The proposal for a 15-MLD water treatment plant submitted by Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) was approved by Central Public Health and Engineering Organisation (CPHEO) after a year.

The DDA told the court that it had identified several new sites where groundwater could be extracted.

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will dig 16 borewells in Dwarka to increase water supply during summer, DDA’s counsel told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.

Even as health hazards of groundwater contamination is still getting fully assessed for the people living in Keezhmadu grama panchayat, people are also concerned about the social impact of this environmental hazard on their lives.

An unfavourable health status is a private matter, but since the problem of thyroid disorders because of the alleged ammonium perchlorate contamination of groundwater has become a public issue, the people wonder whether their land will forever be condemned and whether people from other places would take up marriage alliances in the area.

In a late night meeting the Manipur cabinet decided to take effective steps to make water available to the people.

Several parts of the capital city will go without water for at least 24 hours beginning 10 p.m.

No DPR Even A Year After Mooting The Project To Enhance Water Supply In The City

There’s very little that the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has learnt from the acute shortage of drinking water faced by the city over the years. While the demand-supply gap is over 120 million litres a day (MLD) and growing, the KWA has failed to complete the detailed project report (DPR) of a plan to streamline water supply to the city and adjoining areas mooted a year ago.

As the world is already staring at impending water crisis due to climate change, population increase and pollution, a UN report has predicted that as many as 3.4 billion people will be living in "water-scarce" countries by 2025.

It also pointed out that the situation will be deteriorated further in the next 25 years (by 2050), culminating into instances of human conflicts in many parts of the globe.

केजरीवाल सरकार ने किया था सख्ती करने का फैसला

केजरीवाल सरकार ने भूजल दोहन के खिलाफ सख्ती से पेश आने के आदेश दिए थे, लेकिन सरकार के जाने के बाद प्रस्ताव है कि जिन इलाकों में जल बोर्ड की पहुंच नहीं है, वहां भूजल के दोहन में सख्ती से बचा जाए। यह प्रस्ताव उपराज्यपाल नजीब जंग के समक्ष रखा जाएगा। राष्ट्रीय हरित न्यायाधिकरण (एनजीटी) के निर्देश पर दिल्ली में भूजल दोहन पर रोक लगाने के लिए गठित कमेटी की बैठक बुधवार को दिल्ली सचिवालय में हुई।

A new drinking water scheme for 12 habitations in Thiruparaithurai and Perugamani panchayats situated along the Tiruchi-Karur National Highway on the outskirts of the city has become operational.

In what seems to be a contradiction of sorts, the municipal commissioner is keen on reducing groundwater usage, while the civic body has continued digging new borewells to quench the thirst of the