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
Water borne diseases have broken out in many villages in Kreeri and Tangmarg blocks of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, leaving dozens of people sick and scores suffering from jaundice and fever. The
Almost nine million children under 5 years of age die every year. Diarrhea is considered to be the second leading cause of under-five mortality in developing countries. About one out of five deaths is
Demand for White Paper explaining how Govt. intends to provide adequate drinking water Taking up the issue of the Capital’s water bodies drying up for lack of proper care and upkeep, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Vijay Goel on Thursday demanded a White Paper from the State Government explaining how it intends to provide adequate drinking water to the citizens. Following a visit to Sanjay Jheel in East Delhi, Mr. Goel said he was shocked to see the condition of the water bodies and has constituted a team of party workers to visit the various water bodies in the city and draft a report on their condition.
Diarrheal disease is an important health challenge, accounting for the majority of childhood deaths globally. Climate change is expected to increase the global burden of diarrheal disease but little is
Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on Friday.
DIGBOI: With the unexpected discovery and detection of worm like aquatic creatures in drinking water this morning by the residents of Digboi Borbil in Tinsukia District being supplied by Digboi unit of
Is the PPP model going to work in the field of drinking water services? Mana-ging director Patrick Rous-seau of the French MNC giant Veolia India who has been providing 24x7 drinking water to the municipalities
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Thursday directed the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Deputy Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Southern
With the increased contamination of drinking water affecting the health of rural people, the government has initiated steps to test the quality of water at all the villages. Though the task was gigantic to check quality of water with limited number of employees from various departments concerned, the government is using the services of Asha volunteers and Anganwadi workers of respective areas to check quality of water supplied to the rural people. As part of providing quality water, the Rural Water Supply(RWS)) department is conducting training programmes to the Asha volunteers and Anganwadi workers over testing drinking water samples.
Local bodies reluctant to take stringent action against polluters Health activists have raised serious questions about the quality of water supplied to rural homes since many establishments, including those of official agencies, have been found to release, often clandestinely, their wastes into rivers and other water sources. Complaints are also rife that water supplied under rural water schemes is not properly treated and that contaminated water reaching rural households triggers water-borne diseases like jaundice. Large quantities of water from private sources are also supplied to hostels and lodges before treating it properly.