NAGPUR: The district administration has geared up to tackle the drinking water crisis ahead of summer and will be spending Rs8.18 crores on it, official sources said today.

A meeting chaired by district collector Praveen Darade today reviewed the situation in 916 villages falling in the district.

New Delhi: Politically charged Bundelkhand

In a first of its kind effort to encourage technology-driven development at the grassroots, the science-related departments of the government got together to inform the states about indigenous technologies currently available in the country and how they can be utilised to solve everyday problems.

2.5 TMC-ft of water from Singur dam for irrigation purposes in Medak and Ranga Reddy

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PALAKKAD: The State Government should initiate urgent measures to solve the drinking water problem in Plachimada, said Gandhian and Kerala Sarvodaya Mandalam president M P Mathai.

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Like many wards in the City, now preparing for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections, the erstwhile Frazer Town, now renamed as Pulakeshinagar, is also plagued by acute water crisis.

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River Cauvery is close yet too far to quench the thirst of the residents of Vasanthapura ward.

The ward is among the seven in Bangalore South constituency, which is struggling for basic civic amenities.

SHILLONG, Jan 10: About five villages under the Mawthadraishan Block in West Khasi Hills district have been struggling for a drop of drinking water for over 13 years.

Kanas: Before the onset of the New Year, 22 panchayats of the Kanas block have been facing acute shortage of drinking water. No measures are being taken up by the Rural Development department or by the panchayats. Scarcity of drinking water is a regular phenomenon in the block, claiming human lives every year, afflicting people with gastro-intestinal diseases due to lack of safe drinking water.

As the town faces acute shortage of water, some areas went dry for the fourth consecutive day. Bank employee Subash Sharma, a resident of Sector 4, Parwanoo, told Newsline that taps in his house have been running dry for the last three days.

He further rued that Himachal Urban Development Authority (HIMUDA) has increased the tariff from Rs 5 per 1000 litres to Rs 9.