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Sri Mandir, a devotional app, has introduced an innovative Triveni Sangam Jal delivery service to bring the sanctity of the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers to devotees' homes ahead of the Maha Kumbh 2025. The Triveni Sangam Jal delivery service offers water sourced directly from the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, collected and packaged with the utmost care …

Mahakumbh-2025: Ganga, Yamuna to be under watch of 4K equipped water cops

A large contingent of water police personnel has been deployed and equipped with state-of-the-art technology to monitor every inch of the sacred confluence of the Sangam, to ensure pilgrims’ safety. Our goal is to ensure Mahakumbh remains 100% incident-free,” said Rajiv Narayan Mishra, inspector general of police in-charge, PAC Eastern Zone, Prayagraj. The water police personnel have been equipped with …

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If you’ve seen glimpses/clips of a sea of humanity descending into the waters at the Sangam at previous Magh Melas, Kumbhs and Mahakumbhs, this time you will have to think of another epithet to describe the multitudes that take a bath on the bathing days of Mahakumbh-2025. The state irrigation department has merged three distinct streams of the Ganga at …

No water supply in parts of South Delhi today | Check affected areas

People living in South Delhi will face water issues on Thursday morning. The water body, in a statement, said the affected areas include Tughlakabad village, Tughlakabad Extension, Northern Camp Basti, Air Force Station on MB Road, Sangam Vihar, Tigri village, Tigri DDA flats, Khanpur Village, Khan Pur Extension, JJ Colony Khan Pur, Duggal Colony, Jawahar Park, Raju Park, Shiv Park, …

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Delta farmers to hold rallies for water

The Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam has called upon the Tamil Nadu and Union governments to ensure that an adequate quantity of water was realised at the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur soon so that the shutters of the dam were lifted on the scheduled date of June 12 to release water for irrigation in Delta districts. Urging both governments to exert …

As the rising temperature attracts the youth to the river ghats for bathing, drowning accidents are increasing in Prayagraj. Sangam in Prayagraj Teams of divers and water police personnel will now keep a strict vigil at all ghats at Sangam, Arail Ghat, Phaphamau, Shivkuti, Subban Ghat on the Yamuna River in Kareli, and other ghats in the Atarsuiya area. Police …

Farmers demand release of water from Mettur

The Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the Communist Party of India, and the Cauvery Rights Retrieval Committee have stressed the need to release water from the Stanley Reservoir, Mettur, to prevent withering of the standing ‘samba’ crop. Masilamani demanding the immediate release of water for irrigation from the Mettur dam, the coordinator of CRRC, P. Maniarasan, in a statement …

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Mumbai: A slum comprising over 300 hutments encroaching upon a nullah near the Wadala Fire brigade station in Antop Hill has been identified as the primary cause of flooding over the past 10 days of heavy rains. A team of officials from the civic body’s storm water drain department found a delayed recession of flood waters in Antop Hill, which …

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In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop

In this teeming capital city of more than 20 million people, a worsening drought is amplifying the vast inequality between India's rich and poor. India's water crisis is far from even-handed - the elite in Delhi and most other parts of the country remain unaffected while the poor scramble for supplies every day. WATER GANGS Delhi's main government district and …

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