Foundation stones for six water supply and drainage schemes were laid in four villages of taluka Khairpur Nathan Shah and Mehar here on Monday.

The Housing Census 2011 has revealed that, although Uttarakhand has achieved considerable progress in provision of basic amenities, the number of mobile phone users in rural households is higher th

PARADIP: With wells running dry and water tables depleting throughout the State, this is feared to be a dry summer. The impact is already being felt in Jagatsinghpur district.

The government has completed various uplift projects in different areas of Kurram Agency to help improve the living standards of tribal people.

Buoyed by the success of eight states including Tamil Nadu and Gujarat in implementing a scheme to provide safe drinking water to rural habitations, the Centre today allocated additional funds to t

Bonus funds for executing rural water supply schemes

The Centre has rewarded eight States for performing well in executing rural drinking water schemes during 2011-12. Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has decided to provide bonus funds to Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Assam, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu for successfully expending 60 per cent of their annual allocation under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) by December 2011.

To benefit habitations, schools, Adi Dravidar welfare hostels

Rural water supply schemes in the district have been expedited to benefit habitations, schools, Adi Dravidar welfare hostels, and anganwadis considering the need to provide safe potable water to those locations.

GUWAHATI: The rural drinking water supply under the Central Government’s flagship Bharat Nirman programme has not proved to be a success in Assam in comparison to other States. This was revealed in the Economic Survey 2011-12 presented by the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Parliament before the presentation of the Budget for the 2012-13 financial year on last Friday.

Idinthakarai: Encircled by a posse of armed policemen, Idinthakarai fishing hamlet on the southern Tamil Nadu coast has been virtually cut off from the mainland even as the villagers protesting aga