The Rajasthan Cabinet constituted a five-member Cabinet sub-committee to suggest measures to resolve the drinking water and drought problems prevailing in parts of the state.

The Central government had no business to scuttle the visit of the World Commission on Dams when the Madhya Pradesh Government had no objections since the proposed public hearing was to be held in

The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has strongly defended the Centre's decision to stop the visit of World Commission on Dams, saying it was against interference by any so-called

Landslide has swept away a drinking water construction site in the Jante VDC of Morang district of Nepal because of the flooded Teliya Khola. A total of 864 families of ward Nos 1,2,8 and 9 have been

Technical committees to be set up : Kerala and Tamil Nadu have decided to undertake a technical evaluation of the safety of the century old Mullaperiyar dam. At a ministerial level meeting held in

Several Shahdara residents have been consuming water laced with heavy metals and toxic compounds, while Delhiites living in some southern part of the city are exposed to the danger of nitrate excess.

The Planning Commission has come up with a proposal to increase water charges for all categories of consumers, including irrigation charges for farmers. The proposal for "rationalising" the pricing

Energy Development Company Limited (EDCL) is setting up a 9 MW hydro-power project at a cost of Rs 44.50 crore at Harangi dam with an engineering procurement and consturction (EPC) contract with

Sydney's water is so potentially dangerous for people at high risk from cryptosporidium that health officials should issue a permanent 'boil water' alert for them until further notice, the inquiry

Indian environmentalist Anil Agarwal, the director of the New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has been appointed a member of the World Commission on Water, which will prepare a