Salem Collector directs officials to ensure steady drinking water supply to residents
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Salem Collector directs officials to ensure steady drinking water supply to residents

The Hindu  

District Collector R. Brindha Devi has directed officials to promptly repair damaged pipelines and ensure a steady supply of drinking water to residents. Accompanied by Corporation Commissioner-in-charge Balasubramaniam and other officials, Ms. Brindha Devi inspected the drinking water supply in the Ammapettai zone and held discussions on Wednesday. She stated that continuous inspections are being conducted across the Corporation, municipalities, town panchayats and panchayats to ensure uninterrupted drinking water supply during summer. She added that water is supplied to 8.5 lakh people across all 60 wards within the corporation limits, with 140 million litres per day distributed through two schemes.

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Yadgir officers told to test drinking water before it is supplied to the public
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Yadgir officers told to test drinking water before it is supplied to the public

The Hindu  

Chief Executive Officer of Yadgir Zilla Panchayat Lavish Ordia has instructed officers to test water before supplying it to the public from water sources. “The Zilla Panchayat has already instructed officials to supply water either through tankers or from rented borewells to mitigate any drinking water crisis. The officers should also make arrangements to clean overhead tanks through which many …

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 …

Schemes worth ₹3,000 crore implemented in Salem’s urban local bodies, says Minister Rajendran
1 month, 1 week ago

Schemes worth ₹3,000 crore implemented in Salem’s urban local bodies, says Minister Rajendran

The Hindu  

Tourism Minister R. Rajendran said that in the last three years, for the Municipal Corporation, Municipalities, and town panchayats in the Salem district, ₹3,000 crore worth of projects were implemented on Saturday. Nehru, inaugurated the newly-renovated bus stand and vegetable market at Vazhapadi at ₹8.70 crore, the daily Sandhai at Omalur town panchayat at a cost of ₹65 lakh, and …

Identify and assess functional and non-functional water sources by March 15, says Chittoor Collector
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Identify and assess functional and non-functional water sources by March 15, says Chittoor Collector

The Hindu  

In anticipation of the summer season, Collector Sumit Kumar directed officials to implement precautionary measures to ensure the availability of safe drinking water across the Chittoor district. He instructed the officials to identify and assess functional and non-functional water sources by March 15 to facilitate necessary repairs and resource allocation. The Collector directed MPDOs and Municipal Commissioners to compile detailed …

Water supply to be disrupted in Bhubaneswar for 24 hrs
5 months, 1 week ago

Water supply to be disrupted in Bhubaneswar for 24 hrs

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Supply of drinking water will be disrupted in multiple localities of the city for 24 hours from Friday afternoon due to an emergency repair work of Water Corporation of Odisha ’s main supply pipe near Mundali. The water supply will be disrupted in five regions. They include Kalinga Nagar, Patrapada, Bharatpur, Ghatikia, Khandagiri, Kolathia and other areas of Ghatikia …

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

Telangana Govt appoints 10 IAS officers to monitor drinking water situation in urban and rural areas
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana Govt appoints 10 IAS officers to monitor drinking water situation in urban and rural areas

The Hindu  

Telangana Government has appointed 10 IAS officers as special officers to monitor the drinking water situation in urban and rural areas of districts. As per a Government Order issued on Wednesday, the officers were directed to visit the districts immediately to coordinate with the district collectors, State level departments and monitor the drinking water situation till the end of July, …

Collector holds meeting to discuss water scarcity issues in the Nilgiris
1 year ago

Collector holds meeting to discuss water scarcity issues in the Nilgiris

The Hindu  

Nilgiris District Collector M. Aruna held a meeting recently with officials from civic bodies from across the district to discuss contingency measures required to ensure regular supply of drinking water to local residents during the summer. Residents facing water scarcity issues have been asked to submit their complaints and assured that their grievances would be looked into. Officials have also …

Urban Agenda | The whats, whys and hows of India's first city water management competition
1 year ago

Urban Agenda | The whats, whys and hows of India's first city water management competition

Hindustan Times  

Given how efficient water management is critical to over-populated, overheated, water-stressed urban areas, the Union government has initiated an ‘award and certification system’ to promote competition among states and cities to ensure water sources are well cared for, and citizens get access to clean drinking water. Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 as an extension or a …

AMRUT scheme funds will help improve water supply in Vizianagaram, says Minister
1 year, 2 months ago

AMRUT scheme funds will help improve water supply in Vizianagaram, says Minister

The Hindu  

Minister for Education Botcha Satyanarayana on January 7 said that the sanctioning of ₹62 crore under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation scheme will ensure improved water supply to all areas of Vizianagaram city and its outskirts. Water pipelines would be laid from Mushidivada in Visakhapatnam district to Vizianagaram, the Minister said after inaugurating a water tank built …

HT Environment Conclave: Govt to train village women to test water quality
4 years, 2 months ago

HT Environment Conclave: Govt to train village women to test water quality

Hindustan Times  

The Union government will train five women from every village to test the quality of water at nominal charges as part of the ambitious Jal Jeevan mission, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Shekhawat said on Friday, delivering the keynote address at the Hindustan Times Environment Conclave. The government will put up inexpensive water-quality testing infrastructure accessible to every village to achieve …

Nellore: Contingency plan set for water
7 years, 1 month ago

Nellore: Contingency plan set for water

Deccan Chronicle  

Nellore: In view of the falling water reserves in Somasila and Kandaleru projects and tanks across the Nellore region, district administration has been readying contingency plan well before the onset of summer to deal with any drinking water problem that could arise over the district. As a first step, APSPDCL and Transco officials have been asked to upgrade the transformers …

Let's raise a glass to clean drinking water
8 years, 3 months ago

Let's raise a glass to clean drinking water

Deccan Chronicle  

Do you feel fatigued even after a hearty meal? Unlicensed packaged drinking water units have always thrived in the city and now with the storage in all Cauvery dams falling, they could cash in on the water shortage even more come summer. Mr Selvanathan, director of Peacock Group, which runs a certified drinking water unit, Peacock Rock Agua, in Chamrajpet …

Pipelines without water in Chavara
8 years, 7 months ago

Pipelines without water in Chavara

Deccan Chronicle  

KOLLAM: Chavara continues to experience severe shortage of drinking water despite the government launching a number of mega projects, including the Japan drinking water project and the Jalanidhi, a World Bank-assisted rural water supply and sanitation scheme. The people have to stand in long queues near public taps for water that is supplied for a small duration daily. The Jalanidhi …

Odisha water crisis: Government sanctions Rs. 300 crore for potable water project in state
8 years, 11 months ago

Odisha water crisis: Government sanctions Rs. 300 crore for potable water project in state

Firstpost  

Odisha government today said it will provide free drinking water to urban poor households and announced earmarking Rs 300 crore for development of infrastructure for potable water. Bhubaneshwar: Odisha government today said it will provide free drinking water to urban poor households and announced earmarking Rs 300 crore for development of infrastructure for potable water. The decision was taken at …

Agitation for drinking water in Berhampur town
11 years, 11 months ago

Agitation for drinking water in Berhampur town

India TV News  

Berhampur, Apr 13: Demanding immediate steps to solve the acute drinking water problem in the south Odisha town, activists of Berhampur Nagarika Committee have launched an indefinite agitation here. The agitators led by BJP leader and former deputy speaker of Odisha assembly, Ram Chandra Panda began a dharna here and threatened to continue the agitation if the government did not …

Drinking water contaminated, claim residents
12 years, 2 months ago

Drinking water contaminated, claim residents

The Hindu  

Residents of Suriyampalayam in Erode Corporation came to the collectorate carrying contaminated drinking water in plastic bottles to petition the Collector seeking his intervention to ensure distribution of good drinking water for the people of that locality. Claiming that there are about 2,000 families living in Perumalmalai Village Gandhi Nagar area, they complained that they faced difficulty in collecting drinking …

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