Filtered water supply to Kolkata will go up by 20 million gallons per day (MGD), as mayor Firhad Hakim inaugurated a new treatment plant at Palta in North 24 Parganas district, on March 12, … READ FULL STORY
Aiming to facilitate India’s sustainable development goal (SDG) of universal access to safe drinking water, environment think tank The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) said, on February 27, 2019 that it was collaborating with … READ FULL STORY
The government is not considering any proposal to make access to potable water a fundamental right, union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat informed the Lok Sabha during Question Hour, on November 21, 2019, … READ FULL STORY
A leading real estate developers association, on June 18, 2019, termed as ‘unrealistic’, the Karnataka government’s plan to impose a five-year ban on the construction of multi-storeyed residential buildings in Bengaluru, in view of … READ FULL STORY
The Noida Authority has said that it aims to mobilise public support, for the conservation of water during the monsoon and revive wetlands in Sector 91, Sector 85, Gejha and Bakhtawarpur villages, besides two … READ FULL STORY
A Rs 500-fine was imposed on India cricket captain Virat Kohli, after a domestic help was found cleaning a car with running water from a pipe outside Kohli’s DLF Phase 1 residence in Gurugram, … READ FULL STORY
The Karnataka government is mulling over making it compulsory for commercial buildings in rural areas to implement rainwater harvesting, as part of its effort to build a water-secure future for the state, rural development … READ FULL STORY
Although a computer engineer by profession, Hemal Patel always loved being amidst nature. After seven years of working as a techie, he realised his passion for organic farming and quit his 9 to 5 … READ FULL STORY
