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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

LUCKNOW: Experts here expressed concern over fast-depleting water resources at a recently organised two-day workshop, 'PaniaurSamaj'. The workshop, which was presided over by state minister Rajendra Chaudhary, discussed various measures to conserve water. Former director of Geological Survey of India (North) VK Joshi, in his keynote address, emphasized the need for better water management and also highlighted the areas where we have gone wrong. "We have concretized the Khadar of rivers affecting ground water recharge. We have made bunds to save the habitations along the rivers (generally Khadar) from floods," Joshi said. "No doubt the habitations are saved but these bunds dam the flow of rain water towards the river during the monsoon. This leads to water logging in the habitats and blame, counter-blames are hurled at each other by the inhabitants of such areas, local bodies and the government," he said. Joshi said the Ganga plains of Uttar Pradesh can

LUCKNOW: To ensure successful conduct of the Maha Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, central government has released Rs 254.64 crore to be sanctioned to 22 departments/institutions. According to an order issued by principal secretary urban development Pravir Kumar, the state government has given its sanction to release Rs 59.05 crore to the public works department, Rs 4.91 crore to Irrigation department, Rs 14.26 crore to UPPCL, Rs 1.95 crore to UPSRTC, Rs 3.60 crore to UPPCDF (Parag), Rs 3 crore to Information department, Rs 28 lakh to Awas Vikas Parishad, Allahabad, Rs 1.29 crore to Tourism department, Rs 1.10 crore to Forest department for renovation of Minto Park in Sangam area, Rs 18 lakh to Horticulture department for producing saplings of ornamental plants and lawn development, Rs 48 lakh to Ayurvedic Unani medical department, Rs 34.27 crore to Medical and Health department and Rs 50 lakh to Homoeopathy department. Similarly, approval has also been granted for releasing Rs 53.9