Indore under water emergency THE Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh is facing acute water shortage. Most reservoirs in the region dried up as early as December following a scant monsoon. While Ujjain residents are getting water supply for an hour in four days, Indore has declared water emergency from February to June 2009. This is the first time an Indian city has declared water

Coordination between the three departments of the municipality dealing with water supply from the Narmada project, the Yashwant Sagar reservoir and from tubewells will be improved. The responsibility of fixing leakages within 24 hours will rest with zonal assistant and sub-engineers. Public tubewells will be freed of encroachment and public taps installed on them. Some

Gambhir reservoir that supplies water to Ujjain has dried up. The Ujjain municipality plans to get water from Amla Vida Dam, 24 km away. The government might face resistance from farmers since the dam

All City areas would come under BMC piped water supply network. As the Union Urban Development Ministry on Wednesday cleared Rs 415.45 crore Water Supply Distribution Network Project for Bhopal under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi International Airport is now gearing up to have its own water supply in time for the Commonwealth Games.