TWAD holds workshop for heads of local bodies

The district administration has coordinated the efforts of various government departments to ensure regular supply of protected drinking water both in the urban and rural limits during the summer months.

PUNE: Some parts of Satara district are still reeling under acute shortage of drinking water.

In five years, the Karnataka government spent Rs 93.54 crore to check the quality of water under the National Rural Drinking Water programme.

'There was no Monitoring Cell to supervise expenditure incurred by Panchayat Raj bodies'

ALLAHABAD: The district authorities have dispatched over 1,000 field testing kits and study materials to 20 blocks to check water quality in 1,425 villages.

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil has said that the government would release Rs 38 crore to solve the drinking water problem in rural areas.

Hazaribagh town will plunge into an acute water crisis if monsoon does not arrive on time.

This case study narrates the successful initiatives taken by Mr. Rakesh Bhagat, Mukhiya through the Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC) in Bero Panchayat (Bero Block) of Ranchi district of Jharkhand in the context of revival of a dysfunctional piped water supply scheme.

Authorities Deploy 136 Additional Tankers

In March 2011, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation as part of its mandate to provide technical assistance to states released the Operation and Maintenance Manual to help states to operate, maintain drinking water supply scheme.

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