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Jaipur staring at acute water crisis
Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
PHED announced to increase the supply after completing the essential tests at the new treatment plant situated in Surajpura ... A PHED source said, "This summer there will be no water supply through pipelines in the colonies that are newly developed and densely populated ... "In order to mitigate water woes in its limits, the PHED announced to replace the age-old supply pipelines in the city....
Rajasthan: Water crisis in 19 districts, nearly 17,000 villages face acute shortage
Edit DNA India 18 Apr 2016
-->. Nearly 17,000 villages are facing water crisis and water is being transported through rail in Bhilwara and by tankers in other areas ... ALSO READ. Priority is to provide water for drinking purposes, not to wine factories ... Transportation of water has been started from Nasirabad to Bhilwara and water is being supplied through tankers in other parts of the state where it is required," PHED Minister Kiran Maheshwari told PTI ... ....
Daily, for 3 months now, a ‘perfect’ water special
Edit Indian Express 17 Apr 2016
This year since January, the state’s Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has been running a 50-wagon train from Ajmer to Bhilwara daily, carrying 25 lakh litres —the same as planned for Jaldoot eventually ... R K Ojha, Superintending Engineer, PHED, Bhilwara, says the district has a water shortage of 255 lakh litres daily ... Assistant Executive Engineer at PHED Niranjan Hada says each locality’s turn comes after four-five days....
What it takes to run India’s longest water train
Edit Indian Express 17 Apr 2016
It was in January 2013 that Maharashtra first considered running water trains. It was again to provide water to drought-hit Marathwada ... The water train chugging into Latur on its fourth run Friday evening ... This year since January, the state’s Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has been running a 50-wagon train from Ajmer to Bhilwara daily, carrying 25 lakh litres —the same as planned for Jaldoot eventually ... (Read more) Gujarat ... ....
Water scarcity hits marriages in Kaimur, Rohtas villages
Edit The Times of India 15 Apr 2016
Sasaram. Wedding bells have fallen silent in about 200 villages nestled in Kaimur hill ranges of Rohtas and Kaimur districts. Apart from this, at least eight SC/ST residential schools have been shut though unofficially and attendance in dozens of schools is negligible as there is no water for preparing midday meal. All ponds and handpumps in these villages have dried up ... A senior PHED officer requesting anonymity also confirmed this....
State pollution board to fund setup of sewage treatment plants
Edit The Times of India 14 Apr 2016
During a high-level meeting in Panchkula, the board directed Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Huda and Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development ......
Need to boost rainwater harvesting, says expert
Edit The Times of India 14 Apr 2016
Patna. While depleting underground water level has become a major concern for Bihar, especially the state capital, hardly any concrete step has been taken by the government to promote water conservation at mass level ... Recently, Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), in a report stated that the water level had gone down in Bihar, especially southern part of the state ... Though there is provision in bylaws, people hardly follow it."....
Rajasthan: Cabinet reshuffle may take place by April end
Edit The Times of India 14 Apr 2016
Jaipur. Political corridors in the state are abuzz with speculations of a probable cabinet reshuffle by chief minister Vasundhara Raje soon ... Similarly, Kiran Maheshwari, PHED minister, might be handed another department like Arun Chaturvedi, who is the social justice and empowerment minister. Unhappy with the work of a couple of state ministers, Raje is expected to show them the way out ... ....
PHED works on contingencies as water level in dams sinks
Edit The Times of India 12 Apr 2016
Majority of the dams and reservoirs, which are the main source of drinking water in many districts, are facing depletion of water due to which the engineers of Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) are working on different plans ... Meanwhile, J C Mohanty, principal secretary, PHED, admitting the likelihood of water crisis in some areas, ......
High-rises may have to pay more for water connections
Edit The Times of India 10 Apr 2016
Residents staying in multi-storey buildings may now have to shell out more money for water connection as the public health and engineering department (PHED) has proposed to levy infrastructure cost on the developers. The PHED has proposed that individuals buying flats should pay Rs 62 per square foot of the construction area for laying a pipeline from the nearest pump-house to the building concerned....
Guwahati still yearns for clean drinking water
Edit The Times of India 09 Apr 2016
Guwahati ... With Brahmaputra being the prime source for quenching the thirst of over 10 lakh denizens of the city compressed within an area of 216 square kilometres, only 30% of city residents get water supply from the Guwahati Municipal Corporation, Assam Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the public health engineering department (PHED) ... ....
Broke no law: Ex-engineer on Panama list
Edit The Times of India 06 Apr 2016
INDORE. A retired engineer of the Madhya Pradesh Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) was catapulted into global limelight after his name featured in the second instalment of 'Panama papers'. Prabhash Sankhla claims that his name has surfaced in the leaks because he is a director of Lotus Horizons, South America, by virtue of holding shares worth $100 ... Rajeev, a mechanical engineer, had married Sankhla's daughter Sheetal in 1995....
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