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Water ATM Proposal

After watching the success of Water ATM’s nationwide, we are planning to set up Water ATM’s across the various parts of the country. Our idea will be an action to curb the water crisis in various remote areas which have low reservoir storages and groundwater levels. These ATMs are solar-powered and a decentralised drinking water plant based on reverse osmosis has been set up in this area to provide pure water through these ATMs. As we are already the manufacturers of Reverse Osmosis Plants , it would be cost effective to build up the Water ATMs. Basic Objective: To reduce the water scarcity problem in various parts of the country. With the increase in the number of population, the demand for water is also increasing. Many cities faces a severe water crisis almost throughout the year, especially during the summer months. To reduce this shortage of water problem, we coined the idea of setting up of water ATMs in various rural as well as urban areas. How water ATMs work? We have

Water woes continue in south Delhi

NEW DELHI: Despite Uttar Pradesh releasing water for Delhi after the Ganga canal closure, some parts of south Delhi continue to face water shortage. A two-hour long power cut at the Cantt booster pumping station on Thursday disrupted the water supply again for the next two days in the Vasant Vihar command area and part of the Ring Road. Delhi Jal Board is facing a massive increase in demand with Delhi being ravaged by a heat wave since last week. "DJB has touched a record-high production and is treating 834-835 million gallons water per day. Since demand is so high, we have been trying to rationalize water so that everyone gets some supply at least," said a senior official. The supply would resume normally after a day or so, said an official. 0 However, the residents in Saket and nearby Vasant Vihar are complaining that water is yet to reach their homes. At Saket's D block, water supply was disrupted around May 17 - the day the Ganga canal was shut. "Before that, w

Water crisis leaves several areas parched

LUCKNOW: While soaring temperature is constantly testing patience of people, the element to beat heat - water -- is also not being provided in sufficient quantity. Residents who are already grappling with poor electricity supply in scorching summer are finding hard to survive amid water shortage. The worst hit areas are trans-Gomti localities like Vikasnagar, Nishatganj and Paper Mill Colony. In Paper Mill Colony, residents complain supply is intermittent and even when it is comes, it is just for about half an hour. Manju Chauhan, a resident of Paper Mill Colony, rued: "The water supply has been missing for days and our household chores have been suffering due to water scarcity." In Aliganj, people complain about presence of dust, sand and gravel particles in the government water supply. A resident, Dr RK Verma, said the problem has been chronic. Even Vikasnagar is not free from its share of woes, main being irregular supply hours and extremely thin flow. Ambika Prasad Sriv

KRS has no water to spare for Bangalore

BANGALORE: An acute water crisis looms over Bangalore city. For, not a drop of water will flow out of the Krishnarajasagar, the city's major source of water, towards Bangalore as the water level stood one feet below the dead storage level of 65 feet on Tuesday. Confirming this, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) said as on Tuesday it was receiving 110 MLD of water. BWSSB officials explained this was the water that had been released from the KRS two days back. They are unclear the same amount of water will reach the city on Tuesday. "The situation is grim and we are in constant touch with the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam to release enough water to KRS dam and further to our charging lines. We have also requested the irrigation department to compensate us with whatever amount," said T Venkataraju, engineer-in-chief, BWSSB. Though the crisis has been on the horizon for some time, the BWSSB has no contingency plan to mitigate the acute water scarcity staring

40% of water wasted daily in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: At least 40% of Hyderabad's precious water is wasted everyday and unless the age-old pipelines carrying water to the city homes are replaced immediately the shortage of water could spiral out of control, top water board officials said. Unbelievable as it may sound, upto 3 million gallons of water from Osmansagar reservoir gets poured out every day due to leakages in the old lines, installed way back in 1935. "Normally in any country 17% is the admissible rate of water loss. In Hyderabad, however, it is at 40%," Manohar Babu, director (operations), Water Board told TOI. At a time when thousands of Hyderabadis spend hours waiting in long queues with buckets in hand to get water or order tankers at high prices to meet their household needs, Water Board officials said big institutions and even hospitals pay little heed to leaking pipes, taps or reservoirs that cause loss of water. Many areas in the city are reeling under acute water shortage and the Water Board