New Delhi: Consumers who do not have a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) connection, but discharge their sewage into its system, will now have to pay sewage charges.
The body took this decision at its board meeting on Thursday.
It has also extended its rebate scheme on payment of arrears to March 31, 2011.
Ranchi: In what could be a first for any state, Jharkhand is set to introduce a new kind of water tax that will force poor residents of Ranchi and other towns to pay as much as Re 1 for each bucket filled from municipal taps.
The state government says the step will help develop a habit of conservation.
LUCKNOW: In an alarming disclosure the state ground water department has revealed that it is Lucknow which is recording the maximum rate of ground water table decline in the state. According to the monitoring done by the department, the state capital had its ground water table declining at an average rate of 0.7 metre per year calculated pre-monsoon.
NEW DELHI: Spurred by the need to look at climate change impact on water resources, the Centre is formulating a revised National Water Policy in consultation with the States and other stakeholders to ensure basin-level management strategies.
The Water Rate is levied for supply of water from a public or a private system with a view to ensure equitable water distribution, efficiency of the irrigation system and its management. It has been attracting attention of Planners, Policy makers and Researchers in India in view of its important role in regulating the water use within the reach and resources of the users.
Hyderabad, Sept. 26: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) is proposing to hike the water tariff for its commercial consumers at `35 per kl by creating a separate tariff slab for them. There will be no hike for domestic consumers.
This document reports provides an action plan to implement water reforms in Orissa to address the imminent water challenges of the state. The report provides an overview of the water challenges of Orissa which include growing competition for water resources from industrial and urban development, in a variable hydrological environment.
Pune The water scarcity that hit the city hard last year had given a major fillip to the private water tankers business in the city with the owners making the most of the opportunity and exploiting the dire situation faced by citizens
