water crisis
To check the depleting groundwater level, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has come up with a plan to constitute a special committee. The committee is to be headed by two superintending engineers (SEs) who will visit houses in Gurgaon to check defunct water harvesting pits. As per norms, to obtain a completion certificate from [...] Continue Reading »
Ill-quipped system of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation came out in the open again as when the northern grid failed, city could get only half the water of total supply from the Kajauli during disruption period. The reason being Kajauli water works has low power generator, which can only take the load of two lines out of [...] Continue Reading »
Concerned over the deepening water crisis and depleting groundwater table, experts say that it may leave Noida almost dry in the next few years. Builders and developers have been extracting groundwater from past few years, which may soon see people struggling for water, say experts. The city has already been placed under the ‘semi-critical’ category [...] Continue Reading »
While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been forwarding many innovative ideas to solve the water crisis like desalination, cloud seeding and water recycling, none of these plans have been materialized. Under these circumstances, few housing societies have helped themselves through rainwater harvesting to solve the problem. The Raheja Vihar Rainbow society in Powai and Avanti [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon’s underground water table has reached a significant low of 51 metres and the state has failed to check on this. The water crisis which Gurgaon faced this summer is only going to get worse. The estimated demand is 200 million gallons per day (MGD), whereas Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is able to supply [...] Continue Reading »
The nation’s capital has been witnessing severe water scarcity, intense heat and burning greens nowadays. There is an acute shortage of water in Delhi as a result of which green covers are scorching up. Almost 20 per cent of the plants and grass are getting dried up in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area [...] Continue Reading »
With decreased water supply, erratic timings doubled with continuous low pressure, Hyderabad is having water crisis in spite of heavy downpour last week. Many localities in the city continue to reel under acute water shortage and in many areas the problem worsened as water tankers continue to be the only respite for many residents. Residents [...] Continue Reading »
With the increasing water and power crisis in Gurgaon, residents have now taken their protest to the streets. Residents of Badshahpur area, for the second time have staged a protest against the authorities for the poor water and electricity supply. They had gathered from morning and shouted slogans against the administration and created traffic jams [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Allahabad are making efforts to get roof top rainwater harvesting system installed on the top of their houses and apartments in Allahabad. Roof Top Rain Water harvesting system has become quite popular among citizens and even private institutions are adopting roof top rain water harvesting. It is the technique through which rain [...] Continue Reading »
The biggest issue that the residents of Bangalore are facing today is a daily supply of fresh water. There are so many people who share a finite supply of fresh water which does not equitably cover them all. Rain water harvesting can change the way. Many residents of apartments in Bangalore specifically in layouts of [...] Continue Reading »
