MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) staged a protest on Friday over the prolonged delay in the inauguration of the Surya Regional Water Supply Scheme, which is set to provide 185MLD of water to the Vasai region.Sharmila Thackeray, the wife of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, participated in the protest and claimed that the project had been ready for inauguration for five months but was awaiting Prime...
MUMBAI: Sewage water flooding the complex of 119-year-old Fire Temple in Hyderabad has galvanized the minuscule Parsi community with appeals and signature campaigns to government agencies from organisations and individuals across the country.In Mumbai, the over 360-year-old Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP), which represents the interests of the Parsi-Irani community in India, has written to Telangana chief...
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has initiated a "minor" cabinet reshuffle, wherein the water department — which was previously overseen by minister Saurabh Bhardwaj — has now been entrusted to Atishi, as reported by officials.The responsibilities of the tourism, art, and culture departments, which were previously overseen by Atishi, will now be under the purview of Bhardwaj,...
CUDDALORE: Farmers at Erumanur village near Vridhachalam in Cuddalore district destroyed paddy crops raised in about 30 acres as the crops withered within 40 days of sowing without adequate water for irrigation.Farmers in Erumanur and neighbouring villages raise samba crops every season solely depending on rain to meet the irrigation needs. This season they had cultivated paddy on about 30 acres....
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TRICHY: Around one lakh shops and commercial establishments remained closed in the delta districts on Wednesday following a total shutdown announced by the Cauvery Delta Protection Movement protesting against the Karnataka government's failure to adhere to the orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority and Supreme Court to release water for irrigation in the Cauvery river.However, government and...
HOOGHLY/MIDNAPORE: The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is scheduled to release another 65,000 cusec of water from Maithan and Panchet dams in the next 24 hours, a move that threatens to aggravate the flood situation in Hooghly, Howrah and Burdwan.Thursday, however, had brought some relief to some flood-stricken south Bengal areas as water levels there began to recede in certain localities as less water...
NEW DELHI: The water supply in several areas of South Delhi, including Kalkaji, Okhla, Lajpat Nagar, Maharani Bagh, East of Kailash, is likely to be affected on 4-5 October as repair work is to be carried out at the Wazirabad water treatment plant. "Residents are advised to store sufficient quantities of water in advance as per requirement. Water tankers will be available on request" stated an alert...
CHENNAI: Metrowater has appointed a consultant to study existing water and sewer pipelines that are at least three decades old in core Greater Chennai Corporation areas. There are 4,149km of sewer lines in city and 5,600km of water pipelines.“We will get the detailed project report by December about the status of the pipelines. Then, the next steps to improve the existing infrastructure will be...
CHENNAI: A delegation led by DMDK leader Premalatha Vijayakanth on Saturday called on governor R N Ravi and submitted a memorandum, seeking his intervention for speeding up a pending proposal to interlink rivers to ensure equitable distribution of water among the riparian states. It also sought his intervention to resolve the ‘pressing issues’ of Tamil Nadu, through Union and state governments....
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