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 …
Kovvur, May 10: A six-year-old girl died after she allegedly drank contaminated water supplied from a municipal tap in West Godavari on Monday. Sheik Ameena Begum, a resident of Rama Colony of Ward No. 1, drank the water on Sunday and started vomiting by night. She died while being shifted …
K Narasimha Murthy, May 5, Kolar: The blazing summer in the district has seen a spurt in the sale of packaged water in the form of pouches which are the most common and cost-effective thirst-quenchers. But of late, consumers are becoming more concerned about the quality of water the pouches …
P M Raghunandan, Bangalore, May 5, DHNS: Those planning to settle down in and around Devanahalli near Bangalore City in coming days, may have to depend on treated water -- even for drinking purpose. The State government has decided to provide treated water to the parched Devanahalli, where a host …
S Lalitha, May 5, Bangalore, DHNS: Bangaloreans making use of freshly pumped borewell water for drinking purposes need to put an abrupt end to the practice. For, the carcinogenic, radioactive gas, Radon has been found to be present 100 times above the permissible limit in water samples analysed across the …
Despite intermittent showers, marginal increase in Periyar dam level THENI: Despite intermittent showers and marginal increase in storage level in Periyar dam, lifeline for Theni and four southern districts, acute drinking water crisis has been haunting several municipalities, town and village panchayats in the district for the past 15 days. …
PUDUCHERRY: Member of Legislative Assembly S.P. Sivakumar has urged the Public Works Department (PWD) to come out with a detailed report on the status and quality of drinking water in the town area. In a press release, Mr. Sivakumar said the quantity of drinking water being supplied across the town …
BUTTERMILK, COOL DRINKS IN PLASTIC PACKETS, INSTANT DOSA, IDL MIXES, PACKAGED SAMOSAS AND PUFFS ALSO ON THE BANNED LIST City Corporation on Thursday gave its approval to ban sale of drinking water, buttermilk and cool drinks in plastic sachets citing poor quality within its limits. After a Corporation Council meet, …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: About 1.80-lakh rural habitations are afflicted by poor water quality leading to serious health problems such as cancer and fluorosis that damages bones, teeth and muscles. Arsenic contamination has been reported in nine States, fluoride problem in 18 States, salinity in 17 States, iron contamination in …
Tamil Nadu Packaged Drinking Water Manufacturers' Association voices concern CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation Council on Thursday passed a resolution seeking a ban on drinking water sachets in the city. Coliform bacteria, faecal matter Mayor M. Subramanian said the drinking water sold in polythene sachets in the city had been found …
Near 27 per cent of packaged water samples have failed to meet the norms prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Shoumojit Banerjee Ara (Bhojpur): Fears of cameras haunt the Brahmin-dominated village of Simaria-Ojhapatti in Bhojpur district, the hub of arsenic-infested drinking water in Bihar.
The family members of the victims have alleged that the children took ill after drinking the water distributed by a private water tanker early on Friday Two minor boy succumbed at Safdarjung hospital on Friday evening after consuming water distributed by a private water tanker in a south Delhi locality. …
K.Lakshmi and Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation is in discussion with the State government to ban the sale of water sachets in the city. Mayor M. Subramanian told mediapersons on Tuesday that the matter had been taken up with the Department of Health and that he would soon …
One woman died and at least forty people were taken ill after drinking contaminated water at Lord Narasimhaswamy fair in G Hosahalli in the taluk on Monday. The victim has been identified as Muddagangamma (62). This incident occurred due to the mixing of the drainage water with the tube well …
College students organise road show, distribute pamphlets and notices SOCIAL CAUSE:A student of Lady Doak College creating water awareness in Madurai MADURAI: It is estimated that more than1.1 billion people of the world population rely on unsafe drinking water sources. So in an effort to create an awareness on a …
Mumbai In the expected dry summer ahead, the cause for concern is not just the quantity of water but its quality, too. The number of complaints of water contamination from January to March is 30 per cent higher than the number for the same period last year, according to BMC …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI A Large section of the nine million children below the age of 14 working in the mining industry suffer from health disorders. A study on the impact of mining on children undertaken by HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, Samata and Dhaatri Resource Centre for Women and …
March 30: Ineffective garbage management by Warangal Municipal Corporation (WMC) is adversely affecting the quality of drinking water in a few places as harmful chemicals like chromium and lead are said to have been found in excess quantity well above World Health Organisation (WHO) specifications. In a recent study done …
Sangeetha Samuel Like many wards in the City, now preparing for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections, the erstwhile Frazer Town, now renamed as Pulakeshinagar, is also plagued by acute water crisis. Alongside beautiful parks, old Gulmohar trees, Sepian Victorian houses, and broad roads, Pulakeshinagar also has to deal …
