Delhi could be staring at an unprecedented water crisis and even a law and order situation with the Beas Hydel Channel that supplies 25 per cent of the city s water being closed for a month for repairs, Delhi Jal Board vice chairperson Raghav Chadha said on Thursday. Chadha said a letter has been written to the Union government to postpone the repair work. He said the agency of Union Jal Shakti Ministry the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) is going to close Beas Hydel Channel from March 25 to April 24 on the pretext of repair and maintenance. It will affect the water supply of Delhi.
Stopping Beas water will create havoc in Delhi: Chadha
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New Delhi, Feb 25 : Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Vice Chairperson Raghav Chadha on Thursday alleged that the central government is going to stop 232 million gallons per day (MGD) of water from the Beas river to the national capital for a month which will create havoc in the city.
Chadha mentioned that the people of Delhi depend on groundwater along with the water of Yamuna, Ganga and Beas rivers and the Beas provides 25 per cent of the total water supply of the city. The agency of Union Jal Shakti Ministry, Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) is going to close Beas Hydel Channel from March 25 to April 24 on the pretext of repair and maintenance, but it will affect the water supply of Delhi, said Chadha.
Telangana First State To Provide Drinking Water Connectivity To All Government Schools Feb 23, 2021, 16:05 IST
Tap water connectivity in State achieved well before the deadline set by the Centre.
Hyderabad: Telangana, has been declared by the Union government as the first State to provide drinking water connectivity to all government schools, residential schools, and Anganwadi centers. Union Jal Shakthi MInistry’s announcement that Telangana was the first State to achieve cent percent drinking water connectivity to all households in the State.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 100-day plan last year marking the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with the aim to provide drinking water connections to all government schools, Anganwadi centres, and residential schools across the country. The Centre concentrated on the drinking water programme in school-children getting exposed to contaminated water and also due to the need to wash their hands frequently to prevent t
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Centre has no plans to shift GFCC headquarters out of Bihar: Minister Outlook February 21, 2021 18:50 IST Centre has no plans to shift GFCC headquarters out of Bihar: Minister outlookindia.com 1970-01-01T05:30:00+0530
Patna, Feb 21 (PTI) The Bihar government said on
Sunday that the Centre has no plan to shift the Ganga Flood
Control Commission (GFCC) headquarters to Uttar Pradesh.
Bihar Water Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha said
he spoke to Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
over reports of shifting the GFCC head office from Patna to
Lucknow. Shekhawat said there is no such plan in the
UP govt to build over 1,000 new Ganga aarti sites
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An official spokesman said on Saturday that the government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is going to build 1,038 new aarti platforms from Bijnor to Ballia districts, turning them into major spots of religious tourism.
Aiming to turn Uttar Pradesh into a major religious tourism destination, the state government is going to build 1,038 new Ganga aarti platforms along the river in Bijnor and Ballia districts. Ganga Aarti has been one of the most mesmerising attractions for people coming to the state for religious purposes.