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Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board

Hyderabad: Water polluted, no action taken

For the past several days contaminated water is being supplied to the Nampally area.
03 Jul 2019 2:00 AM
Both the greens and people of the coastal districts are against the Yettinahole project, which aims to provide drinking water to the parched districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru rural by diverting Yettinahole, a major tributary of the river Netravathi, to them.

Greens begin letter drive against Yettinahole

They believe the project will not only damage the flow of Netravathi river, but also destroy forests and grasslands in the Western Ghats.
27 Jun 2019 3:01 AM
The youths collect waste materials, including plastic and e-waste, from houses along the banks of the lake, avoiding dumping of waste materials, to raise funds to help the children.

‘Samanvayam’ helps children, saves Sasthamkotta lake

Youths collect waste materials from houses along banks of Sasthamkotta lake to protect it.
21 Jun 2019 2:25 AM
The rainwater which is collected on my terrace flows through a pipe which is connected to the bore.

No water by 2030 if we don't conserve it now: NITI Aayog

Khushalani further suggested that the regions which are facing drought should not do farming of sugarcane as it absorbs a lot of groundwater.
21 Jun 2019 1:28 AM
DMK cadres attempting to lay siege to the Coimbatore corporation office seeking water. (DC)

DMK cadre stage stir for water, 600 held

When they made an attempt to enter the corporation building police deployed for protection arrested them.
20 Jun 2019 2:42 AM
(Photo: AFP | Representational)

Thanjavur dt banks on monsoon to avert water crisis

Many villages get water from 'Over Head Tanks (OHTs)' which face problems in pumping due to power shortage.
12 Jun 2019 3:37 AM
Sterlite

Sterlite to use only desalinated water when operations restart

As of now, Sterlite copper has been supplying drinking water to 1,000 families on alternative days in seven villages in its vicinity.
11 Jun 2019 5:32 AM
Though around 4,500 residents live in Gopalnagar Society in Hafeezpet, the colony does not have door-to door collection of garbage. As a result, piles of garbage are a common sight in the colony, which is fast becoming a preferred destination due to its proximity to the IT zone.

Gopalnagar Society, a picture of neglect

The colony does not have door-to door collection of garbage.
11 Jun 2019 1:28 AM
A total of 1,400 families is being covered so far - the project, launched on April 11, aims to cover 20 villages and ultimately provide drinking water to 5,000 families, a company release stated. Stainless steel tankers with a capacity ranging from 2,500 to 6,000 litres will collect potable drinking water from ISI-licensed drinking water plants and supply it to the villages on alternate days. (Representational Image)

Chennai: Sterlite brings drinking water to villages

Each family is being provided with 36 litres of water as tankers visit surrounding villages on alternate days.
10 Jun 2019 1:39 AM
After presiding over intensive deliberations with senior officials and experts at his office, the minister reiterated his resolve to ensure that the public does not suffer due to water scarcity. (Representational Image)

Chennai: S P Velumani allays fears of water crisis

Opposition leader M K Stalin has slammed CM Palaniswami and minister Velumani holding them responsible for the water crisis.
01 Jun 2019 2:17 AM
The main drinking water source for Nizamabad and Bodhan towns has been the Nizamsagar project and its balancing reservoir Singur.

Acute drinking water shortage in Nizamabad

Manjeera water will be released on May 30. Within a couple of days, water will reach Nizamabad and Bodhan towns.
29 May 2019 6:31 AM
Villagers were upset after officials kept ignoring their requests to supply adequate drinking water.

Chennai: Stir over erratic water supply

Cops arrange tankers to pacify crowd.
25 May 2019 2:01 AM
Deputy CM O.Panneerselvam

Edapadi K Palaniswami, Panneerselvam make final bid to woo voters

Steps were taken to solve the vexed Cauvery water issue and set up the Cauvery Water Management Board.
18 May 2019 2:36 AM
The water scarcity is so acute is the city that the Metrowater board commenced rationing in January, thus bringing down the total daily supply steeply from about 880 million litres a day to 550 million litres a day.

Chennai: Water crisis looms large, protests with empty pots swell

This government has not planned to mitigate the drinking water problem.
17 May 2019 3:12 AM
Dried up dam in Thumbe

In Mangaluru, water supply only once in 3-4 days

Mangaluru officials blame the failure of rain in January and March for the severe water crisis in the city.
14 May 2019 2:34 AM
Krishna Byre Gowda

Centre yet to fix quantum of drought aid: Krishna Byre Gowda

RDPR minister Krishna Byre Gowda told the media here that New Delhi had discriminated against the state even during last year's floods.
10 May 2019 2:35 AM
Residents picketing in front of the bus. (Image DC)

Tiruchy: Water scarcity forces villagers to hold up bus

The villagers did not get drinking water regularly, putting people to untold suffering.
08 May 2019 3:26 AM
Leopard near the saucer pit set up at Mangalakonda.

Kadapa: Saucer pits to quench thirst of wild animals

In view of red sanders’ smuggling, the forest officials have arranged 17 base camps in the remote areas.
03 May 2019 3:16 AM
The collector said there would be no problem to supply drinking water till May 30 and predicted the monsoon would hit the state by June 15, after which there will be rain.

Vijayawada: Poll code not to obstruct supply of drinking water

The model code of conduct is in force in the state.
02 May 2019 2:49 AM
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Bengaluru: State has enough water, government to set up 24/7 control room

Chief secretary Vijay Bhaskar says there will be no shortage this summer.
01 May 2019 2:11 AM

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The front page of Deccan Chronicle edition dated September 18, 1948.

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A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

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