The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
57 करोड़ की लागत से तैयार होंगी तीन बड़ी परियोजनाएं57 करोड़ की लागत से तैयार होंगी तीन बड़ी परियोजनाएं नगर निगम अंबाला सदर क्षेत्र में पेयजल, जल निकासी व सौंदर्यीकरण से जागरण संवाददाता, अंबाला : नगर निगम अंबाला सदर क्षेत्र में पेयजल, जल निकासी व सौंदर्यीकरण से संबंधित तीन योजनाएं …
कागजों में उलझी 30 हजार लोगों की प्यासकागजों में उलझी 30 हजार लोगों की प्यास अधूरी पेयजल योजनाओं से जल संस्थान के सामने 30 हजार लोगों की प्यास बुझाने की चुनौती खड़ी हो गई है। दो साल पहले जल संस्थान ने शहर व शहर से लगे इलाकों के लिए छह …
'Polluted water from Thumbe dam may cause fatal diseases' Former minister Krishna J Palemar asserted that excess amount of coliform is found in the drinking water supplied from Thumbe dam. “The intake of this water may lead to fatal diseases like diarrhoea and can also have a bad impact on …
Water samples show there are at least 15 sites where bacteriological contamination is at a constant high. Hyderabad: Unsafe water and poor sanitation adversely affects the immune system of children, making them vulnerable to diarrhoea and pneumonia, the two leading causes of death of five million children in India. Pneumonia …
At the 'ratri choupal,' the village meeting held with the district collector on Friday, villagers of Korna, Pachpadra tehsil, in Barmer district protested against the administration's plan to construct a power substation at a spot frequented by migratory birds. Villagers said that the land also served as a rich catchment …
Mwanza — The government has completed the construction of large-scale urban water projects worth 205bn/- that will benefit about 734,000 people in Mwanza Region. Other three water projects are at initial stages of implementation. In an exclusive interview with the 'Daily News', Mwanza Regional Water Engineer, Mr Warioba Sanya, said …
Pallisa — The persistent drought that has hit several districts across the country has led to scarcity of water both in urban centres and rural areas, with several people trekking kilometres in search for water. The breakdown of Kasodo Water Pump Station years back coupled with the current harsh drought …
LHASA - A train full of Tibetan bottled water left Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, and headed for the city of Ningbo in eastern China's Zhejiang province Wednesday morning. It is the first of a regular set of cargo trains to bring bottled drinking water from Tibet …
Medical waste, broken bottles and household trash are some of the items found in more than 100 tonnes of garbage salvaged near a drinking water reservoir in Shanghai. The suspected culprits are two ships that have been dumping waste upstream in the Yangtze river. It has then flowed downstream to …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Chemicals in Ground Water, 15/12/2016. As reported by the Uttar Pradesh State into the online Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry, there are 200 fluoride, 262 arsenic, one iron, one nitrate and 82 salinity affected habitations which are yet to be provided …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Clean drinking water for arsenic affected areas, 12/12/2016. As per the Centrally sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), administered by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, every rural citizen should have access to a basic minimum service level of 40 (forty) litres …
The failure of the monsoons in the state for the second consecutive year has, besides driving farmers into despair, plunged the major urban centres - including the capital city Bengaluru - into a major drinking water crisis. The water level at all 13 major reservoirs in Karnataka has plummeted to …
A second poor rainy season in Somalia has pushed livestock herders in the drought-hit Puntland region to trek an average of 60 km (40 miles) to fetch drinking water, aid agencies said on Monday, calling for rapid action to prevent renewed famine. Five million Somalis, or more than four out …
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, on Thursday, allowed an intervention application, against unpackaged drinking water suppliers, which alleged that product sold by such firms should be licensed in compliance with Food Safety and Standards (prevention and restrictions on sales) Act, 2011. The intervention was filed in …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Community Drinking Water Purification Plants, 24/11/2016. With the recommendation of NITI Aayog, Government of India had provided funds to the tune of Rs 800 crore for installation of community drinking water purification plants in arsenic and fluoride affected habitations so that 8 to 10 …
BERAHMPUR: An illegally-run packaged drinking water unit located at Sukunda Road in Berhampur was sealed by the Berhampur Municipal Corporation on Monday evening. The officials of the district administration and the civic body raided the factory, which produces water pouches and water bottles, before shutting it. The corporation banned preparation …
Statistics South Africa released the Water and Sanitation: an in-depth analysis of the General Household Survey, 2005-2015 and Community Survey 2016 data report, according to the report, nationally, 92,5% of households had access to improved drinking water sources. Western Cape (99,4%), Free State (99,3%), Northern Cape (99,1%) and Gauteng (98,6%) …
Nairobi — Belgium has approved a donation of Sh2.6 billion to the government for the construction of the massive Mavoko Water Project. Speaking during the marking of the Belgian King's Day, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders stated that this underscored the cordial relationship between the …
Residents of the remote Kiwayu Island in Lamu County have for the first time had access to piped water. The county government spent Sh9 million in the 2015/2016 financial year to provide water to the area that is just 45 kilometres from Somalia. Village headman Shali Shee Monday said it …
Water shortages are affecting more than 300,000 people in La Paz. [Aizar RALDES/AFP] Authorities have declared water rationing in La Paz to be a permanent measure as the drought in Bolivia worsens. The three main dams that supply water to the city are almost dry. The main Ajuan Khota dam …
