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 …
Corporators across party lines on Wednesday staged a walkout from the standing committee meeting, claiming the BMC administration had failed to give a satisfactory reply on the inadequate water supply. Corporators complained that despite several appeals made in the general body meetings and standing committee meetings, there was a lack …
He opens fair price shops, distributes free home appliances The public distribution system (PDS) functioning in the State is the best, Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development. K.P. Munusamy said here on Sunday. Inaugurating a full-time fair price shop at Venkatapuram, near Krishnagiri, and part-time fair price shops at …
JAISALMER: Situated 80 km away from Jaisalmer district headquarters, 12 villages in the Thar region are busy scripting a success story. With the help of NGO Sambhav, the villagers repaired 500-year-old 'baoris' or stepwells near Diprasar pond, some 10 km from the Ramgarh area. The hard work of the villagers …
Citizens of the peripheral areas in Hyderabad will continue to suffer drinking water shortage for at least two more years due to a delay in the implementation of the Krishna Phase-III, as the state government has sanctioned a meagre Rs 30 crore for execution of the Rs 1,670 crore project. …
The city managers have signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese company in a bid to execute the much-awaited Rs47 billion Ghazi Barotha water supply project (GBWSP) to meet the water needs of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. “The MoU was signed by Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Farkhand Iqbal and …
Rs 24,000-crore estimation to meet City’s water needs Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Minister S Suresh Kumar has evinced interest in a plan prepared by the Centre for Policies and Practices (CPP), an NGO, to solve the growing demand for water in the City. Despite having a government-appointed …
The water table levels in almost all 2,300 dams in Maharashtra, and four main dams in Mumbai, are dipping fast. In fact, the water storage in the state is the lowest in the last five years at 27% — 10,015 million cubic metres (mcm) — as on April 16. It …
Jaipur: It’s time Rajasthan moves out of dependence on rain to solve the perennial water crisis. If the government honestly takes up water-harvesting and conservation, backed by technology innovations, people may not face the crisis every summer. Recently, two teams from the state have made it to the finals of …
This summer, the capital city and its suburbs are in the grip of acute water shortage. In a multi-part series The Hindu<\i> examines the diverse ways the problem has impacted the people. Water taps that can do little more than drip, wells that give no more water, water …
It's summer vacation time for Vaishali Koli. But, for this eight-year-old from Degaon village in Dhule's Shindkheda taluk, the months of April and May do not mean summer camps and hobby classes. They mean long hours of filling water at hand pumps in her village, one of many in Maharashtra …
SHILLONG: The BJP in an emergency meeting held in Tura on Friday drew the attention of the government on the the water crisis in Tura. It has been viewed by the party that the water scarcity in Tura is an annual occurrence and a major issue of concern. The question …
Gandhinagar: With summer setting in, the Narendra Modi government does not want to take any chances with rural folk in an election year. In a massive drive to make full use of Narmada waters across Gujarat for drinking purposes, complete plans have been worked out to ensure that not only …
Water scarcity always evokes a knee-jerk measure - drilling borewells; long-term plans need of the hour. Every drop is priceless: Scramble for water is a common sight in villages during summer. Given the ever-increasing demand for the precious commodity, only scientific conservation methods will save the day. Elected representatives are …
The city corporation council has decided to seek government’s immediate intervention in resolving the issue of water scarcity in various parts of the city. The council will exert pressure on state government to hasten land acquisition and other works for the proposed Piravom water supply scheme, which will augment water …
Will release as much as 2 thousand millon cubic metres to southern neighbour, as states set aside long-drawn dispute over Belgaum Notwithstanding a long-drawn dispute over Belgaum issue, Maharashtra and Karnataka have unanimously agreed to share water for the people in the scarcity hit districts of both the states. Both …
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday expressed concern over the increasing water woes in the state. He was reviewing the preparedness of the administration for the month-long Prajapatham, a government initiative to visit villages during the hot summer season and address people’s problems, in a video conference with …
Terming the existing institutional and legal structures of water management in the country as “inadequate”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday advocated for “urgent” reforms and batted for an “overarching national legal framework” for the governance of the sector. Inaugurating India Water Week, which will be celebrated in April every …
Nearly 300 wards across the State no longer get piped drinking water Searing summer heat and drought have hit piped water supply quite hard in urban areas. According to a report on drinking water crisis, prepared by the Department of Municipal Administration (DMA), residents of about 300 wards in various …
Terming groundwater a common resource, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday advocated strong laws to regulate its extraction. He also favoured transparent and participatory pricing to prevent water misuse. “Inadequate and sub-optimal pricing of power and water are promoting misuse of groundwater,” Dr Singh said, while inaugurating the …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has written to Union Water Resources Minister P. K. Bansal to fast track the Renuka Dam project. The Chief Minister has expressed concern that further stalling of the project will jeopardise the city's water security. The dam has been proposed on the Giri River in Himachal …
