Kolkata, Mar 30: The West Bengal government would complete 338 schemes to supply safe drinking water to the arsenic-affected areas in the state by 2011 with a total cost of Rs 974.42 crore, Housing and Public Health Engineering Minister Gautam Deb said today.
A teenager was stabbed to death allegedly by her neighbour over drinking water dispute on Wednesday. The incident took place at Bakshibagh area in the city when Poonam Yadav, standing outside her house, was attacked by Hukum Gaur with a knife, police said.
NEW WINDSOR – The boil water advisory for drinking water was lifted Tuesday afternoon in the Town of New Windsor. It was imposed last week because of the turbidity in the town’s drinking water supply because of the recent snowstorms and later melting snow.
Thai Beverage launched Chang drinking water, to add up its non-alcoholic beverage portfolio. A comprehensive marketing campaign will be launched with Bt100 million budget, to achieve the sale target of Bt1.8 billion in the first year.
China said Wednesday that more than 24 million people were short of drinking water because of a crippling drought, the worst to hit the country in a century.
