2024 water funding gap report
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Under the national sanitationproject, a plan has been taken to construct 4,60,000 sanitary latrines acrossthe country as part of the government initiatives to achieve 100 per centsanitation by 2013.
The project, which is expected to increase the drinking water supply to Kochi and neighbouring local bodies, is hanging fire due to the dispute over the route for laying the pipelines. The local bodies of Piravam, Mulanthuruthy and Edakattuvayal had earlier objected to cutting open the main road connecting Piravam and Ernakulam for laying the supply pipelines. They had also suggested an alternative route for laying the pipes. The proposal to cut open the road had also ignited widespread protests.
To solve water woes that the devotees might face while visiting Shirdi, the Shirdi Sai Sansthan has decided to undertake a drinking water project worth Rs100 crore. Work on the water project will commence
Installation of hand pumps in villages will no longer be encouraged by the Centre as borewell water contains substances like arsenic which are a health hazard. Stating that central government will now
PANJIM: Aggressive mining, most of which is in violation of environmental norms, has turned almost all water bodies in the mining belt murky, forcing the people to drink non potable water. Environmentalist Ramesh Gawas has prepared a detailed study of these water bodies which will be presented to the Justice Shah Commission Saturday.
KOCHI: As waterborne diseases tighten their grip on the city, the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) swears that all steps have been taken to ensure the purity of drinking water. According to the KWA officials,
The encephalitis season has peaked again in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the Centre has stepped up research and the UP government has sanctioned funds for a long-term treatment plan. Yet the original
A water reservoir will be built at a cost of Rs 260 million with World Bank assistance at Valvettithurai, Engineer in charge of National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Northern Region, Thavendrakumar
The Supreme Court on Thursday took a serious view of Tamil Nadu's failure to file a compliance report and directed it to provide drinking water facility in all its schools on or before October 11.
New Delhi: After ensuring drinking water in all government schools by fixing October 15 as the deadline, the Supreme Court on Thursday took the next step by asking the states and Union territories to fix