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 …
New data on the status of drinking water and sanitation released by the National Sample Survey Organisation on Tuesday indicated a far better state of affairs than that is detailed in the 2011 Census. Conducted just a year after the Census, the 69th round of the National Sample Survey found …
Sixty percent of rural households do not have access to toilet facility even after 66 years of independence Among the reasons that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won electoral support in Delhi may have been its pledges to provide 700 litres of free drinking water each day along with a …
Assam has completed over 22,000 schemes under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) between April 2010 and November this year. With regard to the total number of NRDWP schemes implemented over the past three and a half years, Assam ranks 11th among 35 States and Union Territories. According to …
Muree—Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Deputy Speaker National Assembly, and Takashi Katae, Deputy Chief of Mission/Minister Embassy of Japan, Islamabad, inaugurated Rural Water Supply Schemes for six villages of Union Councils Taret and Gooreeni. The scheme was funded by GGP Govt. of Japan and implemented by Society for Up-Gradation of Knowledge Health …
Aims to set up 600 water purifying plants in the country by 2014 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), along with the government of Karnataka, will promote water purifying plants throughout the State to provide clean drinking water in rural areas at more affordable rates, said G. R. …
Relatively new and emerging categories of human settlements, such as small towns, may require a different set of service arrangements to facilitate the provision of water. In this paper, Marieke Adank presents the main features and understanding of what constitutes "small towns" to determine the most appropriate water service arrangement …
Maharashtra cabinet today approved Rs 1,444 crore project for supply of water in the rural areas. The project, called ‘Jalsurajya — 2’, will be implemented in cooperation with the World Bank, which will bear 70 per cent of the project cost. Taxi permits Meanwhile in another development, Chief Minister Prithviraj …
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday asked top officials of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to appear before it on Thursday to find an immediate as well as longterm solution to the water problem in Pavagada taluk, Tumkur. “This is a human problem. These things have to be solved at the …
The National Drinking Water Advocacy and Communication Strategy Framework 2013-2022 provides the “framework” to guide the advocacy and communication interventions in the implementation of the NRDWP. It aims to provide strategic directions for planning, designing and implementing advocacy and communication activities at national, state and district level. The objective is …
Houses across 20 villages will benefit from the end of next month Dakshina Kannada’s first multi-village water supply project which will supply drinking water to 20 villages across eight gram panchayats in Mangalore taluk is expected to be operational by the year-end. The project envisages lifting of water from Shambhavi …
The Nashik Zilla Parishad (ZP) will distribute 22,974 field testing kits (FTK) to upper primary schools in the district, enabling them to check the quality of water being supplied to their tanks and taps to prevent waterborne diseases. The state government has decided to supply the FTKs to Zilla Parishad …
With an emphasis on reducing water wastage and increasing water production in the state, the PWD is optimistic of providing 24X7 water supply to the entire state by the end of 2014. The department also plans to spend around Rs 100crore to replace the existing pipeline. PWD minister Ramkrishna 'Sudin' …
Raising hackles amidst the political turbulence over the division of state, chief minster N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday doled out a Rs 5,800 crore-worth water project to his home district Chittoor. The CM, who was in Tirumala for the inauguration of Brahmotsavams, sanctioned the water project covering the entire …
Only 18% Have All 3 Facilities; Fall In Agriculture’s GDP Share: Report One in five rural households has none of three basic facilities — drinking water, electricity and sanitation — while only about 18% have access to all three. The India Rural Development Report 2012-13 released by Jairam Ramesh on …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $23.5 million grant from the Strategic Climate Fund for a project that will ensure water supply to about 45,000 households. The project is one of five components of Nepal’s Strategic Program for Climate Resilience. “This is the first large-scale intervention by ADB …
Battling odds for a bucket of drinking water - that too muddy river water - is a part of the daily grind of Chandrabhan and other villagers of Kutoli village in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh. But the story doesn't end with Kutoli. More than 2,000 villages of Madhya Pradesh …
BHUBANESWAR: After winning the urban polls in the state with a handsome margin, BJD seems to be shifting its focus to the rural areas. In a meeting chaired by chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday, it was decided that the government would soon take initiates to provide piped drinking water …
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s scheme to regularise illegal water connections has failed miserably with not a single application being submitted. Though thousands called up the Board office and many others came in person to enquire about the regularisation offer, which concluded a couple of days ago, …
The Finland government has agreed to provide a grant assistance of Rs 1.85 billion to the government for the implementation of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Western Nepal (RWSSP WNII). The agreement to this effect was signed between Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Finance Madhu Kumar Marasini …
Clean drinking water is out of reach for 4.64 crore people in rural areas in the country, says a report tabled by the Union water resources ministry in Parliament last week. In Rajasthan, 25,500 habitations or 1.09 crore people get water with chemical or bacterial contamination. Assam comes next with …
