The News Review:

- Fire departments warn against burning
- Sahebnagar-Lingampally pipeline works to be completed by August
- World Bank “hopeful” of funding two projects in Tamil Nadu

Fire departments warn against burning
Cleburne News – Jun 23, 2006
It could be a tremendous help to anyone in the agricultural industry that relies on water to grow or produce their products. As we increase the number of wells, we improve our chances of helping to prepare for drought and maybe even prevent it in the future. Approximately 40 percent of Alabamas water supplies are withdrawn from the states ground water resources providing approximately 100 percent of the water used for rural domestic supplies and 34 percent of the water used for public supplies. In addition, more than 33 percent of the water used for agricultural purposes is withdrawn from wells. Much of the flow in streams and the water in lakes and wetlands are sustained by the discharge of ground water particularly during periods of dry weather. A comprehensive drought monitoring program utilizes temperature, evaporation, precipitation, soil moisture, surface water levels, and shallow ground water levels to accurately monitor drought conditions. No single data set is adequate for this purpose.

Sahebnagar-Lingampally pipeline works to be completed by August
Hindu – Jun 23, 2006
The HMWSSB is still in the process of distributing Krishna water from the first phase, which was grounded early last year and the Sahebnagar-Lingampally pipeline is a part of HMWSSB’s ambitious exercise to link the entire water supply network of the twin cities and surrounding municipalities with the Krishna water supply grid. On its completion, the water board would be faced with the task of covering the entire ORR stretching to a length of 162 km. The ORR will touch the Krishna drinking water supply project at the 70 km point of the 116 km pipeline laid along the Nagarjunasagar State highway to city.

World Bank “hopeful” of funding two projects in Tamil Nadu
Hindu – Jun 23, 2006
Karunanidhi greeting World Bank Country Director for India Michael Carter at the Secretariat on Thursday. Ganesan CHENNAI: World Bank India Director Michael Carter on Thursday said he was “hopeful” that the bank would be able to make available funding “in the order of $500 million” to Tamil Nadu, for the rural water supply and the water resources management and conservation projects. Carter, who met Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and senior Ministers, said the Chief Minister mentioned the two projects for which he was keen on the Bank’s support. There was “some more work” to be done on the projects, but Mr…
Carter said the preparation work would go ahead smoothly. “Within the next nine months or so, both will be ready for implementation. ” He said the water resources management project was a very large irrigation development project focussing on revival of traditional water bodies. Fruitful talks About the meeting, Mr. Carter said he had a “very good discussion. ” His team “talked a bit about the existing portfolio of projects.