BANGALORE: The water levels in Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) in Mandya district and Almatti in Bijapur, the lifelines for drinking water and irrigation in the Cauvery and Krishna basins, have almost touc

The results of an ongoing survey of slums within the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation — which is almost complete — reveals high figures of unemployment, alcoholism, and drinking water shortage, highl

Hyderabad: Has the famous hospitality of Hyderabad gone for a toss due to water scarcity in the city? This seems true in the case of a large number of families who have asked their relatives and friends not to visit them this summer and only reach here after the monsoon hits the city.

Shortage of drinking water supply has compelled many families in the state capital to politely turn down requests for a vacation visit by their relatives as many borewells have dried up and the duration of piped water supply has also been reduced.

With the water supply shrinking in the city with the arrival of summer, the Himachal Pradesh government is planning to launch over Rs 500 crore scheme to ensure regular supply of water to the peopl

All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) has launched a campaign against the acute crisis of potable water in the city and trans-Yamuna area.

Vadodara:The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) has demanded that Gujarat be declared drought affected and has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit the drought-affected areas of Gujarat

With summer reaching its peak, the drinking water problem is intensifying in the tailend areas of the Krishna delta.

Authorities Deploy 136 Additional Tankers

Pune: The drought-hit Kamkhera village in Beed taluka is all set to try rainwater harvesting, hoping it would end the dry spell. Half the wells in this village have dried up and villagers here have now invited Pune-based Paranjya to help set up two rainwater harvesting plants.

Paranjya, that has introduced several residential societies in Pune to rainwater harvesting as an effective technique to conserve water, will travel to Beed on May 13 to educate villagers on its benefits.

PUNE: The rising temperature and shrinking water stocks in Marathwada region has forced the authorities to increase water supply by tankers.

As many as 1,875 tankers are supplying drinking water to 1,646 villages and 749 hamlets in Marathwada. A week back, 1,413 villages and 743 hamlets were receiving drinking water from 1,733 tankers. Now 142 additional tankers have been deployed for supplying drinking water to 1,646 villages and 749 hamlets, stated the report of the Marathwada divisional commissionerate.