Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announced the launch of India Water Body, an initiative aimed to address the challenge of water scarcity in India.

Nitin Paranjpe, CEO & Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever, said,

Hindustan Unilever has launched an initiative called

LUCKNOW: Adequate availability of water has come to haunt the third water works (TWW) project of the UP Jal Nigam. The project was scheduled to start on May 13 when BSP completed its four years of rule. But it cannot because of the shortage of water.

Rainwater harvesting which is collection, preservation and obtaining maximum use of rain water, will be the most effective and economical way to meet the challenges of the scarcity of drinking water, said Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardane at a three-day seminar recently held at the Construction Equipment Training Centre (CETRAC), Battaramulla, to create awareness on rainwater h

Residents of different areas of the Chittagong city are in the grip of acute water crisis.

People of Bakalia, Dewan Bazar, Bahadderhat, Badurtala, Chawkbazar, Pahartali, Halishahar, Anderkilla, Love Lane, Jamal Khan, Kapashgola, Muradpur and Enayetbazar of the city have been suffering from severe water crisis for about three weeks, local people said.

Minu Barua, a housewife of Tigerpass Rail

With mercury rising, water has become a rare commodity in different localities of the city, making lives of the citizens miserable.

Residents of Rawalpindi have accused the authorities concerned of being indifferent to their problems and have paid no heed to their repeated requests.

The worst-affected localities include Tench Bhatta, Mughalabad, Azizabad, Peshawar Road, Naseerabad, Misrial R

Facing acute water crisis for the past several years, the people of Katabari and Dhirenpara areas in the city fringes have appealed the GMC authorities to introduce some immediate measures to solve the problem in their areas.

Due to very low level of ground water in the foothills, residents of the area face immense difficulties as at times, their deep tube-wells also fail to pump out ground wat

Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday said he would take up the issue of the water problem being faced by Delhiites with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and would also be calling a meeting with Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to resolve the issue of Renuka Dam, on which Delhi had been pegging its hopes to resolve its water problem.

Speaking following a meet