drinking water

Jaipur, March 14 Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma chaired a meeting on Saturday to review preparations for the summer and directed officials to ensure a continuous supply of drinking water during the summer months.According to a release, Sharma directed the Public Health Engineering...

In Jammu and Kashmir, the Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants), Dr. Arvind Karwani, today chaired a meeting to review the ongoing development works in the Jammu migrant camps. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that the Relief Commissioner also reviewed the needs and projects...

Ahead of the upcoming Navratri and Eid al-Fitr festivals, Krishan Lal chaired a meeting in Doda to review preparedness and arrangements. Representatives from various departments, members of civil society, and representatives of the Beopar Mandal attended the meeting.The Deputy Commissioner...

Kota (Rajasthan), March 13 Rajasthan Minister Madan Dilawar began a four-day padyatra on Friday to directly interact with the people of his Ramganj Mandi assembly constituency here and review the implementation of government welfare schemes.Dilawar said the purpose of the foot march was to sit...

Una (HP), March 13 The Himachal Pradesh government is committed to providing clean drinking water to the people of the state, and Rs 2,000 crore will be spent during the next financial year on modern water purification technology, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Friday.This will...

Raipur, March 13 – The Jal Jeevan Mission, launched with the mission to make clean water a right for every family, has achieved considerable success across the country, including tribal and remote regions of Chhattisgarh.In the Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh, it is providing pure drinking...

Hamirpur (HP), March 13 Thirty-nine people have fallen ill after jaundice spread in an area near the Hamirpur town of Himachal Pradesh.The 39 people who have fallen ill include 14 students of a government school in Swahal in the Hamirpur district.Local residents are upset over the spread of...

Gandhinagar, March 13: The Gujarat government has recovered Rs 1.04 crore from the construction agency after a newly built overhead water tank collapsed during testing in the Surat district. Water Resources and Supply Minister Ishwarsinh Patel informed the state Assembly on Friday.Responding...

District Development Commissioner of Kishtwar, Pankaj Kumar Sharma, today chaired a review meeting of the District Water and Sanitation Mission, Jal Jeevan Mission, and Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) to assess the progress of drinking water supply schemes in the district.The DC directed the...

Chennai, March 13 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to release ₹3,112 crore in pending dues to ensure the completion of the ongoing Jal Jeevan Mission schemes in the state.In a letter to Modi, Stalin pointed out that the...

Chennai, March 13 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and release the pending ₹3,112 crore to ensure the completion of ongoing Jal Jeevan Mission schemes in the state.In a letter to Modi, Stalin pointed out that the Department of...

New Delhi, March 12 As the demand for water is expected to rise as summer approaches, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Thursday unveiled its Summer Action Plan-2026, aimed at ensuring a continuous supply of potable water across its jurisdiction.NDMC Vice Chairman Kuljeet Singh Chahal...

Aizawl, March 12 Mizoram has achieved a significant milestone in rural infrastructure with 100 per cent tap water coverage for village households under the Centre's Jal Jeevan Mission scheme, a minister told the assembly on Thursday.In a written reply to a query from MNF legislator and Leader...

Wayanad (Kerala), March 12 Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has urged the central government to clear the outstanding payments for work completed under the Jal Jeevan Mission.Vadra, the Congress MP from the Wayanad parliamentary constituency, has written to Union Minister of Jal Shakti C...

Hamirpur (HP), March 11 Over two dozen people, including 13 schoolchildren, have contracted jaundice in areas adjoining Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur city, triggering panic among residents and prompting authorities to collect water samples to ascertain the cause, officials said on Wednesday.The...

New Delhi/Bhopal, March 11 – Union Minister for Jal Shakti C.R. Patil felicitated Dharmendra Maran, Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Mugaliya Haat in Bhopal district, with the ‘Outstanding Water Leadership Sarpanch Award’ in New Delhi on Wednesday.The award was presented in recognition of his...

New Delhi, March 11 President Droupadi Murmu said on Wednesday that a remarkable 82 per cent of rural households now have access to tap water, compared to 17 per cent in 2019 when the Jal Jeevan Mission was launched.Addressing the Jal Mahotsav programme, the President said that water is not...

New Delhi, March 10 The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the extension of the Jal Jeevan Mission up to December 2028, with an enhanced outlay of ₹8.7 lakh crore for the rural drinking water supply project. This project will now shift its focus from infrastructure creation to service delivery...

Bengaluru, March 10 – Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Priyank Kharge said on Tuesday that the state government has initiated measures to ensure that rural communities do not face water shortages during the upcoming summer season in the state.Speaking in Bengaluru...

Bhubaneswar, March 10 Members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, from all political parties, expressed concern on Tuesday over the lack of safe drinking water in several rural areas of the state ahead of the summer season.The members, including BJP's Manoranjan Dyan Samantara, BJD chief whip...