AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad district court has ordered a stay on the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation's ( AMC) notice to the Aurangabad City Water Utility Company, asking it to start parallel water

Bombay High Court (HC) asked Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) Wednesday to hear Solapur farmers aggrieved by the parched Ujjani dam that has allegedly created a drought-like

At the honk of a water tanker, hundreds of women in Bedi village dash to Khari Chowk, leaving aside all other errands.

TURA: In view of the severe water crisis in Tura and surrounding areas, West Garo Hills District Administration held a meeting with the lines departments, civil societies, Church leaders and locality development committees on Friday afternoon to discuss an urgent action plan to tide over the current water crisis.

The emergency meeting was necessitated amidst reports of fights erupting out of frustration over water scarcity, wanton wastage of water and illegal tampering of pipes by unauthorized plumbers.

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today released its annual budget of Rs 3951.78 crore for the financial year 2013-14, announcing an increase in the net revenue surplus from Rs 40.56 crore in 2007-08 to Rs

This year’s drought cannot be called worse than the one in 1972: SANDRP

While the Maharashtra government is crying hoarse about this year’s drought surpassing the one in 1972 and farmers are cutting off their crops and digging deeper than ever for water, an analysis based on rainfall patterns blames it on poor long-term vision and unequal water distribution. With 3,712 major, minor and medium projects, Maharashtra has the highest number of dams in the country; yet its irrigation coverage was 17.9 per cent in 2009-10. Its projects are plagued with delays and cost overruns, and a special team headed by Madhav Chitale is investigating them.