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 ...

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 ...

Residents and housing societies in Kharghar and Taloja are increasingly turning to borewells as the water crisis deepens and ...

Shanmugan lifts his veshti and gingerly places his foot on the ground, only to withdraw it and step in a different direction. “It’s stronger over here,” he says more confidently, guided by a chain ...

Udaipur: A machine operator died and three workers suffered severe burns when a borewell drilling machine came into contact with an 11 kV high-tension power line in Pratapgarh, police said. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...