To overcome the shortage of drinking water in the Capital, the Delhi Government is keen on commissioning the Munak Canal as this would result in saving of 80 million gallons per day of raw water an

Says saline water from south-west Punjab may travel to other areas

MIDNAPORE, 3 JULY: The dredging of canals of Keleghai-Kapaleswari-Bagui river scheme which had been held up for years is proceeding on a war footing. It is likely to be completed in three years.

Muktsar: With the Irrigation Department stopping water supply to Arniwala minor without any prior announcement, a large number of paddy growers in the district are in trouble.

JAIPUR: Farmers have been sitting on a demonstration since May 10 to protest against the alleged theft of water from canal flowing from Haryana and Punjab to Sriganganagar and Hanumangarah districts in Rajasthan.

They alleged that theft of water from the canals had affected their agriculture activities badly. "We are not getting the amount of water from the canals which we should get because the farmers in Punjab and Haryana are taking the water from the canals illegally through big water pumps," Krishan Kumar Saharan, state president Rajasthan Kisan Union said.

Fatehabad: Standing crops on hundreds of acres of agriculture land were submerged under water due to a breach - third in the past one month - in the Munshiwala Minor near Shehnal and Hamzapur villa

Farmers dependent on Sason Canal for irrigation water have been left in the lurch.