The water resources ministry has inched closer to imposing a higher and unified cess on the use of water by industry. A sub-group of the ministry has affirmed that a cess on industrial use of water is necessary.

Expressing concern over the high level of ammonia in the Yamuna that has made the Delhi Jal Board shut down the Chandrawal and Wazirabad water treatment plants leading to an acute scarcity of water, Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra has asked Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to immediately hold a meeting with her counterparts in neighbouring Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Ut

To prepare project proposals for Conservation and Development of Water Bodies in the district, the District Development Commissioner, Udhampur (DDC), Ajay Khajuria who is also Chairman, Inter-Departmental Committee convened a meeting of District Officers, here today.

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The Ministry of Water Resources has confirmed that it has submitted a proposal for North Eastern Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Management Project, Assam to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for financial support.

They call it the elixir of life but with changing times, water has also become a driving force in economic activities, traditionally in agriculture, and now increasingly in the industry.

No wonder, there has been a tendency to take for granted the availability of water and show scant responsibility to the understanding of the ecological processes that make it available to us.

Rs 1,800 crore groundwater programme a non-starter A Rs 1,800 crore national programme for artificial recharge of groundwater through dug-wells was announced by finance minister P Chidambaram, in February 2007. It was to provide proper irrigation facilities to millions of farmers. But thanks to the delays on part of the state governments, the scheme is yet to take off. With about

Dipak Gyawali, Nepal