BHUBANESWAR: The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has not been able to solve the drinking water problem in slums and areas, which are not covered under piped water supply, in the City.

For the first time in three years, Delhi government’s budget for the health sector shifted its focus from Public Private Partnership (PPP) to primary and allied medical services.

SPACE TECH FINDS MASS USE: Eureka Forbes partners with Water Security Corp & launches low-cost water-purifier as part of its efforts to provide clean water on a large scale.

This summer, the capital city and its suburbs are in the grip of acute water shortage. In a multi-part series The Hindu examines the diverse ways the problem has impacted the people.

Water taps that can do little more than drip, wells that give no more water, water tanker operators who know that people would pay anything for that precious potful… summertime is often cruel to the residents of the capital city.

Guwahati, April 19: The city has just acquired two reasons to be more confident about its glass of water.

A meeting to review the status of the drinking water projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for Kochi will be held in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.

Convened by Water Resources Minister P J Joseph, the meeting is expected to discuss the initiatives for solving the portable water crisis faced by the city, especially the West Kochi area. The ministers from the district, the MLAs and Mayor Tony Chammany will attend the meeting.