According to a 2017 study by the Central Ground Water Board of the Ministry of Water Resources, 10 districts are the worst affected, including Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Moga, Pathankot, and Patiala. read more

Modi last month had assured that if voted back to power, his government would ensure the establishment of a separate Jal Shakti Ministry. read more

When asked about the status of the long-pending Water Policy, JP Gupta, Principal Secretary, Narmada, Water Resources and Water Supply department, said it will be announced soon. read more

In an interview, Nitin Gadkari spoke about the work done by his ministry, his personal ambitions, Opposition unity ahead of the 2019 elections, and the track record of the Narendra Modi government. read more

The 16.55-km-long Varanasi Ring Road Phase-I has been built at a cost of Rs 759.36 crore, while the work of four-laning and construction of 17.25 km Babatput-Varanasi road on NH-56 cost Rs 812.59 crore, an official release said. read more

Ramchandra Singhdeo, 88, had been sick for last few months, and was supposed to travel to New Delhi for his medical treatment. read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled government of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has ordered such teachers to join the month-long campaign to conserve water resources as part of state government’s water conservation drive. read more

The minister said the Centre wanted to allocate more roads to Kerala, but land acquisition was a problem. read more

The announcement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry came a day after India and China held talks over the trans-border rivers in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. read more

Nitin Gadkari is the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, carrying out the government’s target of building an average of 40 km of roads daily. read more