Dimapur: Two villages in Peren district — Jalukiekam and Beisumpuikam — have been selected for the Modernisation of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) scheme by the Union ministry of jal shakti to supply irrigation water in the agricultural fields through pressurised pipes, reports Bhadra Gogoi.The M-CADWM scheme aims to shift outdated, canal-based agricultural…
Among all districts in the state, Hyderabad has one of the lowest annual extractable groundwater resources at just 6,100 Ham Hyderabad: Amid rapid urban expansion, Greater Hyderabad is facing a growing groundwater crisis. Despite accounting for nearly one-third of Telangana’s population within an area of about 2,000 sq km, the metropolitan region has access to…
The strike had disrupted a critical alternative source of water for Mumbai Mumbai: Mumbai Water Tanker Association (MWTA) called off its strike on the second day on Tuesday after receiving assurances from CM Devendra Fadnavis that no action will be taken against well owners and tanker operators over failure to obtain NOCs from Central Ground…
The strike had disrupted a critical alternative source of water for Mumbai Mumbai: Mumbai Water Tanker Association (MWTA) called off its strike on the second day on Tuesday after receiving assurances from CM Devendra Fadnavis that no action will be taken against well owners and tanker operators over failure to obtain NOCs from Central Ground…
Akkulam Lake rejuvenation project was estimated at Rs 3.5 crore Thiruvananthapuram: The proposed rejuvenation of Akkulam Lake and the renovation of Kovalam Beach have run into fresh uncertainty, with the newly elected state govt unlikely to approve bids quoted at nearly double the estimated project cost, casting doubts over the future of two key tourism…
Ranchi: CM Hemant Soren on Tuesday urged the Union ministry of Jal Shakti to integrate Jharkhand’s ‘jal sahiyas’ (water volunteers) into the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) framework.The pitch was made during the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the state govt and ministry for the rollout of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0. Hemant told…
Jaipur: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has quashed Rajasthan govt’s 2025 groundwater regulation guidelines, holding that they were not in consonance with the framework issued by the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) under the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti. The Central Zone Bench observed that the state issued its “Guidelines for Ground Water Regulation in…
