Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Zambia has agreed to a $50 million loan from the World Bank for water projects including the construction of small dams to help moderate damage from drought and floods in the southern African nation. Without the investments, changing rainfall patterns amid global warming could cost Zambia $4.3 billion over 10 …
Gurgaon district has emerged as a high-risk area in Haryana with the maximum number of dengue cases reported there so far this year. Considering an “alarming rise in dengue cases” in neighbouring states including Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, the Haryana Health department has further strengthened its operations to control …
This paper reflects on the progress made in climate change adaptation in the city of Durban since the launch of the Municipal Climate Protection Programme in 2004. This includes the initial difficulties in getting the attention of key sectors within municipal government, and how this was addressed and also served …
Urgent calls have been made for improved understanding of changes in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health interventions, and their country-level determinants. The researchers examined historical trends in coverage of interventions with proven effectiveness, and used them to project rates of child and neonatal mortality in 2035 in 74 …
Four persons died of diarrhoea and viral fever spreading at Saldang VDC in Dolpa district in the last four days. The deceased have been identified as Nangjel Gurung, Chhiring Akta Gurung, Nima Lama Gurung and Sonang Chhiring Gurung, according to police. The victims reported headache and dizziness as well as …
Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) will establish as many as 19 more well-equipped water testing laboratories across Pakistan for proviosion of safe drinking water to the people. PCRWR has already established a well-equipped water testing laboratory at Sialkot with total cost of Rs. 14 million for providing …
At least three persons, including a two-year-old, have allegedly died of diarrhoea at Dagamaha and Taparangia villages under Kandhamal's Daringibadi block in the last one week. Several others are reportedly suffering from the water-borne disease in these villages. While two persons of a family died at Taparangia village, a two-year-old …
Poor sanitation remains a major public health concern linked to several important health outcomes; emerging evidence indicates a link to childhood stunting. In India over half of the population defecates in the open; the prevalence of stunting remains very high. Recently published data on levels of stunting in 112 districts …
The groundwater samples collected by the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have revealed that only 15 percent to 18 percent samples were safe for drinking both in urban and rural areas of the country. PCRWR officials said that 90 percent of the population in the rural areas …
There has been an increase of 569 cases of deaths due to diseases caused because of drinking contaminated water in 2012, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. In 2012, a total of 3,883 people died due to diseases caused because of drinking of contaminated water as compared to 3,314 …
The death of two more people due to diarrhoea in Bhairamgarh block of Bijapur district late on Saturday has taken the death toll to 20. Waterlogging caused due to heavy rainfall is making it difficult for the health teams to reach the spot and to carry patients to the hospital. …
Seven Cases Of Cholera, 11 Of Dengue Seen In Week The city continues to reel under an onslaught of water- and vectorborne diseases despite a brief lull in rainfall over the past week. Over 500 people had to be hospitalized with gastroenteritis and malaria over the duration of a week. …
At least 30 unnatural deaths, 15 of which owe direct allegiance to diarrhoea, have been reported from various remote villages of Bastar division in the past one month. The worst affected has been Bhairamgarh Block, Bijapur District where 13 deaths occurred. While unofficial numbers of death are being pegged at …
At least 30 unnatural deaths, 15 of which owe direct allegiance to diarrhoea, have been reported from various remote villages of Bastar division in the past one month. The worst affected has been Bhairamgarh Block, Bijapur District where 13 deaths occurred. While unofficial numbers of death are being pegged at …
Waking up to the break out of gastroenteritis in Bulbul Nowgam area of Anantnag, district administration today stopped the water supply to the area from the existing water supply scheme and directed the PHE officials to send water tankers to the area till further orders. The district administration also ordered …
A cholera outbreak at a village in north-east Afghanistan has infected 1,492 people, killed a young woman and left another 100 in critical condition, a provincial official said today. Mr Abdul Marouf Rasekh, a spokesman for the governor of Badakhshan province, said the outbreak began three days ago and was …
With four deaths attributed to diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water in August, Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in its weekly report has warned of a rise in cases of typhoid and diarrhoea among others in Bhopal district, according to health officials. Monsoon and waterlogging has added to the problem. "Water-borne …
Water contamination in flood-affected panchayats of Abujhmarh in Narainpur district of south Chhattisgarh may result in a huge death toll, it is feared. The secretary of one of the affected panchayats, Kamluram Netam, has told journalists of Narainpur that several panchayats of the area are “severely affected and the death …
As many as 11,851 diarrhoea cases were reported across the province in first week of August, said Additional Secretary Health Sindh Dr Masood Solangi on Thursday. Dr Solangi in a statement issued said that a total of 11,851 diarrhoea cases were reported in Sindh from August 1 to 7; out …
As many as 72,576 diarrhoea patient cases have been reported across the province in month of July, said additional secretary health Sindh on Wednesday. According to Dr Masood Solangi, a total of 72,576 diarrhoea cases have been reported in Sindh July, out of which 12,710 admitted in different hospitals of …
