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PM reviews progress under Bharat Nirman

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today reviewed the six components of rural infrastructure under Bharat Nirman for 2005-06. It has been pointed out that progress in four components of rural

Publication Date: 
22/12/2005
Business Line (New Delhi)
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Water Supply

Public support for water supply improvements: Empirical evidence from unplanned settlements of Delhi, India

The unplanned sector of India

Publication Date: 
30/11/2005
Venkatesh Dutta, Subhash Chander, Leena Srivastava
Journal of Environment & Development
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Urban Water Supply, Delhi, Water Supply, Water Pricing, Urbanisation, Private Sector, Slums
Water Supply

Contamination of Community Water Sources in Bhopal, India

For more than a decade, a chain of evidence has accumulated that demonstrates that thousands of people living around the now-abandoned Union Carbide factory site in Bhopal, India, are suffering direct exposure to toxic substances from their water supplies.

Publication Date: 
20/10/2005
Tim Edwards
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Water Resources, Bhopal, Health Effects, Water Supply, Union Carbide, Supreme Court
Water Supply

Water question in Jharkhand - Present law and policy context

This article looks at the emerging policy context on irrigation and drinking water supply in Jharkhand, the position of water rights in state legislation, the importance of water user groups, the critical issues of access to water for both the rural and the urban poor and the legal implications.
 

Publication Date: 
08/10/2005
Videh Upadhyay
Economic and Political Weekly
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Jharkhand, Water Resources, Irrigation, Drinking Water, Urban Water Supply, Rural Water Supply, Legislation, Water Policy, Water Distribution, Cooperatives, World Bank, Panchayats, Ranchi (D), Public Participation, Water Supply
Water Supply

Chemical and microbiological analysis of potable water of Patiala city, Punjab

The study pertaining to the thorough study of water, in reference to the quality in terms of sensory, physico-chemical and microbiological parameters, was undertaken in a model city Patiala of state of Punjab. The results indicate that the water samples collected from the different localities and various water sources viz.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2005
H. K. Sharma, V. Kumar, H. Pandey
Pollution Research
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Water Quality, Drinking Water, Urban Water Supply, Water Supply, Punjab, Patiala (T)
Water Supply

Settle dues, say NGOs

A group of 17 non-Government organisation engaged in implementation of "Swajaldhara Abhiyaan'- campaign for santation and supply of clean drinking water

Publication Date: 
07/06/2005
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Water Supply

A virtuous (re)cycle

Water commands premimum and none knows it better than the building than the building industry. Water recycling is , therefore the latest thing that 'home builders' appear to be focussing on -not

Publication Date: 
23/04/2005
Hindu (Chennai)
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Water Supply
Water Supply

Euro-III vehicles, fuel to bring some clean air to Bangalore

Bangaloreans may be soon able to breath some clean air. With the implementation of the Euro-III emission norms, pollution levels in the Garden City, which is now chocking with vehicular emissions, is

Publication Date: 
20/04/2005
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Vehicular Pollution
Water Supply

UAE desert site was once green : Neolithis study

Excavations of a human settlement in the United Arab Emirates dating back to around 7,000 years ago reveal that the area, now a desert was once lush green with vegetaion and plentiful supply of

Publication Date: 
22/03/2005
Free Press Journal (Mumbai)
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Water Supply

Rajasthan advisor for water panel

The Rajasthan Government appointed a technical advisor to the Inter-state Water dispute committee for setting all issues related to the Indira Gandhi Canal Project and Ravi-Beas-Sutlej rivers. The

Publication Date: 
09/02/2005
Business Line (New Delhi)
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Dams, Irrigation

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