New Delhi: On the second day of its crackdown on private tubewells in Sangam Vihar, Delhi Jal Board took over 13 more, taking the total to 35.

In what is being seen as the first such effort to root out water mafia, the Delhi Jal Board’s (DJB) special taskforce carried out a massive operation in Sangam Vihar and Deoli village in South Delhi.

It is the task force’s second recommendation in a week. The first recommendation was made on Monday — to transfer 800 of its staff.

Plan is under consideration to supply water from Tarbella Dam Reservoir in order to meet the present and future requirements of Sectoral area of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

LUDHIANA: After being declared a "critically declared area for abstraction of water" by the Central Ground Water Authority, Ludhiana has bagged the attention of the National Green Tribunal that has

Signboards with details of landowner and drilling agency should be placed

The Supreme Court has issued certain guidelines to be followed for drilling borewells in order to stop fatal accidents because of unsafe ones. Hence, those who want to drill borewells should get permission, said Collector S. Nagarajan.

All drinking water samples taken here by the Health Department last month have failed. All 275 samples of potable water sent for a laboratory test have been found to be below safety parameters.

For the health of Ganga, the Ganga River Basin Management Plan (GRBMP) has suggested some restriction of environmentally harmful activities that damage the river and its environment.

Around 600 ethnic populations have started enjoying arsenic-free safe drinking water in Kalna village for the first time as two hand- driven tube-wells were commissioned there around one month ago