During excavation, officials found that a joint on the distribution line had loosened Ponda: Parts of Ponda and Marcaim constituencies faced a water shortage on Tuesday evening after the drinking water department repaired a leaking pipeline joint at Dhavali on the outskirts of Ponda town.The leak had continued for two days. The department took up…
Chandigarh: Amid repeated complaints of contaminated drinking water from various parts of the city, the municipal corporation’s engineering wing has ordered intensified monitoring, testing and surveillance of the potable water supply system.MC chief engineer Sanjay Arora Monday directed the superintending engineer (public health) and all three executive engineers of the public health wing to strengthen…
Panaji: Catherine Fernandes remembers carrying a stone on her head as a ten-year-old girl, praying for rain. It was an old village ritual, the kind passed down without explanation, simply understood to work. Now 76 and living in Calangute, her knees no longer allow her to make that particular offering to St Anthony. But she…
Kanpur: Kanpur Nagar district magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh on Thursday inspected the overhead water tank constructed under the Jal Jeevan Mission in Baudhanpur–Chaudharypur and adjoining villages and expressed displeasure over the failure to start potable water supply despite completion of the project.According to officials, the project, involving construction of an overhead tank and laying of…
Mumbai: Even as the city is facing a 10% water cut, the Mumbai Water Tanker Association (MWTA) has warned that all tanker operators across Mumbai will take their vehicles off the roads and suspend water transportation services throughout Mumbai from 12 am on June 8 until further notice, in view of “harsh and selective” implementation…
Guwahati: Residents have urged urged authorities to focus on long-pending civic problems while welcoming Guwahati Municipal Corporation’s call for citizens to help transform the city through a purple-themed beautification drive.Under the initiative, neighbourhoods across Guwahati are being encouraged to paint shop fronts, residential buildings and public walls in shades of purple. The colour is meant…
The area faces a severe water crisis every summer Ghaziabad: More than a year after the 10 million litres per day (MLD) Ganga Water Project was announced, Vijay Nagar, which faces severe water crisis every summer, is getting its supply of Gangajal.“Vijay Nagar has 14 wards, out of which water is currently being supplied to…
