Imagine 24X7 drinking water supply in all households of urban Gujarat! The unthinkable in this semi-arid state will start at Morbi, a water-starved Saurashtra town, where 34,000 metered connections will start providing round-the-clock drinking water to the entire town in two years. Gandhinagar town, which already has good pipelines, may be even quicker. After the state government has made 24-hour electricity supply possible in Gujarat villages, it is now planning an encore in the water supply front also.

The dial-a-water tanker service of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is ringing in more woes than water to the residents of the twin cities. After booking, one has to wait for four days for delivery of the tanker containing 5,000 litre which costs Rs 250.

In a landmark judgement, a South African court has slammed the Johannesburg municipality for its discriminatory approach in supplying water and ordered the removal of prepaid water meters.

Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are embroiled in a battle over road cutting. With MCD suddenly having decided to come down hard on

With the growing threat of water scarcity in the state capital and suburbs, the Tripura Government has sent a proposal of Rs 665 crore for a project to transport water from the Gumati river, about 70 km away, through pipelines to ensure water supply to an additional 1.5 lakh families in the city. Official sources said here today that a high level committee, headed by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, approved the project earlier this week and sent it to the Union Urban Development Ministry for funding under the Jawaharlal Neheru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Even as Pune is finding it difficult to meet increasing water demand of citizens and is spending crores of rupees in revamping its supply lines, a proposal to revive the Peshwa era supply line with a capacity of seven lakh gallons a day and last used in 1970, is gathering dust in the Pune Municipal Corporation. The said committee report was to preserve and use as per requirement the Peshwa era water supply line that once catered to the demand of the central part of the city. The said water supply was set-up in 1749-50 during the rule of Balaji Bajirao Peshwa.

The Corporation quarters on M M Road in Cox Town, opposite the Government Boys School, which houses 10 residences has been receiving coloured drinking water contaminated with worms for over a week. Leakage of water through the old corroded pipes in the area is said to be the cause for it and BWSSB has temporarily rectified the leakage on Friday.

Large parts of Central Delhi, West Delhi and Outer Delhi faced an acute shortage of water on Thursday as the water level in the Western Yamuna Canal dipped by over a foot. The level fell from 710.5 feet to 709.5 feet. Production reduced Water production at two of the Capital's water treatment plants, Hyderpur and Nangloi, was significantly reduced, leading to shortage in supply to several areas including Rohini, Rajouri Garden, Nangloi, Vikaspuri, Janakpuri and Rajendra Nagar. Delhi Jal Board officials blamed Haryana for curtailing the water supply to the city.