water crisis
Building projects in Pune may be delayed because of a recent decision by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to ban all construction activity in the city till the revival of monsoon and a resultant improvement in water situation. The decision by the PMC to stall construction activity to deal with water crisis may lead to [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) hinted that Bangalore may face water crisis this summer. An BWSSB officials said the Cauvery tribunal award notified that, despite the water shortage in the state’s reservoirs, Tamil Nadu will be supplied Cauvery river water. The situation has became worse in the last five years. Water level [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the damaged Sohna road, water tankers are facing difficulty to reach the Behrampur sewage treatment plant from various construction sites. This water supply from the Berhampur and Dhanwapur STPs started after the Punjab and Haryana High Court banned bore well water construction in the city. HUDA took the initiative to start this supply [...] Continue Reading »
The state government is planning to divide the water supply proportionately to the city as the water levels in Kabini and Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dams went down. Bangalore was hit by drought last year, which resulted in the depletion of water levels in Cauvery basin reservoirs. From November 2012, new areas of Bruhat Bangalore [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- The quantity of saline in Periyar river forced Aluva pump house to stop operating and due to this there will be water crisis in and around Kochi this weekend. At the pump house, the saline content in water had crossed the permissible level of salinity for which the authorities are releasing additional level of [...] Continue Reading »
Finally the plan for installing water meter is being worked out. The scarcity of drinking water has become a serious issue in most cities across the state. People are literally struggling for each drop of water releasing from reservoirs to the areas facing water scarcity problem. Recently the city has faced water crisis on account [...] Continue Reading »
A study by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) shows that Mumbai loses a shocking 650 million litres of water every single day due to leaking pipes — this is the total of Pune’s total daily water supply. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) does not seem to have a plan to curb this issue. The study says, [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh residents are facing acute water supply crunch. As against a demand of 116 Million Gallons Daily (MGD), the city is presently receiving 90 MGD, which includes 80 MGD from Kajauli water works and another 10 MGD from tube wells. The local Municipal Corporation would supply additional 3 MGD to Military Engineers Services (MES) in [...] Continue Reading »
In the wake of scanty rains and below average lake levels, Mumbaikars are asked to use water sparingly while celebrating the festival of dahi handi. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which has enforced the 10 per cent water cut since July 1 following poor showers and waning lake levels, has appealed to residents to use [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)’s cloud seeding plan is getting delayed, as it is yet to receive the feasibility study on the project. The civic body’s had already asked the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and Mekorot, an Isareli company, which is an expert in cloud seeding experiments, to [...] Continue Reading »
