'Yettinahole not a linear project'
State govt is misleading people, says NITK former professor NITK former professor S G Mayya has said that the State government and Karnataka Neeravari Nigama Ltd (KNNL) have been misleading people by...
View Article231 mandals in Telangana declared drought-hit
Hyderabad: The state government on Tuesday declared 231 mandals, about one-third of the total mandals in the state, spread over seven districts, as drought-hit and sought Rs 1,000 crore as immediate...
View Article368 crore released for barrage on Penganga in Maha
HYDERABAD: The Telangana government will discuss on Tuesday with the Maharashtra government the proposal to construct a barrage across the Penganga river at Chanakha-Korata. The Telagnana government on...
View ArticleRivers in spate; agricultural fields flooded in Theni
Vaigai, Periyar and Kottakudi rivers in Theni district are in spate owing heavy rains in catchment areas in Kerala and on the Western Ghats in the last 24 hours. Standing crops on more than 20 acres...
View ArticleNaidu releases water to Kandaleru project
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday inspected the Somasila reservoir project and released water from there to the Kandaleru project to help in irrigation nearly eight lakh acres...
View ArticleUtility Co. installs 41 bulk meters to monitor water leakages, thefts
AURANGABAD: In a bid to keep a track of city's water distribution system, the water utility company has decided to install bulk water meters on main water supply pipeline on a 45-km long stretch...
View ArticleHopkinson continues to explore at the U of L (University of Lethbridge)
(Source: University of Lethbridge) A University of Lethbridge professor named one of Canada's greatest explorers has traded his high-flying days for the chance to mentor the next generation of...
View ArticlePresident invited a meeting to discuss the socio-economic situation and...
(Source: The President of the Republic of Armenia) Today, President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with the participation of the governor of Ararat marz and senior administration of the region to...
View ArticleWill complete irrigation projects in Rayalaseema within a year, says CM
n an attempt to silence his region-specific detractors training guns on the charge of ‘unbalanced development’, Chief Minister and TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu announced that he is for the...
View ArticleTrial run begins for Godavari water project at Ghanpur
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) on Tuesday conducted a trial run for the Godavari water project at Ghanpur near Shamirpet...
View ArticleBeijing's largest reservoir provides sufficient water supply (Beijing...
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) The water stored at Miyun Reservoir, Beijing's largest reservoir, is now over one billion cubic meters, a sufficient and reliable water supply source for the...
View ArticleTS, Maharashtra agree on barrage across Penganga
Telangana and Maharashtra have come to an in-principle understanding over construction of a barrage across the river Penganga at Chanakha-Korata. A final decision including singing of memorandum of...
View ArticleNabarangpur: Getting more water for fields
Praful Kumar Nayak farms 25 acres of his own land at Badamada village in Kosagumuda block of Nabarangpur. In 2012, he installed four borewells that can potentially irrigate his entire holding. It was...
View ArticleGodavari water gushes into Hyderabad finally
Hyderabad: Quthbullapur was the first Assembly constituency to receive Godavari water as over 18 MGD was pumped to Shapurnagar on Friday afternoon. The commissioning of the project quenched the thirst...
View ArticleSindh CM approves Rs12.6bn Sukkur barrage rehabilitation project
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has approved a Rs12.6 billion project for the rehabilitation of the Sukkur barrage that he described as the lifeline of the province’s agro-economy....
View ArticleOne crore acres will be irrigated by June 2017, says Pocharam
Minister for Agriculture Pocharam Srinivas Reddy has expressed the hope that the TRS government led by K. Chandrashekar Rao would be able to provide water to one crore acres of land by June 2017 for...
View ArticleSripadasagar project to quench thirst
KARIMNAGAR: The district’s ambitious Sripadasagar Irrigation Project (SSIP) at Yellampalli of Ramgundam mandal is all set to quench the thirst of Hyderabadis. With the commissioning of the 150-MLD...
View ArticleCitizens blame politicians for state’s water woes
Prominent personalities fighting for people’s right for water in different parts of the state on Sunday squarely blamed the politicians in the state for water woes in Karnataka stating that the greed...
View ArticleWill Madurai withstand flood havoc?
"The tanks and lakes to be found in the country are too few, and for want of occasional digging up and cleansing are often found silted up and too shallow to hold any large quantities of water. Nor is...
View ArticleNizamsagar to be fortified to stabilise three lakh acres
Nizamabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao directed the irrigation department officials to stabilise 3 lakh acres under Nizamsagar project by strengthening canals and distributaries. He said that...
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