Miscellaneous Links

1. Work on Gurgaon-Jaipur highway to start by year end. Details are here.
2. Centre to get strict over Delhi’s groundwater use. The Central Ground Water Authority wants a ban on use for domestic purposes in all the nine districts. This news clip says that Delhi will be a desert in the next 10 years if the depleted water table in Mehrauli is not maintained or replenished.
3. In rural Punjab, drinking water is becoming a silent killer: study.
4. Reliance Infrastructure to Invest $7 Billion, Expand Overseas.The company, formerly called Reliance Energy Ltd., will borrow as much as 80 percent of the funds.