Jain Irrigation Systems is the second-largest drip irrigation company in the world and one of the largest suppliers of ducting to telcos globally. Now, it's eyeing revenues of $1 billion, krishna gopalan

The Rs. 1,334-crore Hogenakkal drinking water project has nothing to do with power generation or irrigation, Tamil Nadu Public Works Minister Durai Murugan said here on Thursday.

Rihon Daimari, PHE Minister, today inaugurated two power plants at Kumbhirgram tea estate and another at Bahadurpur in Cachar in the presence of high officials of the Department, MLAs and the general

The Centre released some funds for the Swajal Dhara drinking water scheme in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh in April 2004. The money has remained in the bank and has earned an interest of Rs 4.8 lakh. Yet the scheme is still to take off. But for once, it is not official tardiness, only the tedious implementation process, that is to blame for the delay.

Responding to The Indian Express reports, "UPA mega drinking water scheme is also going down the corruption drain' and "If and where they do get water, it's not safe to drink', published on March 4 and March 5, 2008 respectively, Ministry of Rural Development spokesman S M Khan writes: "The final report of CAG will be finalised only after the response from the concerned states on the specific points pointed out in the draft report is received, the parts of which have been prematurely published by The Indian Express.'

Two days after former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna accused Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi of using

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants every UPA flagship programme independently audited by an external agency so that the progress report can be put under public scrutiny.

The State Government has geared up all its machinery to face a possible water crisis in summer. A high-level meeting to this effect was held under the chairmanship of Rural Development Minister Biswabhusan Harichandan at the State Secretariat on Thursday. Harichandan directed the officials to initiate steps to provide drinking water in each village.

THERE is no clearcut scientific rationale for the average healthy individual to drink a lot of water

Drinking water is known to be good for health