Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
VADODARA: With surface water becoming insufficient for consumption, ground water is the only option left to meet the city's demand. However, a recent study suggests that the quality of ground water is degrading considerably. The study by city-based hydrogeologist Dr Jayendra Lakhmapurkar says that the quality has gone below the …
The word mismanagement sums up Delhi’s annual water crisis. The national capital was declared as the world’s second most populous city in the year 2014 by United Nations (UN). Delhi is home to some 25 million people and the cleavage between demand and supply for water keeps growing at a …
Strengthening Transparency and Access to Information on Transboundary Rivers in South Asia is a major new report that examines the availability and accessibility of data and information related to three transboundary rivers in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The study, which is a result of a 15-month assessment conducted with support …
Luanda — A contract valued at over Akz 10 million (Usd 103,000) to fund a water purification system project in Quindenuco, northern Uíge province, was signed Tuesday in Luanda by the Angolan Association for Widows Support (Angoavi) and the Japanese Embassy in Angola. The agreement, signed by Angoavi chairperson, Benjamin …
There is good news in store for Almora residents as the town is set to get uninterrupted water supply in the summer after the Kosi river barrage, which is expected to be completed by April, is functional. Work for the barrage, which was approved in March 2013, started in October …
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said the state government would file a fresh suit in the Supreme Court to declare the Termination of Agreements Act passed by the Punjab Assembly ‘null and void’ and also seek the early hearing of a Presidential reference on the issue. “We will …
It is very tough trade-off between economic growth and environmental sustainability in a faster growing developing country like India. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes that environmental degradation initially increases with the income rise, and then begins to decrease once a certain threshold of income growth is achieved. The …
The separate and combined effects of different drivers of change to water fluxes and resources on land (CWOL) remain difficult to distinguish and largely unknown, particularly at a global scale. Our study analyzes CWOL during the period 1901–2008, based on available hydroclimatic data for up to 859 hydrological basins. We …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vijender Singh Vs. MoEF & Ors. dated 01/12/2014 regarding extraction of underground water, Haryana. The Tribunal also directed the Administrator of HUDA to file an Affidavit clearly stating as to whether it is supplying water to …
Nearly two billion people use water contaminated by faeces, posing a global health risk despite billions of dollars spent on sanitation reveals this new report published on 19 Nov 2014, World Toilet Day by WHO and UN Water. This biannual report "UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water" …
NASHIK: The water resource department has decided to send its engineers to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MBDA) in Australia to study the water resources and water distribution system there. The MBDA model is to be implemented in the Nashik region as a pilot project and it will subsequently be replicated …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana State on a petition filed by Andhra Pradesh seeking directions to the Union government not to notify the award of the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal on distribution of Krishna river waters. A Supreme Court bench ordered issuance of notice …
This study presents a global analysis of urban water supply vulnerability in 71 surface-water supplied cities, with populations exceeding 750 000 and lacking source water diversity. Vulnerability represents the failure of an urban supply-basin to simultaneously meet demands from human, environmental and agricultural users. We assess a baseline (2010) condition …
Following the allegation that the Karivannur drinking water project is unnecessary and not feasible when there is sufficient water in Peechi reservoir, the Corporation has decided to appoint an expert committee to review the project. According to Mayor Rajan Pallan, a committee with expert members from water authority will study …
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal are connected by the combined system of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers, but erratic water supplies and pressures of population growth are leading to tensions over management of these transboundary waters. GOLAM RASUL outlines the main issues of transboundary water management in this Himalayan …
California saw its driest year on record in 2013, and the drought is expected to continue into the foreseeable future. More than ever, urban water managers are seeking effective strategies to address water scarcity, with increasing interest in reducing residential water demand. To help achieve these goals, researchers at UCR’s …
AURANGABAD: For the first time in the history of Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, security personnel are guarding the elevated water reservoirs to streamline water distribution in the city. Aurangabad City Water Utilities Company Limited said the move is to avoid any untoward incident. The AMC, which is supplying water for an …
Public Health Dept finds leakage in water pipes Four days after the outbreak of diarrhoea that affected over 250 persons in Sector 19 here and at Abheypur village, the Public Health Department finally detected faults in water supply pipes at four places today. A health official attends to a patient …
Puducherry lt governor Lt General A K Singh on Monday commissioned a drinking water supply project at Manavely village near here. This will ensure drinking water supply for more than 15,000 families spread over some 20 hamlets in the vicinity of Manavely. The project was implemented at a cost of …
Angola plans to spend $139 million to upgrade the water distribution centers and build new reservoirs in the capital, Luanda, Jornal de Angola reported, citing Energy and Water Minister Joao Baptista Borges. The first phase of the project is due to be completed next year, with the rest a year …
