New Delhi: In another attempt to allay fears that its public-private partnership projects are a precursor to privatization of the water utility, Delhi Jal Board has said it has sufficient water to

MUMBAI: The standing committee, which is yet to pass the budget proposal, is likely to make changes before passing it.

It affects irrigation in the lower reaches of the command area

Rampant violation of cropping pattern, unauthorised irrigation in the command area of the Tungabhadra irrigation project, failure of Water Resources Department officials to levy penalty on farmers violating cropping pattern and on those from outside command area drawing water unauthorisedly are some of the issues highlighted in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.

The Water Board and the Secunderabad Cantonment Board are accused of minting money by selling water through mobile tankers instead of supplying it by the pipeline network.

Citizens naturally wonder why, if water is available for thousands of trips made by tankers, it is not available though the pipeline distribution system.

Terming groundwater a common resource, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday advocated strong laws to regulate its extraction.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for a legislation to regulate extraction of groundwater by competing users and said inadequate pricing of both power and water were leading to the misuse

Keeping in mind the limitations on increasing water supply, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said that a large part of effort to plug the demand-supply gap must focus on increasing water use efficiency.

“There is no regulation of ground water extraction and no coordination among competing uses. Inadequate and sub-optimal pricing of both power and water is promoting the misuse of groundwater. We need to move to a situation where groundwater can be treated as a common property resource,” he said while inaugurating the first National Water Week.

Concerned over growing water scarcity, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday said transparent and participatory pricing of the natural resource was required.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Cabinet on Wednesday framed rules for the appointment of a person from the family of police personnel who die in the Naxalite and extremist violence in the Maoist-affected ar

New Delhi: Residents in large parts of the city have been flooded with inflated water bills. Take the case of Mayur Vihar resident Parbha Madan.