Water supply yet to be restored in Thiruvananthapuram city
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Water supply yet to be restored in Thiruvananthapuram city

The Hindu  

Large swathes of the capital city remained without water supply for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, with the Kerala Water Authority yet to restore supply after a pipeline realignment work. On Saturday, the KWA said it would restore piped water supply by Sunday morning. In its latest communique, the KWA said the water supply would revert to normal by Sunday afternoon. Water supply has been hit in parts of the city over the last four days due to the realignment of pipelines necessitated by doubling the work on the Thiruvananthapuram-Nagercoil railway line.

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Water supply hit at some parts of Chennai due to leak in pipeline from Veeranam tank
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Water supply hit at some parts of Chennai due to leak in pipeline from Veeranam tank

The Hindu  

Water supply to some southern parts of the city was hit on Saturday due to a leak in the pipeline that supplies water from Veeranam tank near Kelambakkam. Water supply was regularly being disrupted due to various reasons, particularly due to interconnection works scheduled for Chennai Metro Rail projects. CMWSSB officials said the water supply would be restored on Sunday …

Thiruvananthapuram staring at water crisis as demand-supply gap widens
1 month ago

Thiruvananthapuram staring at water crisis as demand-supply gap widens

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Increasingly widening gap in the demand, supply and production of drinking water has the state capital staring at a severe crisis this summer. The Kerala Water Authority has failed to ramp up production despite the exponential rise in the number of consumers in the state capital – one of the rapidly developing cities in the state. Official sources said …

As summer sets in, water shortage worries people
1 month, 2 weeks ago

As summer sets in, water shortage worries people

The Hindu  

As the summer time has kicked in, residents in several areas of Kochi and its suburbs are pressing for more water supply. Mukkottil Temple Road Residents’ Association, comprising areas under the Kochi Corporation, Division 50, and areas such as Pettah, Thripunithura, and Mukkottil Temple Road have complained that they are facing acute shortage of drinking water supply. Association president Roy …

Thammanam pipeline burst: Water supply in Kochi restored after 15 hours
3 months ago

Thammanam pipeline burst: Water supply in Kochi restored after 15 hours

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Nearly 15 hours after a major pipeline burst on the Palarivattom-Thammanam stretch, the Kerala Water Authority restored supply to several parts of Kochi by Sunday morning. “It was an old pipeline at Samskara Junction that burst on Saturday evening and we have rectified the issue,” said a senior KWA official. The pipe that burst was a 700mm premo feeder …

Thiruvananthapuram: Finally, KWA charges new pipelines on Vellayambalam-Thycaud stretch
6 months ago

Thiruvananthapuram: Finally, KWA charges new pipelines on Vellayambalam-Thycaud stretch

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After months-long protests and delays, the Kerala Water Authority finally charged the new pipelines in the Althara-Thycaud areas in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. Several residential areas on the Vellayambalam-Thycaud stretch suffered water-supply disruptions owing to the smart road works for several weeks, forcing the residents to stage multiple protests demanding immediate restoration of water supply. Charging the new pipelines along …

Vellayambalam-Thycaud residents reel under acute water shortage
6 months, 1 week ago

Vellayambalam-Thycaud residents reel under acute water shortage

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For the past one month, the families of a residential flat near Althara Temple have been spending a hefty sum of around Rs 4,500 every day to purchase two tankers of water to meet their daily needs. There are many elderly citizens and children in the apartment complex and they have been facing water supply disruption for the past …

Crucial meeting of senior officials on water supply in Kochi
11 months ago

Crucial meeting of senior officials on water supply in Kochi

The Hindu  

A high-level meeting of senior State government officials will be held in Thiruvananthapuram, on April 29, on a new water supply regime in Kochi under an Asian Development Bank-assisted programme. Unions representing employees of the Kerala Water Authority have repeatedly expressed apprehension about water becoming a costly commodity accessible only to those with high paying capacity. Though the objectives of …

Water supply shut as work on Godavari pipeline starts
2 years ago

Water supply shut as work on Godavari pipeline starts

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board started work on the Godavari water line around 6 am on Thursday, effecting a 48-hour pipeline supply shutdown to around 2.5 lakh domestic connections in the city. A pipeline of the Godavari drinking water supply at Kukunoorpally is being shifted to make way for a proposed railway track between Manoharabad in …

Huda restores normal water supply in Gurgaon
8 years, 9 months ago

Huda restores normal water supply in Gurgaon

Hindustan Times  

After taps ran dry for four days, the Haryana Urban Development Authority restored the normal water supply to the city on Wednesday morning. Though the Basai water treatment plant started operation on Monday, the overall supply took two days to normalise as the power supply problems continued at Chandu Budhera water treatment plant. On Sunday, the Huda had said that …

Cauvery water supply to resume on Wednesday
11 years, 1 month ago

Cauvery water supply to resume on Wednesday

The Hindu  

Water supply to low-lying areas in the city is set to resume on Wednesday morning while supply across the city will be normalised by Thursday morning. “Soon after the KPTCL work was completed around 5 p.m., water pumping has resumed already and some low-lying areas will start receiving water by Wednesday morning,” said a Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board …

Ensure water supply to city is not hit: Siddaramaiah
11 years, 10 months ago

Ensure water supply to city is not hit: Siddaramaiah

The Hindu  

In view of the unprecedented water crisis following the fall in the water-level in the Krishnaraja Sagar, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday directed the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. and the Water Resources Department to ensure that drinking water supply to the city was not hit at any cost. The Chief Minister, who convened a …

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