New Delhi: The groundwater levels in the city are plunging to such an extent that many parts of Delhi have already gone dry. Largescale exploitation of groundwater has led to a colossal problem of water availability in the city. The only viable way to preserve it, or at least replenish it, is rainwater harvesting.

Try economic pricing to save water

Utkarsh Anand

As groundwater depletes in the Capital at an alarming rate, Delhi is all set to have its own regulatory body to combat the twin problem of paucity of water and illegal extraction of groundwater. The new policy will be notified next week.

Sunny Sebastian

K. Palanisami.

Jamshedpur: The ongoing water crisis in Mango has left residents parched, but has proved a boon for casual labourers who are busy earning some quick money, ferrying water to homes in the area.

And helpless residents are shelling out the cash, as its either that or going without a drop of water in the heat.

Having collected Rs 625 crore as revenue in the last fiscal, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Thursday approved its total annual budget of Rs 1,624.37 crore for 2010-11.