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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari initiative in Surat on September 6, 2024. Five important points of Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari you must know: The initiative aims to build around 24,800 rainwater harvesting facilities across the state of Gujarat. National Water Mission: This initiative was initiated by the government with the aim of conserving water, reducing …

Haryana chief secretary TVSN Prasad on Thursday said the state has secured second position nationwide in implementing the Jal Shakti Abhiyan-2023 as the groundwater level increased in 12 districts following rainwater conservation initiatives. Chief secretary TVSN Prasad says over 65,000 rainwater conservation structures have been constructed under the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain-2024’. “Due to this campaign, the water …

After days of dry spell, an hour-long downpour finally quenched the city’s thirst for bountiful rain even as it brought with it much-needed relief from extreme humidity and heat on the last day of July. The intense rain, which drenched the state capital in 52 mm rainwater in just an hour on Wednesday afternoon, however, exposed the tall claims of …

Despite the pressing need for sustainable water management, only a fraction of government buildings in Lucknow are equipped with rooftop rainwater harvesting systems. If all the 587 state government and 110 central government buildings get proper rooftop water harvesting systems, then the city will send more than 50 lakh gallons of water back to earth.” Virendra Singh Yadav, who retired …

State to implement rainwater harvesting project along highways

The State Government will take up Jala Shakti, a mega rain water harvesting project, alongside important highways, on the lines of Maharashtra. This project will be taken up along the proposed highways in Nippani and Kittur in Belagavi district and then extended to the entire State, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said in Belagavi on Monday. Mr. Bommai said the Union …

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican leaders in the South Carolina House appear ready to tackle cutting income taxes in the state before this year’s General Assembly session ends in May. A House subcommittee plans to pass a bill cutting the state’s top income tax rate from 7% to 6% in time to be considered along with the budget later this month. …

A major drive has been launched in Rajasthan for rainwater harvesting and conservation, followed by judicious use of water resources, which will help resolve the issue of paucity of water caused by scanty and erratic rainfall in the State. While the RGJSY’s first phase ended in August 2021 with the creation of water harvesting infrastructure in over 3,900 villages, the …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina economists decided Friday to make no changes to 3-month-old revenue estimates because COVID-19 is still causing so much uncertainty in the economy. We don’t want to be careless in this uncertain time,” Rainwater said at Friday’s meeting of the state Board of Economic Advisors. That means the official prediction for South Carolina remains unchanged from …

INDIANAPOLIS — Republican Gov. Holcomb has huge campaign fundraising and organization advantages over Democrat Woody Myers and Libertarian Donald Rainwater that he’s built leading the Republican-dominated state government without a well-known election foe. Rainwater is appealing to those voters with a message that “all Hoosiers are essential” as he flatly opposes the mask requirement and pledges to undo Holcomb’s executive …

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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Republican governor has consistently touted face masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus and prominently wears one in his reelection ads, even as President Donald Trump resists their use. “The more that we do the things that work, the better off we’ll be and we’ll continue to see folks go back to work.” Republican state Sen. …

Hyderabad: The closure of the main building of Hyderabad's premier state-run hospital, Osmania General Hospital, has angered doctors who were associated with the institution. On Wednesday, the new building of OGH too had rainwater in the wards, from the windows that had been left open by patients in the general ward. Due to the wind direction, rainwater collected in the …