DHAKA suffers from water shortage all the year round but city dwellers have taken it as part of their life, so they don't raise a hue and cry. But in summer it gets terribly acute and the people come out to the streets with empty pots and pitchers.

Mumbai Bhiwandi constituency has problems ranging from infrastructure development of the urban area to solving the plight of the tribal people. The constituency has six assembly segments, Bhiwandi East, Bhiwandi West, Bhiwandi (rural), Shahpur, Kalyan West and Murbad. Prashant Rangnekar spoke to BJP candidate Jagannath Patil, a four-time MLA and former MP from Thane.

At least two lakh people, most of them indigenous in over 100 remote villages under eight upazilas in the hill district, are suffering for want of drinking water. The crisis becomes acute in dry season as most water sources dry up.

At least two lakh people, most of them indigenous in over 100 remote villages under eight upazilas in the hill district, are suffering for want of drinking water. The crisis becomes acute in dry season as most water sources dry up.

P M Raghunandan,DH News Service,Bangalore:
Political parties may run short of any serious issue to raise at the hustings. But, severe shortage of drinking water has become an issue of great concern for the electorate across the State, including Bangalore.

PALAKKAD: Shortage of drinking water has been on the rise in many parts of the district due to the rise in temperatures and the fall in water levels in the various dams and rivers.

Lucknow: The chronic drinking water shortage in the city may soon be a matter of the past as the civic authorities have came up with several measures to solve the perennial problem in the city.

Meet discusses ways for inclusive water management.

Bangalore, April 17 Farmers, Government officials, scientists and NGOs engaged in improving water use patterns in the Tungabhadra basin have called for improved water management and cropping techniques to cope with two looming problems: inter-State disputes on resource use and the problems arising out of climate change.

By Rining L Mawphlang

SHILLONG: Lyngkyrdem village, about 50 km from the State capital, is grappling with a crisis that is worse than the one facing Sohra, the wettest place on earth.

Inhabitants of Lyngkyrdem toil day and night for a bucket of potable water. Let alone pipe or tap water, even natural sources of water in the village have almost run dry.

Official says the problem has been solved

Protest: Villagers of Geejana Kuppam under the Sudachandiram panchayat lay seige to the Block Development Office in Thali on Thursday demanding drinking water.