Manipur CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh visits Ukhrul, calls for dialogue to restore peaceIn a bid to remove the trust deficit between the Kuki and Tangkhul Naga communities, Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh visited various ...
17 Apr, 2026, 06.09 PM IST
Delhi turns to recycled water to quench a thirsty futureDelhi's water demand is rising significantly. The city plans to supply treated wastewater for non-drinking uses like flushing and gardening...
24 Mar, 2026, 06.05 PM IST
Jal Shakti report shows Gujarat lagging national average on tap water quality, quantityGujarat, despite universal tap connections, lags behind the national average in water quantity and quality. A recent report indicates only ...
08 Jan, 2026, 08.47 AM IST
Number of arsenic-affected habitations falls to 314 from 14,020 in last 4.5yrs: GovtThe number of arsenic-affected habitations in India has significantly reduced from 14,020 to 314 since August 2019 through the Jal Jeevan M...
10 Mar, 2025, 06.42 PM IST
Arunachal Pradesh becomes first state in North East to achieve 100% saturation under JJMArunachal Pradesh became the first state in India to achieve 100% saturation in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) program....
02 Mar, 2024, 08.37 PM IST
Telangana first state in country to provide potable water connection to every homeTelangana has become the first state in independent India to launch 'Mission Bhagiratha', a project aimed at providing potable water connec...
12 Oct, 2023, 02.33 PM IST
8% rural households in India receive water only once a week, says studyMaharashtra, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Islands, and Mizoram had over 90 percent households that receive water at least once a ...
02 Oct, 2022, 09.58 PM IST
38,408 schools, 2.86 lakh anganwadi centres don't have functional toilets, govt tells Rajya SabhaAs many as 68,374 schools supplied packaged or bottled drinking water, while 1,74,632 schools accessed drinking water from "other sources".
06 Dec, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
6,700 households being provided tap water connections in Assam every day: Himanta Biswa SarmaAppreciating the Union Minister for holding the conference at Guwahati, the Chief Minister said that the initiative would immensely help in...
16 Sep, 2021, 09.21 PM IST
L&T Construction bags order for water effluent treatment businessThe business was entrusted to implement rural water supply projects to provide potable water to 800 villages. The scope comprises tube well...
07 Sep, 2021, 11.13 AM IST
Centre issues advisory to states to provide tap water connections to remaining village householdsIt was emphasised that these households can be easily covered by taking up retrofitting/augmentation work of the existing drinking water su...
13 May, 2021, 12.01 AM IST
Over 4 crore rural households provided with tap water supply under Jal Jeevan MissionNow, 7.24 crore households (38 per cent), that is, more than one-third of the rural households are getting potable water through taps, the ...
29 Mar, 2021, 09.53 PM IST
278 lakh households provided tap water connections under Jal Jeevan MissionJal Jeevan Mission in partnership with states aims to provide potable water in adequate quantity of prescribed quality on a regular and lon...
16 Dec, 2020, 10.39 PM IST
Minister Shekhawat expresses concern over slow progress of Jal Jeevan Mission in MeghalayaThe Jal Shakti minister urged the CM to stress on taking up works immediately in a ‘campaign mode‘ in 3,891 villages in the state reported ...
09 Jun, 2020, 05.18 PM IST
National Rural Drinking Water Programme failed to achieve target: CAGThe total financial implication of the audit findings works out to Rs 2,875 crore, which was a very significant 15 per cent of the expendit...
07 Aug, 2018, 05.21 PM IST
Kendrapara township in Orissa facing drinking water scarcityPublic health engineering department officials attribute the lack of potable water to technical snags in motor pumps and erratic power supp...
04 Jun, 2015, 03.56 PM IST
- Only 40% of water supplied billed, Rs 3,951 crore loss in 3 years
One in every four Delhiite gets 3.82 litre of water a day as against a prescribed 172 litres, according to the government auditor.
02 Apr, 2013, 09.24 PM IST