The state is overhauling its sewerage network system so that the wastewater its cities send out to the Ganga is rid of all the impurities. Stream of consciousness: Beur STP in-charge Kumar Saurabh Every day, Kumar Saurabh reaches his office, the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Beur in Patna at 9 am, and begins his …
Geeta Ben still recalls with a shudder her daily struggle to get water when she married Hasmukh Bhai and shifted to his village Motipura Veda in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district 22 years ago. She had to make several trips to a tube-well three kilometres away to fetch enough water for her daily needs. Her life and …
Water special: Where women run the show – Nation News Read More »
The Har Ghar Nal Se Jal scheme is empowering thousands of women in Rajasthan by bringing potable water to their doorstep DIRECT TO HOME: Tap water supply at a house in Sindrath village Sindrath village, near Rajasthan’s Sirohi town, 410 km from Jaipur, is buzzing with excitement. Homes have started getting tap supply of potable …
When 28-year-old Alka Chhetri got married in 2012 and settled in Mungram village in south Sikkim, her biggest challenge was sourcing water from afar and rationing its use. “I came from Darjeeling and was used to tap water. Fetching water from a spring four kilometres away left me fatigued. Water used for washing clothes and …
The spring of their lives: Sikkim’s spring revival scheme – Nation News Read More »
AT the headquarters of the Union Jal Shakti ministry in New Delhi, Bharat Lal, additional secretary and director, Jal Jeevan Mission, clicks on his computer to check on the progress of the government’s massive programme to ensure that every rural household has a functional tap connection for drinking water by 2024. The dashboard of the …
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