After the official Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO) portal stated that 7675 habitations suffer from high ground water fluoride levels, the organisation's chairman called it a "goof-up" and said that less than 400 habitations are affected. The official WASMO portal states that a recent habitation survey found that 7675 habitations suffer from high levels of ground water fluoride, nitrate and groundwater salinity. ...
11:04 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Chennai: Over the past couple of weeks, the intermittent showers in and around the city limits have contributed to a significant rise in the water levels in the reservoirs that supply drinking water to residents. The city gets its water supply from reservoirs and lakes at Poondi, Sholavaram, Chembarambakkam and Senkundram (Red Hills). While the water level still continues to be almost 4500 million cubic feet (mcft) lesser than what...
03:05 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday promised action on the rising water level in the Omkareshwar Dam after nearly 15 days of protests by people living in villagers nearby that are threatened by it. Activists of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, who is spearheading the protests whereby people have been standing neck-deep in water, met Industries Minister Kailash Vijay Varghese and Tribal Welfare Minister Vijay Shah in Bhopal. The...
12:00 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Ahmedabad: Villagers of the Bharuch district were on Thursday evacuated after the water level in the nearby Narmada Dam touched a seven-year high to reach 128.9 meters. The authorities say they will be releasing the water from the dam soon. Experts say that the reason for the rise in water levels in the dam was due to excessive water from Indira Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh and heavy rainfall in...
08:39 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Mumbai: After a somewhat arid July and a mildly hot August, the rain gods finally showered their blessings on the city, providing it relief with some much-needed heavy showers yesterday. With the weather patterns finally shifting, our lakes are re-filling, bringing delight to civic officials and residents of our parched city. Now, with the weather gods being considerate, the BMC is expecting a considerable rise in the lake levels. The...
04:13 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The water level in the Yamuna has been rising steadily due to the incessant rains in the capital for the past five days. The government, however, says there is no need to panic as yet. No evacuations have been ordered so far. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to set up a committee to solve the problem of waterlogging. The Committee will have a representative...
02:46 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The water level in Yamuna on Monday inched closer to the danger level prompting the authorities to evacuate families living in the low-lying areas in East Delhi as threat of floods loomed large. "The water level in Yamuna rose primarily due to incessant rains and release of around one lakh cusecs of water by Haryana from Hathini Kund barrage into the river. But there was no need to...
08:57 PM, Aug 27, 2012
HYDERABAD: Showers of blessings indeed, atleast, as far as two mandals located on the city outskirts are concerned. The regular evening showers witnessed in the first two weeks of April have helped raise the ground water depths in Saidabad and Bahadurpura by 50 cms and 30 cms respectively, despite plummeting levels in the rest of the city, as per the latest statistics released by the Groundwater Department.From a depth from...
08:39 AM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: In Uttarkhand, the threat from the Tehri dam has diminished marginally. More than 63 people have died in cloudbursts and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Almora and Naintial since Saturday. Hundreds have fled their homes as water rushed in. The Army has been spearheading rescue operations and 8000 people have been evacuated to safer places. In western Uttar Pradesh 19 more people have died in rain related...
09:27 AM, Sep 21, 2010
New Delhi: With water levels in the Tehri dam crossing the danger mark, a potential disaster is feared in the hills of Uttarakhand. The region has been lashed by heavy rains, the worst in almost 40 years even as 63 people have died in cloudbursts and numerous landslides. Chief Minister Pokhriyal has appealed to the Prime Minister to declare Uttarakhand a disaster affected state and has sought a package of...
12:06 PM, Sep 20, 2010
Many however say they will have the holy dip, come flood or calamity. ...
08:54 AM, Oct 19, 2009
Whoever says rains are unwelcome in a desert must visit Jodhpur this season. ...
02:26 PM, Jul 14, 2009
Pakistan has all along tried to oppose the Baglihar dam project. ...
01:33 PM, Oct 22, 2008
The condition of some of Mumbai's roads may be much better than the last monsoons but they have been raised half a foot higher. ...
09:37 PM, May 25, 2007
