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Mumbai mulls diverting irrigation water for quenching thirst [1]

Mumbai: With no sign of the monsoon, water levels in the lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai are running low forcing the government to consider diverting water meant for agriculture to the c

Publication Date: 
15/06/2012
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Mumbai [3], Canal Irrigation [4], Water Supply [5], Drinking Water Scarcity [6], Maharashtra [7], Lakes [8]
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