SUDHIR K. SINGH
BHOPAL

With the monsoon continuing to play truant, things are getting desperate for the Shivraj Singh Chouhan regime. In fact, this is for the first time when the hitherto unseen scarcity of water and power may compel the government to make a formal public appeal on the aching need to conserve natural resources, a job, many feel, should have begun doing a long time ago

The Italian restaurant backed by celebrities Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich is one of several shunning bottled water, along with the city of San Francisco and New York state.

"The argument for local water is compelling and obvious," said Bastianich, who is phasing out bottled water across his restaurant empire, which stretches to Los Angeles.

Chandigarh: Amid the ongoing water crisis in Mohali, municipal councillor Kuljit Singh Bedi has said he will move court if the Punjab government did not act within 20 days to resolve the crisis.

Water level in Siruvani Dam is now around 20 ft
TIGHT SITUATION: The lull in the monsoon is impacting the drinking water position in the Siruvani Dam.

Along the dry Amaravathy riverbed

These wells were sunk for drawing and selling water for drinking purposes and industrial use

Illegal wells numbering over fifty are found in Andankoil East and West, Pallapalayam

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President Suresh Pachauri has demanded the state government to declare Bhopal district as drought hit. He was addressing a team of farmers who were sitting in 'Dharna' in connection with their 11-point programme in front of the district collector's office.

Chandigarh No immediate end to the water woes of the city residents is in sight. Reduced supply hours and low water pressure have been troubling the residents for the last many days. Those living on the first floor and above are the worst affected by the erratic water supply. With the rise in demand in the summer, pressure decreases and water does not reach beyond the ground floor.

Six states reel under an acute water crisis

Jamshedpur, June 7: For Sudha Mahto, a resident of Sarjamda panchayat in Jamshedpur block, summers mean aching limbs and a painful back, thanks to the daily trips of around 10km in search of drinking water.

Per capita water availability in Sri Lanka indicates that the country is well endowed with water resources and there is no water scarcity. However there is substantial temporal and spatial scarcity of water supply.