Hyderabad to run short of water
The city is looking at a shortage of at least 40 million gallons of drinking water supply during the coming summer.
The Water Board will be forced to reduce the duration of supply even in the core c
100% hike likely in SCB water tariff
Secunderabad Cantonment Board is preparing to hike the water tariff here from the present Rs 6 per KL to Rs 13.50 per KL from 2013.
SCB superintendent (water section) Raj Kumar confirmed such a hike
Violators to land in sea of troubles
The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) is tightening its noose around consumers who use illegal water connections, drawing water using motor pumps from pipelines and tampering with water meters.
The autho
Dirty water makes 70 sick in 20 days
As many as 70 residents of Bela Colony of Shalibanda in the old city have fallen ill in just the past 20 days. Contaminated drinking water is the reason, say the residents.
People living in the colon
Stagnant water raises fear of disease
Many areas in Chennai continued to be water logged on Monday even as authorities feared that stagnant pools in many of the low-lying areas were becoming breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
After the la
Pay more for water
After the blow from the price hikes of diesel, LPG and milk, the district is set to witness yet another jolt with the Ernakulam district drinking water transporters welfare association deciding to hik
Pallavaram finds water taxing
Even as Pallavaram is facing acute shortage of drinking water, the municipal corporation increased the water tariff at its recent council meeting. The move has now created a flutter among the oppositi
Councillor promises clean drinking water
Harrowed residents in certain pockets of Royapuram were pleasantly surprised when metro water staff and corporation officials descended on their localities to inspect the quality of the piped water re
Get a lorry of water in a jiffy
Chennaiites, particularly hotels and restaurants, no longer have to obey the diktat of water mafia.
They don’t have to wait painstakingly to get ‘untreated’ groundwater from private suppliers who ex
Water transport plan in oblivion
At a time when the State government is initiating multi-crore public transport projects for the city, the feasibility study report on water transport, the most viable and non-polluting mode of transpo