LUCKNOW: If it was Bhagirath who brought the Ganga on the earth in the mythological era, local 'bhagiraths' are restoring the Gomti to its pristine glory in the villages along the river's course.

Activists claim nearly 1,000 such plants operate in the area.

GURGAON: City's unauthorised colonies will get community water supply soon, a top official said on Monday. "Drinking water supply in Gurgaon's authorised colonies is satisfactory.

AURANGABAD: Untreated municipal sewage and effluents from cities and towns in the state being discharged untreated into rivers is causing 70% pollution of the drinking water sources, a recent asses

If everything goes as planned, Kollam could well be the first district in the state to be free of water scarcity.

First district in the State to take steps to regulate groundwater usage

Five-hundred-and-thirty-six million litres a day (mld) drinking water is what the city will need in the next couple of decades.

In the backdrop of steadily declining ground water reserves in the city, residents have often complained of how indiscriminate digging of borewells have depleted the water table further.

The coal-rich Belpahar town is facing acute water shortage.