Priority to piped water scheme
Rajahmundri: The protected water supplies under the comprehensive piped water (CPW) scheme is being given top priority by zilla parishad in East Godavari as part of extension of the facility to all r
City moots private water supply plan
A proposal to privatise water supply and distribution in a few areas in the city has kicked up a row with union leaders threatening to disrupt the daily water supply if the government does not abandon
Tankers stop supplying water
Private water tankers have gone off the roads, demanding regularisation in tapping groundwater. About 1,000 loads of water are supplied in the city and supply has been suspended since Monday night.
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Kochi promised water 24x7
An early end is in sight for the woes of Kochi city and its suburbs like Kalamassery and Eloor, which have been facing acute drinking water shortage for long. Non-stop drinking water supply is envisag
Delay in cistern repair can hit water supply
Many areas in the city will go without water if the repair works on the cistern at Puttangandi in Nalgonda district is not completed in another 10 days. Currently, the Akkampally Balancing Reservoir h
Joint ventures to woo contractors
With few contractors coming forward to take up the rural water supply and sanitation works on tender basis, the state government has mooted selective joint ventures. The government plans to take up ab
Water Board to mortgage assets
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) will mortgage its properties, such as storage-cum-supply reservoirs and hundreds of acres of land in which sewerage treatment plant