Water

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government will make a demand at the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s meeting on Friday afternoon that Karnataka release water at the rate of 12,500 cusecs daily. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of state-wide bandh call given by the pro-Kannada organisations, Tamil Nadu water resources minister Duraimurugan said the state was asking for as it lacked water and not that...

NEW DELHI: CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said his government will soon ensure round-the-clock supply of water in every part of the capital.Addressing a public meeting in Bijwasan assembly constituency in southwest Delhi, Kejriwal said providing free water and electricity were the two basic promises he had made to the residents of Delhi and he had succeeded in that to a large extent."Delhi and Punjab...

NEW DELHI: The AAP government in Delhi has constructed roads with a cumulative length of 3,500 km and laid 2,500-km-long sewer and water pipelines in unauthorised colonies, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. Earlier those living in unauthorised colonies of Delhi were victims of politics and they were short-changed by politicians who made promises to them but did not do anything, Kejriwal...

THANE: Thane's Civic Commissioner, Abhijit Bangar, has issued a stern warning to municipal staff and a private electricity provider, cautioning them to be held accountable if they are found to have facilitated water and power connections to ongoing illegal construction projects in Kalwa, Mumbra, or Diva, as reported by officials.The warning follows recent discussions surrounding the issue of illegal...

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court expressing its inability to release 5,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu from the Cauvery reservoirs in the state.It has also urged the centre’s intervention in the matter and has sought for immediate intervention of the union government to construct the Mekedatu balancing reservoir.On late Tuesday evening, through the...

MUMBAI: Citizens from several areas in Mumbai have been complaining about the lack of water supply in their localities. Some have even said that they have not been receiving water at all or are getting only a trickle, and are having to depend on water tankers and bottled water for drinking. Starting from March 31 onwards, the BMC had announced a 15% water cut all across Mumbai for the next 30 days. This...

CHENNAI: Areas yet to be covered with drinking water supply like Korrukupet in north Chennai and those surrounding OMR will soon get fresh water supply.Municipal administration and water supply minister K N Nehru on Thursday announced drinking water supply projects worth several crores of rupees across the city. Under these projects, Korukkupet will get storage tanks of 10mld capacity and 3 mld...