NT NETWORK Panaji Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Saturday stated that “Goans now have the pride of being the first ones in the country to have functional household tap connections in every rural household inthe state.” “All 2.6 lakh rural households have now been covered by #HarGharJal,” he said in a […]

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Making Goa Self-sufficient State The Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative must be introduced in every possible field. Goa must increase the quantity of fish available in its water bodies. With this aim in mind, it is understood that nearly 50,000 fish seedlings have been released into the Mai Tollem in Curtorim by the Goa State Biodiversity Board […]

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Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said the state will file a contempt petition before the Supreme Court within two days against Karnataka for diverting the Mhadei water when the matter is before the apex court. Sawant also categorically said that there has been no pressure from the Centre on his government on the […]

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New Delhi: The Ministry of Jal Shakti on Friday launched a 100-day campaign to ensure potable water supply in all schools and anganwadi centers across the country. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat requested the states and Union territories to make it a ‘Jan Andolan’ (people’s movement). He said he has written to chief […]

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IANS Amaravati Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday launched a Rs 2,340-crore scheme to drill 2 lakh borewells free of cost for state’s farmers in the next four years. “We will stand in support of farmers who do not have irrigation water source other than borewell water. In all the constituencies, […]

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Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that he has written yet another letter to the Union government for conducting second salinity test of the Mhadei water in the April-May period next year. “Responding to my earlier letter, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar immediately agreed to rope in the National Institute […]

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NT NETWORK Mapusa The main water pipeline of 1,000 mm coming from Assonora water treatment plant got ruptured at Colvale on Wednesday morning when work of the highway expansion was underway and, as a result, a large amount of treated water went waste. The main line of 1,000 mm caters to Mapusa, Porvorim, Colvale and […]

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