Drinking Water

Jal Jeevan Mission will save lives of 1.36 lakh under 5 children every year, finds Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer

The Jal Jeevan Mission is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India

More than 1,500 Maharashtra villages get tap connection for drinking water under 'Har Ghar Nal Se Jal' mission

As per official data, individual tap connections were provided in 111 villages in Nashik district, 89 in Gadchiroli, 79 in Satara, 78 in Amravati, 76 in Chandrapur, 65 in Nagpur, 52 in Jalna, 42 in Aurangabad and 17 in Palghar among other villages in the state

Unfortunate that people have to move court to get water 75 yrs after independence, says Bombay HC

The strong remarks were made by a division bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav while hearing a petition filed by residents of Kambe village in Bhiwandi town.

Odisha’s Puri becomes first Indian city to achieve round-the-clock drinking water supply

Pilgrims will have access to 120 drinking water fountains all along the Grand Road and other hotspots, an official state government release said

Hacker tries to poison Florida city by tampering with chemicals in water supply; no harm done, say officials

A supervisor saw the chemical being tampered with — as a mouse controlled by the intruder moved across the screen changing settings — and was able to intervene and reverse it

Coronavirus Outbreak: Centre advises states to ensure adequate safe drinking water supply during lockdown

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) has issued an advisory to states to ensure that safe potable water is available to citizens during the coronavirus lockdown, particularly in the rural areas where the facility of medical sanitisers may not be available.

Infused or detox water: Are there any health benefits or is it just a fad?

Most of the health benefits that are claimed can be attributed simply to the water you are drinking.

Wildfires aftermath: Drinking water sources contaminated with ash, debris, pollutants

More than 60 percent of the water supply for the world’s 100 largest cities originates in fire-prone watersheds.

Revisiting India's performance in managing its forest, water, plastic waste in 2019

India's prime minister urged the nation to stop using single-use plastic but states and cities remained underprepared.

As hard as it is to believe, it’s apparently OK to drink water straight from Mumbai’s taps: BIS survey

The supply of drinking water through all piped municipal lines in Indian cities is a norm, and one that only Mumbai is currently complying with.