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Water Imperative

Water Imperative

Today, we live in a world of over 7 billion or 700 crore people. The world population is expected to reach the figure of 9 billion by 2042. Compare this with the world of 10,000 BC, or 12,000 years ago, just a wink of an eye in geological terms. The human race consisted of no more than 10 million or 1 crore souls then.

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Rs.300 cr more for civic infrastructure work in Chennai

Rs.300 cr more for civic infrastructure work in Chennai

The Tamil Nadu govern-¡ment has allocated Rs.300 crore towards the Chennai Mega City Development Mission (CMCDM) in the revised budget estimate presented in the assembly. This is in addition to the Rs.500 crore already pledged in the 2016-17 interim budget in February.

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Save That Drop!

Save That Drop!

Two of the most crucial UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), set in 2000, were to halve the numbers of those in the world without drinking water and sanitation by 2015.

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Rs.2 lakh crore for Swachh Bharat Mission

Rs.2 lakh crore for Swachh Bharat Mission

The Union Minister of Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation, Nitin Gadkari said that Swachh Bharat Mission will be converted into a mass movement to make India an open defecation free country in five years.

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Govt to develop key infrastructure in Jaipur

Govt to develop key infrastructure in Jaipur

Rajasthan government would focus on upgrading key infrastructure like drainage lines, roads and drinking water across Jaipur as the city has become a counter-magnet area. This would be part of the state government's proposals related to the infrastructure development in the city. The government is preparing the proposal and would submit the same to National Capital Region Plann

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