Friday fury over the controversial Hogenakal project had a filmi twist. The stars literally came down to the streets, as artistes attached to the Kannada film industry converged to protest under the banner of the Karnataka Chalanachitra Udhyama Sangha. The stars and their fans had a common cause to fight for. Demonstrating outside Bangalore's Town Hall, they voiced their demand in unison: The Union government had to intervene and stop the Hogenakal project lest it triggered water scarcity across Karnataka.

Superstars Rajnikant, Kamal Hassan and many film stars went on an eight-hour fast here on Friday to express solidarity with Tamil Nadu's stand on the Hogenakkal water project and denounce the attacks on cinema houses screening Tamil movies in Bangalore.

Slum-dwellers in Dar es Salaam pay the equivalent of

The Rs. 1,334-crore Hogenakkal drinking water project has nothing to do with power generation or irrigation, Tamil Nadu Public Works Minister Durai Murugan said here on Thursday.

The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board is carrying out in full swing the project of augmenting the water supply to Valparai in Coimbatore district and 10 other areas, Local Administration and

City residents face acute water crisis Power outage, low voltage disrupt WASA supply Abdul Kader People in different areas of the Dhaka city are suffering from acute crisis of water due to frequent load-shedding and low voltage coupled with sharp fall in underground water level. The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority cannot ensure smooth supply of water as its generators are not functioning properly because of frequent load-shedding and low voltage, a WASA official said.

Water will become an increasingly important commodity, with societies finding success in large part due to how smartly they address supply and demand. Comhar: Charging households directly for their water could solve shortages That is according to Comhar Sustainable Development Council, a national forum and advisory body set up by the Irish government in 1999. It warned that the Greater Dublin Area would run out of water in less than ten years unless action is taken now.

The Centre released some funds for the Swajal Dhara drinking water scheme in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh in April 2004. The money has remained in the bank and has earned an interest of Rs 4.8 lakh. Yet the scheme is still to take off. But for once, it is not official tardiness, only the tedious implementation process, that is to blame for the delay.

Responding to The Indian Express reports, "UPA mega drinking water scheme is also going down the corruption drain' and "If and where they do get water, it's not safe to drink', published on March 4 and March 5, 2008 respectively, Ministry of Rural Development spokesman S M Khan writes: "The final report of CAG will be finalised only after the response from the concerned states on the specific points pointed out in the draft report is received, the parts of which have been prematurely published by The Indian Express.'