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'Pani Maah' campaign to increase pace of implementation of Jal Jeevan Miss
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], August 6 (ANI): The Union Territory of Ladakh that launched a month-long campaign--'Pani Maah' (water month) with an aim to increase the pace of implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the UT and to inform and engage village communities on the importance of clean water.
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Some rivers showed improvement in water quality during COVID-19 lockdown l
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Monitoring of rivers during March and April last year to assess the impact of COVID-induced lockdown showed that some of them - Brahmani, Brahmputra, Cauvery, Godavari, Krishna, Tapi and Yamuna - showed improvement in water quality, the government inform
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Drinking water with high nitrate content causes blue baby syndrome, says M
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with Pollution Control Boards and Committees in different States and Union Territories (UTs) has been monitoring the water quality of rivers and other water bodies across the country through a network
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Guidelines on River Centric Urban Planning circulated to all States: Centr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): To assist urban local bodies, the departments of Urban Development and the State Town and Country Planning in taking action to conserve and preserve rivers, water bodies, and flood plains, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in the month of Ma
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Govt to ensure water supply to all households, says PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Interacting with the beneficiaries of 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana' in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday assured that after providing houses, toilets, electricity and gas, the government is working to provide water throu
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Flood alert issued in Andhra's Krishna district after gate of Pulichintala
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh), August 5 (ANI): After one gate of Pulichintala dam washed away due to some technical problem on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, water is being released downwards hence flash floods are likely in the downwards areas, said Krishna District collector J
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5.8-magnitude quake jolts waters off Taiwan: CENC
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters near Yilan County of China's Taiwan at 5:50 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
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In a first, water villas at cost of Rs 800 cr to be set up in Lakshadweep
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lakshadweep [India], August 4 (ANI): In a first in India, Lakshadweep will soon have water villas similar to those in Maldives.
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4 killed, 3 injured in wall collapse incident in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI/Xinhua): At least four people were killed and three others injured when the wall of a house collapsed in the capital city Peshawar of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police sources said on Wednesday.
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Commencement of sea trials of indigenous aircraft 'Vikrant', says MoD
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) 'Vikrant' designed by Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Design(DND) is being built at Cochin Shipyard Limited(CSL), a Public Sector Shipyard under the Ministry of Shipping(MoS), informed Ministry of Defence on Wednesday.
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Release of excess water from DVC caused flood in West Bengal: Mamata Baner
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal [India], August 4, (ANI): Taking stock of the West Bengal floods, which was caused due to the release of excess water from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) dam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday and assured to p
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Guru Gobind Singh Foundation installs water vending machines for water at
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 4 (ANI): Guru Gobind Singh Foundation of the Sikh community at Vijaywada on Wednesday started a water ATM near a Government hospital to provide water to the poor at a nominal cost of one rupee.
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