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
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today reviewed the Lancet study showing the alleged presence of NDM-1 gene in cholera and dysentery bacteria in the samples of drinking water. The review was done by the experts from Maulana Azad Medical College, Directorate of Health Services, city government, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), union government and Delhi Jal Board. The experts in
BANGALORE: The State government on Monday submitted anaffidavit in the High Court stating that it would construct toiletsand provide safe drinking waterin all the pre-primary, pri maryand secondary schools. Accordingto the statistics provided government, of the40,000 primary schools in the State, 5,447 don
The State Government has allotted Rs 2 crore 90 lakh 70 thousand to Dewas district for transporting of drinking water in rural areas. In yet another order, the chief secretary Avani Vaish accorded sanction of Rs 33 crore 92 lakh 22 thousand for the frost-affected farmers of Sehore district. Besides, a total amount of Rs 21 crore 26 lakh was also allotted to other five districts.
The Supreme Court today turned down Orissa
Strongly refuting the claims that New Delhi metallo-Beta lactamase
A cap on ground water usage and a tax to discourage its indiscriminate use for irrigation may be on the cards as the government looks to preserve the resource that is depleting at an alarming rate. Sweeping changes are likely to be proposed in the new groundwater bill and water framework law being worked out by the Planning Commission for the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, beginning next financ
Makes Bacteria Resistant To All Known Drugs New Delhi: A superbug immune to almost all known antibiotics has been found in Delhi
Climate changes has started drying-up of water sources in Himachal Pradesh, especially in districts that are faced with water crisis.
Around 40 more patients were treated at the health camp set up at Chilkalaguda railway quarters where contaminated drinking water has affected around 300 residents in the last three days. The condition of one patient Mr T. Ratnam, 55, continues to be serious. He is on ventilator support at a corporate hospital in Secunderabad.
COIMBATORE: Residents of Thendral Nagar in Kavundampalayam Municipality are troubled by the quality of water they get. The area and other localities in the Municipality and Vadavalli Town Panchayat get water under the Bhavani Combined Drinking Water Scheme.