The southwest monsoon has, however, stayed away from the city despite making a further advance into some more parts of the south central Maharashtra and south Marathwada on Thursday. The northern limit of the monsoon, which was passing through Harnai in Konkan and Satara in south central Maharashtra till Wednesday, now passes through Harnai and Parbhani in […]
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The demolition work would be completed in the next four days, said Sanjay Kulkarni, executive engineer of the environment department of the PCMC. The width of the river is 200 meters and the bund is 120 meters in length. The civic body will demolish half of it and replace it with a new bund with
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Water is a very crucial and critical resource available for us in this planet- Earth. 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water and out of that only 2.5% is fresh water. Drinking water is extremely important for all humans and other living beings. In this world where there are over 7 billion people nearly
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Several villages in central Maharashtra are fighting one of the worst droughts since 1972. Water security is widely recognised as one of the major challenges to India’s economic and social development. The nation’s average annual rainfall is extremely abundant by global standards, yet much of this rain falls in relatively brief deluges during the monsoon
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Pavana dam is the only source of water for the twin town population. Though the dam was filled to its capacity last year, delay in rainfall had steered a cause of worry. However, good rainfall in August, 2012, made up for the loss, but only for the time being. Water levels in Pavana dam is
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About 17.46 lakh rural population of Pune division is facing severe water scarcity. The residents of villages near Panshet and Varasgaon dams have to walk for several kms to fetch water. Pune Zilla Parishad has not started any water supply schemes there as the population is too low. These villagers have given lands for the two dams,
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Witnessing the water scarcity in parts of the state and hearing dismal stories about its shortage through the world, PMC had earlier planned to cut the water supply to public water taps, as they were being misused and several litres of water were being wasted. Civic authorities are in process to put in place new
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The number of villages and hamlets in the state facing water and fodder scarcity has increased by 850 after the first week of February. In the first week of February, 5,294 villages and hamlets were facing severe water scarcity. The number has now increased to 6,153. The state government has also opened 518 fodder camps in the state to
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will have a system of directing water from one tank at the water treatment plant to another so that citizens do not face hardships due to water shortage in case of emergencies like failure of pumping system at the tanks. In case of a snag at one of the water pumps, water
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Mountain ranges of Sahyadri are known for its ravishing beauty crisscrossed with rivers, lagoons and back waters. But over the years, the area has witnessed shortage of drinking water. Improper usage of drinking water, pollution of water resources, lack of treatment facilities are some of the reasons for shortage of drinking water. Springs are natural
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