Page 4 - Drinking Water

26 million families given piped drinking water under Jal Jeevan: PM Modi

Govt has so far provided over 58 mn tap-water connections, covering 30% of rural households. So far, Goa is the only state with 100% tap water coverage

PM Modi lays foundation stone of rural drinking water projects in UP

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was present on the occasion

Cong Bihar poll manifesto promises drinking water, free education for girls

The Congress is one of the key partners in the opposition Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar

India-UK-Swiss team highlights arsenic risk areas for Indian drinking water

A team of researchers based in the UK, India and Switzerland have created a country-specific, country-wide model for finding arsenic in well waters in India

Andhra Pradesh to install piped water taps in 3.2 million households: Govt

Andhra Pradesh government will install piped water taps, faucets, in 3.2 million households at a cost of Rs 4,800 crore, said Rajya Sabha member Vijay Sai Reddy

A tap for every home: India adds 20 mn water connections in a single year

The challenge is bigger in some states, especially Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, where less than 5 per cent population has access to tap water

Greater Noida residents to soon get drinking water from river Ganga

Also, 50 villages in Greater Noida will be soon connected with sewage treatment plants (STPs) for better waste management

Drinking water, electricity restored in most parts of Amphan-hit Kolkata

KMC personnel assisted by other agencies and a team from Odisha were busy clearing the roads even as vehicular movement resumed in most areas.

Prolonged coronavirus lockdown could make India's summer water crisis worse

For municipal and panchayat administrators in India, April is the month when bad news begins to pour in

This conservationist sets legal, social examples to save Delhi's wetlands

Arya filed a case against against the Noida Authority for causing the denudation and environmental distress

Delhi water row gets murkier: Kejriwal accuses Paswan of spreading lies

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari shot off a letter to Kejriwal, claiming that people were 'deeply scared' and 'terrified' of drinking the 'poisonous' water being supplied in the city

Mumbai only metro where tap water is safe for drinking: Govt report

In the first phase, the BIS had found all the 11 samples drawn from Delhi did not comply with the quality norm and the piped water was not safe for drinking purpose

Saudi Arabia's thirst for water is creating a toxic brine problem

Saudi Arabia's desalination plants produce about 31.5 million cubic metres of contaminated water each day

Solar power-run RO plants quench thirst for safe drinking water

They provide an anchor load for the solar power plants especially during summers when water chilling facility is also used besides bundling up related businesses with power generation

Why govt's rural drinking water programme failed despite spending Rs 800 bn

The programme's target: Providing 35% of rural households with water connections. Less than half that target was achieved

Graphene sieve turns seawater into drinking water

When common salts dissolved in water, they form a shell of water molecules around salt molecules

Indians without clean water exceed Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand population

Number is 63 mn, which is more than populations of Australia, Bulgaria, Lanka, Sweden put together

Not a drop anywhere! 63 mn Indians still do not have access to clean water

According to reports, India also ranks in the top 38% of countries most vulnerable to climate change

PM Modi asks Chief Secretaries to ensure drinking water in 500 towns

The platform is aimed at redressing the common man's grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects

Over 57,400 schemes to provide drinking water in rural areas

Rs 4,373 crore was allocated to states under National Rural Drinking Water Programme in 2015-16, of which Rs 4,369.55 crore has been utilised