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Policy should ensure water for cities and villages
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A report on the status of service delivery for water supply and sanitation till March 31, 2011, shows the national average of piped water facility to be only 53%, as against 100%, and average per capita supply at 69 litres per capita per day
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Per capita income crosses Rs 50,000
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The per capita income of Indians for the first time crossed the Rs 50,000-mark in 2010-11, although using current prices as the barometer. According to the revised GDP data for the last financial year, per capita income
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Tariff hike fails to shore up revenue of Water Board
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According to official records, water was being supplied to around 7.87 lakh connections in the Greater Hyderabad area.
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A new reservoir at Rs 330cr
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The city's water supply needs will soon get a boost with the government's ambitious plans for a new reservoir in Thervoy Kandigai in neighbouring Tiruvallur district.
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Goa Dairy facing shortage of 6k litres per day
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Goa's milk consumption per day is 1.25 lakh litres and the dairy was supplying between 80,000 and 85,000 litres per day.
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Water supply touches record 644 MLD
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The water supply to the city has touched a record 644 million litres per day (MLD), coming as a relief to areas in East and North Nagpur.However, leaders from opposition have alleged it is an election gimmick.
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Cement demand will pick up by 2014, says Maloo
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Murli Industries, a city-based business group, which recently forayed into cement sector plans to double the capacity utilization of its plant to 80% by 2012.
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Professional tax collection to be 70 cr this year
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Surat is country's ninth largest city in terms of population with a total of 44.82 lakh people.The family income of the city is highest in the country at Rs 5.58 lakh per annum.
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A year of slowing demand, rising supplies in cement
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The installed cement capacity in the country has crossed the 300 million tonnes mark with the industry adding 19.6 million tonnes in 2011. The industry added 35.6 million tonnes (mt) in 2010.
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Poor often pay more for water
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What’s irregular water supply got to do with income loss? For many areas in the city, especially slums, erratic water supply has led to wage earners being forced to stay at home because someone had to store water.
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Wireless device to prevent leakage in drinking water supply
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The city-based Amrita University on Thursday entered into collaboration with University of California to develop a wireless sensing device to prevent the leaking of potable water from the pipes of governmental and private agencies engaged in water supply.
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Water supply in NDMC areas to be hit
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Waster supply in NDMC areas will be affected from Thursday to Saturday as the civic agency will be cleaning the underground water tanks at Harijan Basti (Mandir Marg) & Bharti Nagar
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TN to deepen, restore 5 reservoirs in Chennai
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As part of efforts to provide adequate water to the people in the city, the Tamil Nadu Government today allocated Rs 130 crore to deepen and restore five existing reservoirs which will store an additional 568 million cubic feet of water.
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Water supply schemes inaugurated in Cachar
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PHE Minister Gautam Roy recently inaugurated three water supply schemes at Baghmara, Harintillah and Durgakuna under Barjhalenga Development Block in Cachar district.
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Swajaldhara programme in 14 villages for better drinking water
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Aimed at improving drinking water availability in the rural areas, total 14 villages of the district have been selected for -- Swajaldhara programme.
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Jaipur to get more Bisalpur water
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In April, the city got 60 million litres per day (MLD) of water from Bisalpur dam. However, after five months, it is ready to get 200 MLD from October 1, which is almost half the total requirement.
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Pune may face load shedding due to Telangana stir
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The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) will enforce load shedding for twoand-a-half to five-and-a-half hours in the entire state owing to a 2,500 MW shortfall in power availability.
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Urban admn dept mulls MPERC-like body for water cess
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With the cost of supplying and distributing water to households, especially from the state's lifeline--river Narmada--going up, the MP Urban Administration and Development Department is mulling over a proposal to set up state water regulatory commission
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Water board cites reason for stopping supply to many parts of city
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While the water board has been citing many a reason for stopping supply to many parts of the city, this particular one has turned out to be the most unusual so far.
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Food inflation to stay high on MSP, labour cost & purchasing power
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Lack of adequate support infrastructure, increasing incomes, higher labour costs and rising procurement prices could combine to thwart the government’s strategy to check food inflation through improved supplies
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Mescom cuts distribution loss to 11.92%
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Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) brought down its distribution loss to 11.92 per cent during 2010-11 as against 12.64 per cent in 2009-10.
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Power situation in AP grim; NTPC procures coal from other States
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The power situation in Andhra Pradesh continued to be grim with production at NTPC's Ramagundam power station affected due to non-availability of adequate coal
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Consumer Price Index up 1.18%
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Expensive food and clothing pushed up the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by 1.18 per cent in August vis-a-vis the previous month, but experts said too much should not be read into the numbers, as the data on retail prices is yet to stabilise.
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Brewers in Kerala turn off the tap on pricing issue
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With liquor manufacturers taking a decision to turn off the tap from Monday, Kerala, with the country's highest per capita consumption of 8.5 litres a month, could soon turn dry,
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Treatment plant to be refurbished
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Now that the water treatment plant constructed under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) scheme is officially up and running, the contrast between the modern manner in which treatment of water takes place at this plant
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