Drinking water crisis hits Taj city
India | Dec 16, 2019, 12:40 PM ISTThree days in a row, people in the Taj city were facing an acute drinking water crisis, raising tempers all around.
Three days in a row, people in the Taj city were facing an acute drinking water crisis, raising tempers all around.
The NSO, a wing of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has conducted a survey on drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and housing condition as a part of 76th round (July–December 2018) of National Sample Survey (NSS).
The Delhi government on Tuesday said that it will form 32 teams to collect drinking water samples from across the city and the test results will be put in the public domain within a month.
Kejriwal said five random water samples will be lifted publicly from each ward in the city for examination and asserted that only 1.5 percent of the 1.55 lakh water samples picked up by the Delhi Jal Board in January-September this year have failed the tests
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Two children died and 52 others were taken ill allegedly after drinking contaminated water from a hand pump in their village school in the district.
The Delhi High Court asked the Railways on Tuesday as to what steps it has taken, and proposes to take, to ensure availability of clean and safe drinking water on its trains as well as stations.
The government would also undertake and promote steps for water conservation and curbing extraction of underground water, which is depleting the water table and is a matter of concern, Gajendra Shekhawat said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his government is aiming to provide clean and potable piped water 24x7 to every single household of Delhi by 2024 and urged the Central government to increase Delhi's share of water which has remained unchanged since 1994.
The Centre has set a target of providing clean drinking water to all by 2024, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said Tuesday.
Vimal rathod entered the half-dry well, slipped and fell 40 feet on the rocky surface and died on the spot, said Damodar Rathod, incharge of Mahagaon Police Station.
The prevalent situation has forced people to buy water at exorbitant prices. A majority of localities in the city get potable water only once a week.
Stop giving contaminated water to passengers, the Delhi High Court told the Indian Railways today, and questioned its decision to hike fares when it was not providing better services.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that hotels and restaurants are not bound by the maximum retail price (MRP) when they sell bottled mineral water within their premises.
A sum of Rs 23,050 crore has been approved by the Cabinet for the programme for 2017-18 to 2019-20.
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