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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has sought Rs 1,035.1 crore for covering 3,568 gram panchayats under the pipe water supply scheme. Out of the 6,234 gram panchayats, 2,666 have provision of pipe water supply. Provision of safe drinking water has become a priority area for the State Government following outbreak of …
Mullanpur Dakha: To resolve the problem of stagnant and over flowing of village ponds, Manpreet Singh Ayali has come up with a novice by developing a natural water treatment plant in the village pond. The new system will provide employment to the rural youth and also self sufficiency to the …
Taluk Panchayat has decided to take necessary steps to provide adequate drinking water to Aksharanagar village in Balehonnur taluk, during monthly review meeting held at TP office on Monday. Addressing the gathering TP President M S Jayaprakash said that the village has been facing scarcity of drinking water for several …
Angry residents of the Galmaduwa area have staged a massive protest campaign blocking the Ampara-Colombo main road for several hours this morning. According to the sources, people launched the campaign to protest the water shortage experiencing for a long time by the residents in the area. They claim that though …
Meena Menon DHAITANA (Beed district): The Assembly elections are not the reason for excitement in this village located in the backward Marathwada region of Maharashtra. It
Bhakti V Hegde, Mangalore, Sep 24, DH News Service: Kolnadu and Munnur Gram Panchayats rule the roost when it comes to scarcity of water in Ullal area. Realising the fact that a permanent solution is better than superficial treatment for the problems, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has taken up borewell …
T. Ramakrishnan A quantum of 50 million litres a day (MLD) is supplied now, eventually, it will go up to 100 MLD 10 villages such as Nainarkoil and Pasumpon have been covered through five workshops CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board, which completed the Rs. 616-crore …
Proper streetlighting, provision of clean drinking water and functional sewage treatment plants might still elude many of those living in urbanised Gurgaon, but may soon turn into reality for 34 villages around the Millennium City. The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon has engaged a private company to conduct a village-wise survey …
Rural water supply scheme for Andhra has no room for public opinion; price may be hiked later villagers in Andhra Pradesh will soon get their drinking water supply in 20-litre plastic containers. The government has shortlisted five companies that would treat raw water and sell it to villagers. The government …
JAIPUR: A five-member delegation of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board which visited two fluoride-affected villages in Rajasthan over the weekend was impressed by the success of a UNICEF-sponsored fluorosis mitigation programme and expressed the desire to replicate the model back home. The Rajasthan Integrated Fluorosis Mitigation …
People in dozens of villages are forced to drink soiled water after the incessant downpour caused hundreds of drinking water sources to founder. More than 117 drinking water sources have been damaged due to heavy rainfall and landslide in mid-August, according to Regional Monitoring and Supervision Office Doti.
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said provision of potable water to the masses is the priority of the government and solid measures are being taken for this purpose. He was addressing a meeting held to discuss issues related to water supply in rural areas at the Chief Minister's …
The women of Ramgarh village in Chhattarpur district in Madhya Pradesh's drought-affected Bundelkhand region have battled administrative apathy and non-cooperation by elected representatives to find a solution to the severe water problem they are facing. The women of Ramgarh village in Chhattarpur district in Madhya Pradesh's drought-affected Bundelkhand region have …
With a reverse osmosis treatment plant, an Andhra Pradesh village will now need to pay for what is their right. It is water capitalism through state policy, Uma Maheshwari argues in a two-part article With all its limitations and loopholes, the community water tap in a village existed because people …
Revive supply stopped by panchayat a month ago, they demand We want: Residents of Melumalai village at the Collectorate in Krishnagiri on Monday demanding drinking water and other basic amenities. KRISHNAGIRI: More than 150 residents including 70 women from Melumalai village thronged the Krishnagiri Collectorate on Monday demanding drinking water …
A CENTRAL team led by Union home secretary G K Pillai recently visited the district government hospital in Senapati, Manipur, to checkout the health facilities available, only to find the operation theatre (OT) locked. Not only did the hospital authorities have to struggle to locate the key when the officials, …
K. Raju All the 2,150 residents of K. Ramanathapuram village in Dindigul district are now getting good quality drinking water, thanks to effective community participation and the implementation of the Central government
T. Ramakrishnan Rs.70 crore sought for relief measures EMPTY POTS: Vellore, one of the districts facing acute drinking water shortage, has been allocated Rs.5 crore by the State government to tide over the problem. CHENNAI: About 3,300 rural habitations in the State require relief measures for drinking water supply in …
