N Manjula, BWSSB chairperson Bengaluru: Even though southwest monsoon has been delayed this year, the city’s residents need not worry about water shortage for next four to five months, according to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) chairperson N Manjula.After assessing the city’s water preparedness amid concerns over below-normal rainfall, she told TOI: “The…
Jhansi: The residents of Luhari village in Bangra block of Jhansi on Friday formally took over the operation and maintenance of their piped water supply system during a ‘Jal Arpan Diwas’ programme.The programme, held under the Jal Jeevan Mission is aimed at providing piped water to each rural house. It is being organised in villages…
Jaipur: With Rajasthan facing rising temperatures, recurring heat waves, erratic rainfall and mounting water stress, the state govt plans to set up a Climate Change Centre in collaboration with IIT-Jodhpur to strengthen climate research, forecasting and policy planning.The proposed centre, details of which were shared in the Rajasthan Assembly on June 23, will function as…
Lucknow: Five state universities from Uttar Pradesh have been listed in The Times Higher Education (THE) Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026, as India placed 110 institutions among 1,646 universities evaluated worldwide for contributions to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).According to the 2026 results, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), Kanpur, and Mahatma Jyotiba…
Prayagraj: In a push to strengthen drinking water supply and support water conservation in the extended municipal area of the Naini area, a new 81 MLD water treatment plant (WTP) will be constructed at Arail.The project, to be executed by Jal Nigam Urban, is expected to improve water supply in newly added areas of the…
Ahmedabad: The state eagerly awaits the onset of southwest monsoon as the water reservoirs in the state have less than 50% water cumulatively. Several of the reservoirs have less than 25% water remaining.The state govt has earlier announced that they have made preparations for the possible El Nino year with water management to ensure that…
Patna: Rural development department (RDD) minister Shrawan Kumar said here on Monday that the govt has committed itself to implementing the Centre’s Viksit Bharat (VB)-G-RAM-G programme with all sincerity, as Bihar is the first among the major states that gave cabinet approval to it. The VB-G-RAM-G is the new avatar of the earlier MNREGA with…
A notice on water usage and timings put at a housing society in NIBM Road Annexe area. Pune: The civic body’s alternate-day water supply schedule, introduced due to depleting water reserves and delayed rainfall, has forced residents to alter their routines and adopt strict conservation measures.From collecting wastewater from RO (reverse osmosis) filters for cleaning…
Lucknow: In a call to turn water conservation into a mass movement, chief minister Yogi Adityanath urged the people of Bundelkhand to proactively adopt water conservation measures. The chief minister appealed to the public to be extra cautious in their use of water.He directed that action plans for the coming years should be linked to…
2 min readSuratJun 19, 2026 01:47 AM IST SETTING ASIDE protocol, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat had dinner on Thursday evening sitting on the floor of a thatched house, belonging to Jitendrabhai Chunilal Desai, a farmer residing in Panikhadak village of Navsari district. CM Patel and Governor Devvrat, who are on a…
