Thousands of villages in the state still lack proper drinking water facility while one-third of them are only partially covered with adequate and safe drinking water.

Highly ambitious water grid project on Ganga and Son rivers has received the much needed fillip since the Center had green signaled it about a month ago.

The Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) has allocated Rs 477.91 crore to the state Flood Control and Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department under the National Rural Drinking

Despite Sufficient Funds, KWA Failed To Provide Safe Drinking Water: CAG Report The latest Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has come down heavily on Kerala Water Authority (KWA) for not

PUNE: The garbage dump in their backyard has polluted the ground water, forcing 80,000 residents of Phursungi and Urali Devachi villages to summon water tankers all these years.

Institute of Public Auditors of India conducts study between 2007 and 2010

A large chunk of population of Angul district is exposed to contaminated drinking water, says draft internal audit report on district conducted by Institute of Public Auditors of India (IPAI), Odisha chapter.

Multi-lateral funding agency, the World Bank will provide $500 million loan for water supply and sanitation projects in the rural areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

A recent report of the Union water resources ministry states that villages in Rajasthan are most affected by contaminated water in the country.

According to the report, in Rajasthan, 25,504 rural habitations or 1.09 crore people are getting water with chemical or bacterial contamination. Assam comes next with 12,879 rural habitations or 0.44 crore people affected by contamination, followed by Bihar with 10,587 affected households.

The Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has stressed the need for enhancing drinking water supply in the rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir, besides introducing the piped water supply sch