The Centre has decided to refer back the matter regarding cess on water used by hydro-electric power generating units under the water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1997, to the

An arduous exercise by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to arrive at an amicable solution to the Cauvery waters dispute, in consultation with Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry

protestors adopt 'wait & watch' policy: Even though the Government has announced that it would carry out a re-survey of the region ear-marked for the dam across the Nethravathi river and for the

With the death of three-year-old Deepa on Wednesday, the toll from alleged supply of contaminated water to the Bharat Vihar Jhuggi cluster, near Kakrola village in west Delhi, rose to seven. All the

Karnataka on Wednesday made it clear that provisions in the Central draft and modified schemes for implementation of interim award of the Cauvery tribunal was "totally unacceptable" and calld on

The Asian Development Bank approved a technical assistance grant to assist the Nepal government to design a small towns water supply and sanitation project for possible ADB financing. The technical

A threatened wetland : The drying up of Rani Tal in Nepal including the three man-made ponds elsewhere in the Shuklaphanta area has forced the wild animals such as swamp deer, spotted deer and tiger

The national convention of regional directors of Central Ground water Board will get under way in the State capital from Thursday. The venue of the event is Narmada Bhawan where ground-water experts

Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Anglian Water Intenational of UK for a joint venture with private sector participation to

The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has adopted the technology to harvest rain water under the urban forestry programme by planting trees across the slopes to prevent run-off loss of