This is the first in a series on water woes faced by the country

BHUBANESWAR: Land prices have shot through the roof, buildings have mushroomed, roads are wider, trees have vanished and possible open space is taken. That

Mumbai To understand the depth of Mumbai

Mumbai Desalination plant :

LUCKNOW: Metered water supply is going to be introduced in seven cities of Uttar Pradesh with the user charges being determined by the quantum of water used by the consumers. The system aims at checking the wastage of water. The seven cities are Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad, Meerut and Mathura.

Mumbai Civic corporators have suggested digging of borewells and rainwater harvesting to tide over the water crisis. Corporators slammed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation that was contemplating division of the city in seven zones and supplying water on alternate days.

Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board (KUWSSB) has finally given its technical approval for the highly ambitious Kundamestri drinking water project. With this, the track for the implementation of the project has become clear.

Mumbai BMC: Demonstrator dies after lathicharge; cops claim heart attack

A protester against water cuts died and 25 others were injured after the police lathicharged a mob outside the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters on Thursday. The police said he had no injuries and died of a heart attack.

Mumbai To solve the water crisis in the peripheral areas of the city (areas that get water from near the end of a main pipeline) the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation wants to redraw water zones. The city is at present divided into 110 water zones that get water from the civic body at different times of the day.