Illegal borewells are dug in many parts of the city amid water crisis (file photo) Amidst an unprecedented drought and severe water crisis, the Citizens’ Agenda of Bengaluru has launched an online ...

BENGALURU: With incidents of rampant drilling of borewells near lakes and BBMP officials turning a blind eye to the drilling of commercial borewells in lake buffer zones, lake activists are concerned ...

BWSSB launches borewell permit apps in Bengaluru, led by DK Shivakumar. Core areas have Cauvery water. Crisis managed in borewell-dependent areas. Industries buy treated water, parks supplied.

Pune: A borewell drilling operation damaged an underground metro tunnel in the city, prompting police to book two persons in the case. The incident took place on March 14 in Shukrawar Peth along the ...

Bengaluru: Amid Bengaluru’s worsening groundwater crisis and a red alert from IISc scientists, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has prohibited borewell drilling in the city.

Supply disruptions from Chinese manufacturing units since August last year has caused spike in rate of drilling bits used by borewell operators, resulting in financial burden in city dependent on this ...

Summer is usually the peak season for borewell drilling, and now the increasing costs of borewell drilling due to rise in fuel prices has severely affected contractors and public alike. Borewell ...

To prevent accidents involving children falling into unsealed borewells, the Karnataka Assembly has passed amendments to the Karnataka Groundwater (Development, Management, and Control) Act, 2011, and ...

BENGALURU: Despite the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (BWSS B) intervention to stop unauthorised borewell drilling at Sai Serenity Layout near KR Puram, the owners have allegedly ...

Mumbai: In an alarming incident, a section of the underground tunnel of the Aqua Line (Metro Line 3) was damaged on March 5 after an unauthorised borewell drilling operation near Metro Cinema in south ...