The state government will soon implement the

UN Climate Alert Adds To Govt Worries

The risk of a failed monsoon has risen manifold with the World Meteorological Organisation warning of a

The dreaded

MUMBAI: Once the rains do arrive, do not expect the water cut to be immediately lifted, say civic officials. "It takes at least 30 to 40 mm of rainfall for the lakes to reach a satisfactory level and for us to start supplying water comfortably again,'' said deputy municipal commissioner Pramod Charankar.

Mumbaikars are apprehensive that the civic authorities are sleeping on the job and floods will follow rain as inevitably as night follows day. Vipin Kumar reports on the preparedness of the BMC

Pune As rains remain elusive in the city, the irrigation department has decided to implement 20 per cent water cut for areas in Pune Municipal Corporation limits from Sunday. However, there will be no cut in Pimpri-Chinchwad for the time being.

New Delhi: The country received 45% less than normal rain in June, a development that can hinder the prospect of economic recovery and dent the UPA

Mumbai Twenty residential schools in Thane district have sent their students home, the authorities saying they don

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