-income group people are especially exposed to
With the district already in the ‘dark zone’ in matter of water table and exploitation of water resources, the authorities have set up a team to check illegal digging of tubewells. The team has been directed
BJP govt efforts to promote Hindu cultural sites The Haryana government would soon start the excavation of the mythical Saraswati river from Adi Badri, the point from where it is said to have originated.
With the onset of summer season, drinking water crisis has also started giving a tough to the citizens here. After tube-wells becoming faulty in Haldwani’s Damuwadhunga area of late, people of that region
A water-related row — ownership of a tube-well took an ugly turn when a man clubbed to death his elder brother in Guna district. The accused Som attacked his elder brother Hiralal Ahirwar at Ammgaon village
Agra: The state government has sanctioned funds to install 150 water hand pumps in urban areas of the city. The move comes after MLA Yogendra Upadhyay from south Agra constituency put the problem of water