District Collector, South G P Naik on Wednesday directed Deputy Collector, Margao Johnson Fernandes to conduct a detailed probe into the contamination of drinking wells in the Comba locality of the city before initiating action against the polluters.
The directions came after Margao Municipal Chairperson Sushila Naik called on the District Collector seeking early action in the matter after the Go

With summer just round the corner, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday came up with an order that could ease the drinking water situation in the Capital.

Acute water scarcity has been declared in the district and as many as 383 borewells will be sunk to tackle the crisis, district in-charge minister A Narayanaswamy has said.

MARGAO: Gram sabha members of the Nuvem village Panchayat on Sunday cried foul over illegal bore wells and demanded a total stop to the activity on grounds that rampant exploitation of ground water for commercial purpose would affect the underground water table.

In fact, the illegal bore well issue dominated the proceedings with members questioning the Panchayat body over the activity at two pl

Believe it or not, 90% of the wells in Panjim are contaminated, mainly because the distance between septic tank and wells or ground water tanks are less than the minimum 20 mtrs.

To tackle water crisis during summer, the government will construct mini tanks and sink borewells in the areas newly added to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, said Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar.

Speaking to presspersons after a review meeting with Bangalore legislators, BBMP corporators and BWSSB officials on Monday, Minister Kumar said he will soon visit the new areas to get

Hazaribagh, Nov.

VASCO: Providing bore wells is one thing, but maintaining them is another.
To solve the problem of water scarcity, the Vasco PWD (water section) had dug 30 bore wells in and around Vasco.

Good monsoon this year has ensured that the Yamuna is finally full in the Delhi stretch after a gap of 30 years.