No water, no more daily baths in this Gadag village
7 years, 11 months ago

No water, no more daily baths in this Gadag village

Deccan Chronicle  

Hubballi: No one even thinks of bathing every day in the hamlet of Suganahalli in Shirahatti taluk of Gadag district. So acute is the water shortage here that the villagers queue up the entire night to fetch water from the only functional borewell in the village. They are not alone in their suffering as several other villages too like Bannikoppa, Bagewadi, Murudi and Chikkavaddatti are coping with a severe water shortage with the local lakes having dried up in the absence of rainfall over the last two years. With the ground water table in the region falling to 400 feet and contaminated with fluoride, the farmers take their cattle to the nearby Kappattagudda forest in search of water for them. Gadag Zilla Panchayat project director, T Dinesh, however, claims that the administration is supplying drinking water through tankers to 11 villages in the district and doing its best to overcome the shortage.

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Kalaburagi officials asked to find permanent solution to drinking water scarcity
1 month ago

Kalaburagi officials asked to find permanent solution to drinking water scarcity

The Hindu  

Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge has directed officials to convene taluk-level meetings and to prepare a comprehensive plan to permanently address drinking water scarcity in urban and rural areas of the district. He also instructed officials to utilise the funds available in the Personal Deposit account of the district administration for mitigating the drinking water problem …

After protest, TWAD arranges water to Jadayampalayam people in Coimbatore
10 months, 3 weeks ago

After protest, TWAD arranges water to Jadayampalayam people in Coimbatore

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Two days after residents of Jadayampalayam near Mettupalayam staged a protest condemning stoppage of drinking water supply, TWAD board officials on Thursday said steps have been taken to supply water to them. Around 0.2 MLD of water is supplied under the 299 residential areas combined water scheme and 0.874 MLD of water 114 rural areas combined water scheme. However, …

Karnataka Water Crisis: 105 villages in Mysuru district likely to face water scarcity in next 2 months
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka Water Crisis: 105 villages in Mysuru district likely to face water scarcity in next 2 months

The Hindu  

The Mysuru Zilla Panchayat took stock of possible water scarcity in the district due to depleting water levels in reservoirs and plummeting groundwater table coupled with heat wave conditions. Gayatri said that 105 villages in the district have been flagged as likely to face drinking water scarcity over the next two months. While thrust is on ensuring drinking water, officials …

55-year-old digs well to provide water for Anganwadi kids
1 year, 1 month ago

55-year-old digs well to provide water for Anganwadi kids

Hindustan Times  

A 55-year-old woman from Ganesh Nagar in Sirsi, Uttara Kannada district, has taken it upon herself to dig a well to ensure a steady supply of water for the children attending the local Anganwadi. Gauri Nayka aims to complete the well within three months Gauri Nayka said she began the task of digging a 4-foot-wide well within the premises of …

Demand for water: Farmers’ protest continues at Bheemarayanagudi
1 year, 2 months ago

Demand for water: Farmers’ protest continues at Bheemarayanagudi

The Hindu  

Farmers, who have been protesting the outside the administrative office of Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigama Limited in Bheemarayanagudi in Shahapur taluk of Yadgir district demanding the release of water from Basavasagar reservoir to Narayanapur Left Branch Canal since December, have decided to continue the protest until water is released. The farmers are demanding water for their chilli crop which is …

Villagers pull up AP Speaker over drinking water
1 year, 11 months ago

Villagers pull up AP Speaker over drinking water

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Speaker Tammineni Sitaram went through a bitter experience on Saturday evening when a large number of people in Lakkapuram village under Burja mandal of his Amadalavalasa constituency pulled him up for lack of drinking water, power connections and deletion of names from the pensioners’ list. Sitaram had visited the village as a part of the “Gadapa Gadapaku Mana Prabhutvam.” …

Water shortage hits Adilabad district amid soaring temperatures
2 years, 1 month ago

Water shortage hits Adilabad district amid soaring temperatures

Deccan Chronicle  

GOTTIPATAR : Rural areas here have begun facing water scarcity much before the onset of summer. “We go and get water from the lone bore well a distance away to meet the family requirements every day.” She complained that Mission Bhagiratha water is being supplied very irregularly. “We use the Mission Bhagiratha water for washing clothes, bathing and other purposes …

Interior villages witnessing ‘water wars’ in erstwhile Adilabad district
2 years, 10 months ago

Interior villages witnessing ‘water wars’ in erstwhile Adilabad district

Deccan Chronicle  

DUBBAGUDA : It’s time for water wars in villages. Tekam Laxmi Bai of Molalgutta of Adilabad Rural mandal said the Mission Bhagiratha water is released once a week sometimes once in 15 days. She said some people of their neighbouring village Pothaguda had thrashed Namdev Pawar, operator of the Mission Bhagiratha tank, alleging that he was not releasing the water …

Link ponds, canals to solve water crisis: CM Jagan
2 years, 10 months ago

Link ponds, canals to solve water crisis: CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has called for a comprehensive plan to interlink ponds with canals and feeder channels to overcome the shortage of water in the next five years. The CM held a review meeting on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, rural roads and drinking water, with deputy chief minister for panchayat raj Mutyala Naidu …

Panchayat and Rural Department Pass the Buck as this Jammu Village Struggles to Find Clean Water
3 years, 6 months ago

Panchayat and Rural Department Pass the Buck as this Jammu Village Struggles to Find Clean Water

News 18  

For most part of the year, ‘bowlis’, as natural groundwater springs are known locally, remain the lone source of water in Jammu and Kashmir’s hilly and remote villages where the government has not yet brought in tap water connectivity. “In these three months, our people consume unclean water and get gastrointestinal and other serious water-borne infections,” said Pritam Chand, from …

'Don't know how we'll manage': Facing drought, villagers in Maharashtra's Marathwada left scrounging for water
6 years, 4 months ago

'Don't know how we'll manage': Facing drought, villagers in Maharashtra's Marathwada left scrounging for water

Firstpost  

“I have to keep requesting farmers whose borewells have water to give me a few buckets,” said Shivaji Mamdage, a senior from Mamdapur Patoda village in Beed district, describing his daily struggle for water. “Grampanchayat manages to avail water once every 3 to 4 days by taking water from borewells from farmers willing to give us water,” said Savita Deshmukh, …

In Gadag, drinking water is supplied only once a month
8 years, 11 months ago

In Gadag, drinking water is supplied only once a month

Deccan Chronicle  

Hubballi: So severe is the drought here that people of the twin cities of Gadag and Betageri are being supplied drinking water only once a month and the district administration is able to send water in tankers to only 13 villages in Ron and Mundaragi taluks although several have high fluoride content in their water, making it unhealthy for consumption. …

The water saga
10 years, 1 month ago

The water saga

The Hindu  

The town of Devanahalli lies to the north of Bengaluru. With a population of about 30,000 the town gets its water supply from borewells and summer time is tough as the groundwater table falls. The Government Urdu school has a tough time in managing the water requirement for the mid-day meals and for sanitation. They lift water from the well …

Long wait for potable water comes to an end here
11 years, 9 months ago

Long wait for potable water comes to an end here

The Hindu  

Fifty-one-year-old Unnamalai of Mangarai at Pennagaram in Dharmapuri district breaks into a smile at the prospect of getting potable water from Wednesday under the Rs.1,928-crore Hogenakkal Water Supply Scheme and Fluorosis Mitigation Project. More than 40 per cent of the population in many habitations suffered these problems, says a senior Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board official. Munian and …

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