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 …
Alleging improper distribution of canal water among the consumers, farmers from Gumjal in Abohar tehsil have created an artificial barrier at the tail-end of the Malukpura minor canal near the village. The farmers are sitting on dharna since January 1 and have declared that until the government gives them "proper" …
Bharat Nirman, a programme to build rural infrastructure, was launched by the Government of India in 2005. Phase I of the programme was implemented in the period 2005-06 to 2008-09. Phase II is being implemented from 2009-10 to 2011-12. Rural drinking water is one of the six components of Bharat …
This paper makes an attempt to assess the water sector under scarcity conditions in the State of Rajasthan. It adopts the criteria of physical, economic, financial and equity performance across sub-sectors. The assessment brought out clearly that no indicator has shown satisfactory performance in any of the sub-sectors. Though the …
The Haryana Rural Development Fund Administration Board has sanctioned Rs 696 crore to execute various development works during the current financial year. Out of this, expenditure to the tune of Rs 415.60 crore had already been incurred so far. Stating this here recently, a spokesman for the board said the …
Nearly 260 billion rupees has been spent to provide drinking water facilities for the public, the government says. Implementation of urban water supply schemes has provided 1.2 million families with the drinking water facilities. In addition rural water supply schemes implemented in 2,241 Grama Niladari Divisions during the last 4 …
Haryana Government has formulated Rs.10.21crore project for augmenting water supply in 23 villages of Mahendragarh district. Public Health Engineering Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala said that the project was based on ground and canal water and comprised of 15 schemes, namely augmentation Water Supply Scheme, Gudha, Dhadot, Bhojawas, Mandola, Balana, Sohla, …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Rural Development (2009-10) deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their Forty-first Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject
The ASHWAS survey is a process of enquiry about the water, sanitation and hygiene situation in rural Karnataka. It has a number of unusual features which distinguish it from more conventional surveys. Firstly, it is a citizen's survey in that it places a high premium on the perceptions of the …
Right to Water and Sanitation falls under the economic and social Rights discourse. Broadly coming under a liberal interpretation of Article 21, Right to Life, the first such struggle was the 1981 Bombay Street Dwellers struggle against evictions, through the now famous Public Interest Litigation route. The crisis of safe …
This working paper attempts to assess some of the more fundamental, water-related components that influence rural livelihoods and can support rural poverty reduction. In this way, it seeks to help decision makers target investments more effectively, ensuring funds get allocated to where there is most need.
JAIPUR: An eight-member team of the World Bank assessed the progress of the Water Sector Reform Project and Swajaldhara Project funded by the global financial institution during a visit to Kothun village near here earlier this week. The team interacted with the villagers to assess the success of the projects. …
Pune Even as the city has been constantly facing water cuts, the district administration claims that there is no water shortage in the rural areas of the district. During the monsoon season, the administration had to pool in extra tankers due to inadequate rainfall. But in the last two months, …
ITANAGAR, Nov 24: Governor Gen (Retd) J J Singh gave away the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) awards to ten Gram Panchayats in a glittering ceremony, organized by the Public Health Engineering Department, at the banquet hall of Raj Bhavan here today. Quoting Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Singh said,
Chemical and bacteriological contamination has been found in drinking water samples in eight districts of Gujarat, a recent study by a Government-aided body here has revealed. The findings of the Multi-District Assessment of Water Safety (M-DAWS) study by Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO) also found residual chlorine, crucial for …
Shagufta Kalim Through its many initiatives, Water for People is making clean water an accessible reality in West Bengal's rural areas. The project started in 2005 and it has been showing the required results when and where it matters the most. Around the world, 884 million people do not have …
These are the survey findings by Ministry of Science and Technology on water challenges faced by the Indian states. Has mapped the available sources of water in selected villages all across India, the differing water challenges and has also assessed the willingness of impacted population to pay to develop internal …
This report focuses on water and water-related issues and investments, with a particular focus on reducing the vulnerability of water sector investments to the impacts of climate change. It provides a first version of a tool that can be used to assess exposure and screen the investment portfolio on a …
This study analyses the diverse positive and negative impacts that coal mining has on the livelihoods of local communities of the Ib valley coalfield in Orissa. Using the sustainable livelihoods framework, it shows that coal mining, which is a form of physical capital, contributes to the enhancement of financial capital. …
The State government would take up Jala Nirmala scheme at the cost of Rs 1,100 crore in eleven districts of north Karnataka including Bagalkot, Bidar, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Haveri, Koppal, Raichur and Uttara Kannada. Home Minister V S Acharya, briefing the media after a Cabinet meeting, said that …
