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
Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has decided to file criminal and civil case against those who indulge in tapping water from 18 MGD pipeline illegally. Addressing the general body meeting of the City Corporation held on Friday, members raised objection over the inefficient water supply and water scarcity haunting the city even during rainy season.
Doubt has been cast on a much-lauded method of disinfecting water using only sunlight, after a study found that it doesn't reduce diarrhoea among children in families using the technique.
Taking stock: Municipal Administration Secretary Niranjan Mardi inspecting the progress of work on the construction of collector wells on the Coleroon River in Tiruchi on Thursday. TIRUCHI: Municipal Administration Secretary Niranjan Mardi on Thursday inspected the progress of works on the Rs.144.86-crore drinking water supply augmentation scheme being implemented in the city.
Good water-management policies are needed to cope with flood-drought cycles Good water-management policies are needed for India to cope with flood-drought cycles, often in neighbouring areas.
The water supply project for converting and purifying saline water into pure drinking water was inaugurated and the Ambatale water supply project was developed with the funds obtained from the Government of Spain by Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, the then Minister of Water supply. Euro 13 million was obtained by the then Minister.
Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi, on Wednesday, said that according to estimates, water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases cost Pakistan's economy about Rs 112 billion per year, over Rs 300 million a day in terms of health cost. He added that out of this, the cost associated with diarrheas alone was around Rs 55-80 billion per year.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) may have returned to power on the might of its flagship programmes in its last term, but one of its major programmes, the Bharat Nirman, is caught in delays. Refusing to own the whole responsibility, the Centre has also held the states responsible.
July 23: Twenty residents of Vinayaknagar near Malkajgiri have been suffering from fever and stomach ache after drinking contaminated water, which was supplied in the area for the past two days. No cases of diarrhoea or other water-borne diseases were reported from the area. The victims went to Fever Hospital and other clinics nearby for treatment.
COIMBATORE: Workers involved in supplying drinking water in town panchayats in the district have demanded time-scale pay and pension.