The State government will soon launch a project to rejuvenate the groundwater table by constructing checkdams to aid the percolation of rainwater.

People in the district are troubled with drinking water shortages now on account of the continuously falling ground water level in the district.

It is essential for a pluralistic democracy like India to provide “enough water to all people”’

A day before Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi is to assume office, a water resource expert from Tamil Nadu on Sunday appealed to the Prime Minister-designate to accord “secular and democratic status to Indian water resources.”

The government is planning to launch a State-wide campaign to highlight the need to protect and improve the groundwater level, Minor Irrigation Minister Shivaraj Thangadagi said on Thursday.

One of the dream projects of Samajwadi Party— to clean Sheesh Mahal pond and beautify its surroundings— has taken a toll on the ground water table of adjoining areas in Old City.

After an innovative idea of storing water at subsurface level through rainwater harvesting proved successful in 10 blocks of six districts, the State Government, on Saturday, decided to replicate t

Once a wetland and now reduced to a garbage dumping site, the Shahdara Lake in East Delhi is set to get a fresh lease of life.

The scheme is planned for five years

The state water resources department has come up with a scheme for rooftop rainwater harvest and groundwater recharge plan meant for urban areas.

More, water levels in the reservoirs of southern India are below the 10-year average at 8.28 billion cubic metres

As doubts mount over the impact of El Niño on the southwest monsoon season in 2014, India's preparedness to face a low rainfall situation seems to have improved in the past four-five years. However, there are many gaps to be plugged.

Odisha government has drawn an ambitious plan for rooftop rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge in urban areas at an estimated investment of Rs. 100 crore.