Category: Your Daily News on Water

Digital Mapping Identifies 1,271 Water Sources in Wayanad

As many as 1,271 water sources, including rivulets and streams, have been identified in Wayanad district under two digital mapping campaigns to rejuvenate waterbodies in the district, especially the Kabani river, a major tributary of the Cauvery. The campaigns titled ‘Kabanikkayi Wayanad’ and ‘Surakshithamakkam Paschimakhattom’ were organised by the Haritha Keralam Mission with the support of local bodies and educational institutions. The campaign aims at ensuring the existence of major water sources and mitigating climate change impacts. When mapping was completed in the 26 civic bodies in the district, the…

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5th Meeting of Steering Committee of Ken Betwa Link Project Authority and Atal Bhujal Yojana in MP

5th meeting of the Steering Committee of Ken Betwa Link Project Authority was held at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh today in the Chairpersonship of Ms. Debashree Mukharjee, Secretary (DOWR, RD&GR). Meeting was attended by the Shri Manish Singh, Principal Secretary, WRD, MP, Shri Subodh Yadav, JS (A,IC&GW), Collector & DM of Panna and Chhatarpur with the representative from I&WRD, UP, Forest Department of UP MP, Field Director, PTR, NITI Ayog, MOEF&CC, WII, NWDA, CWC, KBLPA. Chairperson highlighted the importance of project for Bundelkhand region. She stressed for best practices in construction,…

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Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal-ERCP (PKC-ERCP) Link Project amongst States of Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan and Govt. of India

It is another feather in the cap for Government of India in water management sector in the country, especially for the interlinking of rivers (ILR) program and also a momentous occasion for the people of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (MP), as an MoU was signed by both these states with Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), Govt. of India (GoI) today at New Delhi for implementation of the “Modified PKC-ERCP” (integration of original PKC with Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project of Rajasthan), which is the second project under the national perspective plan…

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For J&K Swachh Mission, Centre Okays Rs. 365 Cr. Plan

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, today approved the Annual Implementation Plan 2024-25 for J&K under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in a meeting convened with the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, J&K. Chaired by Vini Mahajan, Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, the meeting witnessed the participation of Joint Secretary Jitendra Srivastava and other senior officials of the Union Government, a spokesperson said. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Secretary, Rural Development Department and Panchayati Raj, J&K, made a detailed presentation before the…

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Tamil Nadu: Jal Shakti Abhiyan Improves Groundwater in Six Revenue Blocks in Dharmapuri

The ambitious Jal Shakti Abhiyan that aims to promote the conservation of water in water-stressed blocks in the country has proved to be a success in the dry Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu. The district administration has spent over Rs 77.03 crores under the central government programme in improving water storage, reusing water sources and watershed development. The efforts have paid off well as per early indicators as the groundwater levels in six firkas (revenue blocks) across Dharmapuri district have improved. Though the rivers Cauvery and Thenpennai flow through Dharmapuri,…

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VA Tech Wabag Secures $33.5 Million Contract for Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant in Saudi Arabia

VA Tech WABAG, a water technology firm listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, has secured a $33.5 million order from SEPCO III Electric Power Construction Corporation. The order includes the engineering and procurement (EP) of a 20 MLD industrial wastewater treatment plant at the Ras Tanura refinery complex in Saudi Arabia. Wabag will serve as the process and technology contractor for the treatment plant, which is being constructed by SEPCO III and developed by Miahona for its off-taker Saudi Aramco, as per the company’s disclosure to the stock exchange. The…

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Metrowater Clears Encroachments Along Conduit Lines Transporting Water to Chennai’s Kilpauk Treatment Plant

The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board or Metrowater has started clearing encroachments on British-era conduit lines, which carry water from the Red Hills reservoir to Kilpauk Water Treatment Plant. The water agency has identified nearly 1,300 encroachments from Rajamangalam to Kilpauk water works. It carried out an analysis using differential global positioning system (DGPS) and drone survey in the stretch to identify the changes in land use and the extent of encroachments of the boundary. The three conduit lines, the oldest of which was built with brick masonry…

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Surat’s Hi-Tech Sweet Water Technology Eyes Europe Market

Hi-Tech Sweet Water Technologies in Surat has become a frontrunner in the industry by fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goals of Swachh Bharat, Clean Water, and Make in India via its dedicated efforts to supplysafe drinking water. At the recent Aquatech Trade Exhibition in Europe, it solidified its focus on the European market. “It is our ongoing goal to expand the family, and the firm is directly and indirectly linked to more than 2,000 families of our workers,” said Vijay Shah, owner of Hi-Tech Sweet Water. In his statement, Shah…

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Dakshina Kannada Sets up Committee for Water Management

Mangaluru’s Dakshina Kannada district administration has constituted a committee, headed by the Assistant Commissioner (AC), to manage various water resources and thereby prevent a drinking water crisis during peak summer. Deputy Commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP said initiatives will be taken to ensure judicious use of water available in check dams and various other water resources in the district. “Directions have been given to impound water stored in Thumbe vented dam, multi-village water scheme sources, and all dams in the district and manage the supply cautiously. A decision in this regard…

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Flow of Treated Water From Mangaluru STP to Dam to be Stopped

Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur who visited the sewage treatment plant (STP) of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) at Pachanady assured that complaints regarding the release of secondary treated water to the drinking water dam across the Phalguni River will be solved soon. He said a spot visit was conducted based on complaints raised by corporators from the ruling party and opposition regarding various problems pertaining to MCC’s STPs. The mayor told reporters that there was an allegation that the treated water from the STP at Pachanady was being released into…

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