Aussies toil with drought

while some areas in Rajasthan are still fighting to drain floodwater, in other districts, farmers have revived their agitation for more water for irrigation. On October 11, hundreds of farmers

to revive the failing water system in Guwahati, the Assam government will spend Rs 1,000 crore on the water and sewerage systems in the state capital and plans to revamp the city's riverfront too.

With work on the project to start in the next six months, the state government will soon invite quotations for a Rs 800-crore drainage-cum-sewerage scheme, for which it has already received a grant from the Central government, said the Guwahati development department minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

people from about 104 villages of Thane district near Mumbai have threatened to break valves of the pipeline supplying water to the metropolis and bring the city's water supply to a halt. The reason: all their water sources have been completely diverted to Mumbai and they are facing acute drinking water and irrigation crisis.