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Quenching Lko’s summer thirst: New tubewells to be installed, redrilling planned for others

Jalkal department plans to install 28 new tubewells and re-bore old ones in Lucknow to address the water crisis, focusing on key vulnerable zones.

For representation only (HT File Photo)
Updated on May 29, 2025 08:47 PM IST
By, Lucknow

Water crisis looms large in PMRDA areas 

According to PMRDA officials, the region requires at least two TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of water to meet its current demands

Local gram panchayats are unable to meet the water needs of the sprawling housing projects that have sprung up in the PMRDA region. (HT)
Published on May 21, 2025 06:16 AM IST

Punjab on brink: From myths, misgovernance to reforms

The myth that Punjab is hoarding water or prioritising Pakistan over fellow Indian states must be decisively laid to rest. It is a dangerous distraction from the real issue: A national crisis of water governance, compounded by scientific neglect, institutional inertia, and political myopia.

Punjab is confronting an unprecedented water emergency.
Published on May 07, 2025 09:00 AM IST

Deploy CISF at Bhakra-Nangal dam: Surjewala to Centre

Party general secretary and former Haryana power minister Randeep Singh Surjewala at a press briefing said it is for the first time in the history of India that a state has taken over a central project in this manner by deploying police force

Randeep Singh Surjewala (File)
Published on May 05, 2025 07:54 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Haryana launches AI-enabled water atlas amid alarming groundwater crisis

The platform gives real-time, layered insights into groundwater levels, surface water bodies, canal systems, aquifers, recharge zones, cropping patterns

Farmers in Karnal, Haryana grow bottle gourd as opposed to water-intensive rice in an effort to conserve the rapidly depleting groundwater table. (Bloomberg)
Published on May 05, 2025 06:48 AM IST
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