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SIPCOT mulls own water source for its units	17.10.2019
THOOTHUKUDI: The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd., (SIPCOT) has been planning to create its own water source for industrial units within its industrial parks, which is now being supplied by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) board. "Works are on to prepare a water security plan engaging IIT, Chennai," said J Kumaraguruparan, managing director of SIPCOT. The plan is aimed at making all 19 SIPCOT run industrial parks in the state, self-sufficient in water by completely avoiding getting water from TWAD board. This is expected to bring down the pressure on drinking water supply by the TWAD board, said the SIPCOT MD, who also added that around 150 major and minor tanks within SIPCOT land would be renovated to hold rain water. Establishing desalination plants to ensure soft water supply to the industrial parks, SIPCOT has been exploring possibilities of using recycled sewage water for industrial purposes. Responding to the growing public resentment against ...
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KCR's words enable encroachers	15.10.2019
Hyderabad: The government"s proposal to scrap Government Order 111, which creates a 10-km pollution-free zone around the Osmansagar and Himayatsagar, has resulted in rampant encroachment of the channels that bring water to the two reservoirs. Though successive governments have systematically damaged the reservoirs" infrastructure, the present dispensation has decided to bring the axe down on GO 111 claiming it was hindering development in the area. Cutting across party lines, almost every politician, industrialist and businessman owns establishments in violation of GO 111. Due to the damage to the inlet channels caused by the encroachments, the two reservoirs, created a century ago to prevent floods and provide drinking water to the city, did not receive any water though the state received heavy rainfall this season. Officials of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board claimed that they had cleared the feeder channels between March and May. The lakes did not get water as ...
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Xiaomi Mi Water Purifier review: This smart product could change the category	7.10.2019	Technology – The Indian Express

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Pauskar, Cabral on collision course over power supply to Opa	3.10.2019	The Navhind Times
Panaji: A day after Power Minister Nilesh Cabral threatened to disconnect power supply to Opa water works at Khandepar in Ponda if pending dues to the tune of Rs 28 crore is not cleared, PWD Minister Deepak Pauskar on Wednesday claimed that the bills are ‘unreasonably high’ which needs corrections. “Some 15 days back when …
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Cabral warns of cutting power supply to Opa water plant	2.10.2019	The Navhind Times
Panaji: Power Minister Nilesh Cabral on Tuesday came out with a warning that the power supply to the Opa water treatment plant will be disconnected if it fails to pay the dues to the department by March 2020. “After disconnection of power to the Opa water treatment plant, if the people of Panaji and Ponda …
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Haryana to release more water to dilute amonia, DJB to ensure water supply to city: Kejriwal	30.9.2019	Central Chronicle
New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the Haryana government has assured to soon release more water for the National Capital to dilute the presence of ammonia. The CM said he has directed the Delhi Jal Board to ensure that no part of the capital goes dry and if required, divert water […]
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Govt mulls tapping wind power at low cost: Gadkari	29.9.2019	National News – The Navhind Times
Vellore (TN): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the central government has proposed to tap wind power from three ports in the country. The proposal to tap wind power from Tuticorin, Kandla and Paradip ports has been discussed with the Power Minister R K Singh, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways Gadkari said …
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Drought-hit Australian towns prepare for ‘unimaginable’ water crisis	28.9.2019	World – The Indian Express

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Delhi Confidential: Delhi Dampener	27.9.2019	Delhi Confidential – The Indian Express

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Human activity in oceans good for jellyfish	24.9.2019
France: Thousands of them plague our beaches to the horror of holidaymakers who dread their sting, but thanks to man's disruption of the oceans, jellyfish are thriving. Jellyfish have been on Earth longer than we have, they are believed to have roamed the oceans for nearly 600 million years. But human activity, from over-fishing to plastic waste and climate change, has created an environment in which they are even more at home. The proliferation of the jellyfish could lead to what some observers are calling the "jellyfication" of the oceans, which are facing profound changes according to a draft UN report due out on Wednesday. Fabien Lombard, a French marine biologist at the Sorbonne University specialising in the ecology of plankton and jellyfish, would not go that far. "There are more jellyfish in certain zones in the world," he told AFP; the Black Sea, off the Namibian coast and the Sea of Japan. It is not clear if their presence has increased in other parts of the world, ...
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Only 450 Group 1, 3 vacancies in Telangana government	24.9.2019
Hyderabad: There are about 450 vacancies in the various departments of the Telangana government in Group 1 and Group 3 services alone, reveals an RTI response. However there is no notification from the Telangana State Public Service Commission as there was no official government order for them. Telangana was formed based on the hopes of employment, but is going back on it, lament students. In the administrative wings in various universities, there are about 137 vacancies of junior assistant cum typist and junior assistant posts and in the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation department there are about 188 posts of the same category vacant in Group III services. When it comes to Group I services, about 142 posts of deputy collector, municipal commissioners, commercial tax officers, district employment officers are lying vacant in various departments in Telangana state.   The RTI applicant said, "Telangana state was formed as youth struggling without employment were frustrated. Even after Telangana ...
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Alloys	20.9.2019	Kurio City – The Navhind Times
Kedar Kulkarni “Hello students we learnt about metals and their properties last year. We also saw how pure metals are obtained from the ores from mines by using separation techniques. We also have studied the different states that are rich in different types of ores. Each of the metal has its own characteristics. We have …
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Right to Water	19.9.2019	Central Chronicle
The Chief Minister Mr.Kamal Nath has indicated that his Government would introduce the Right to Water Bill in the coming winter session of the Vidhan Sabha. He has asked the committee of water experts to draft it soon. He has also expressed has firm resolve to remove all encroachments on water bodies the rivers, talab […]
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Chinchinim spring faces neglect	19.9.2019	The Navhind Times
Joao Souza M \| NT Margao: Chinchinim’s Bondekevoll spring, well-known across Salcete for its “medicinal” fresh water is under threat as the area is slowly turning into a garbage dumpsite and a hub for anti-social elements. Nestled in the hills around the famous Durga lake which is a natural habitat for several migratory birds, the …
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Ayurvedic dietary and non-dietary tips for breastfeeding mothers	16.9.2019	Health – The Indian Express

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Excess Rains	16.9.2019	Central Chronicle
The rains have relented in the country but the Madhya Pradesh is exception. Here the very heavy rains are still battering its western side. All the rivers are in high spate, bridges are submerged. All the dams are overflowing and all the gates opened. That is over flooding the rivers. The north western districts of […]
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RWH: Hulimavu apartment shows way	16.9.2019
Bengaluru: Water crisis may hit Bengaluru in a big way but residents of Sai Sunshine Apartment in Hulimavu have shown the way forward to utilise every drop of water that reaches them. The water requirements of Sai Sunshine Apartment with a terrace area of 45,000 sq.ft and 94 dwellers is self-sufficient. They are no longer dependent on water tankers and are not even waiting for the Cauvery River water to be made available to them either. The entire transformation came about in two years. The residents pooled in Rs 3.50 lakh to implementation a rainwater harvesting system. Shenoy H V, the treasurer of the apartment committee said during last February they used to hire 6 to 7 water tankers a day which continued till July. "We saw that the pipelines linked to RCC were not working as everything was linked to the public gutter, he says. "Initially, we started going about the task by finding out why water was not going into the well. It came to light that there was no pipeline connection. To ...
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AMC still fails to supply purified drinking water	16.9.2019
ANANTAPUR: Anantapur Municipal Corporation authorities have been still unable to supply purified drinking water to people of Anantapur, but are justifying that  the muddy water will not harm the people. Even as Anantapur has adequate drinking water allocation through the Tungabhadra high level main canal and Penna Ahobilum balancing reservoir storage point and separate storage point along with necessary systems to purify water at Muddalapuram in Kudair mandal. The purified drinking water is being supplied through a separate pipeline by filling nearby tanks in various localities. In Rayalaseema, only the AMC has a drinking water facility throughout the year but the situation appears worse this season due to lack of proper measures by the civic authorities. Most of the areas in the corporation including connecting villages receive muddy water and are unable to drink it. "We are afraid of drinking the water and are purchasing from private purified plants for the past 15 days", Krishnamma, a ...
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NHAI finally begins shifting of water pipelines at Khandepar	16.9.2019	Goa News – The Navhind Times
PONDA: Exactly a month after a retaining wall collapsed resulting in damages to two major water pipelines at Curti Khandepar, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has finally begun the work of shifting the 900 mm diameter and 750 mm diameter pipelines from their present location to the other side of the Ponda-Belagavi highway. …
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Chandigarh news: Toddler killed in road accident; Denied new phone, 14-yr-old commits suicide and more	15.9.2019	Chandigarh – The Indian Express

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