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 …
National river projects lag target by up to 99% due to poor management and lack of monitoring says this audit report by the Comptroller and Auditor General tabled in the Parliament on July 23, 2018. The report also finds overall cost escalation of 2,341% that threatened the economic viability of …
In February 2008, the Government of India approved a Scheme of National Projects where under it identified 16 major water resource development and irrigation projects that were under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme but were languishing due to various constraints and hurdles. This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General …
Kota: Constant flow of polluted water and waste through 28 nullahs into the Chambal river, one of the least non-polluted rivers in the country so far, has pushed environmentalists and activists of the Chambal Bachao Andolan to demand for checking the pollution content of the river. The river supplies drinking …
With lakhs of pilgrims thronging the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir annually, its management has turned to the latest eco-friendly technology to protect the environment around the cave shrine. With lakhs of pilgrims thronging the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir annually, its management has turned to …
AHMEDABAD: Uranium — the heavy metal one usually associates with nuclear reactors — is contaminating Gujarat’s groundwater, finds an elaborate scientific study that covered 16 states. Uranium contamination was found to breach WHO limits of 30 microgram per litre in several parts of Ahmedabad district. Extensive use of groundwater for …
On 19 October, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, Mr. Léo, presented the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on the principle of accountability. The Special …
Mzimba — The water sector in the country has had its fair share of challenges especially in supplying adequate and safe water to large sections of the population. Increased population over the years has even worsened this challenge of inadequate water supply in most parts in the country. Mzimba urban …
A simple, low-cost solar water purifier (SWP) for rural households, which does not require electricity or waste precious water has been developed. The SWP consists of four tubular solar water heaters attached to a manifold. Non-potable water is filled in the SWP after filtering with four-layered cotton cloth and heated …
In view of impending potable water crisis in majority of States, the Centre seems to have found a ray of hope in the Gujarat Government’s month-old policy for ‘reusing treated waste water’. Being seen as a game changer in urban sewage management and saving drinking water, the Union Drinking Water …
NEW DELHI: Delhi Jal Board approved a host of relief measures for consumers on Monday. A meeting presided over by CM Arvind Kejriwal agreed to give consumers another opportunity to get their unauthorised water connections regularised. The amnesty scheme, initiated in 2015, will now be relaunched for three months. “There …
Khartoum — During Sudan's lean season, from May to July, the number of Sudanese requiring food assistance is expected to rise to six million. In particularly displaced people in North Darfur, parts of South Darfur and South Kordofan need aid, as staple food prices increase at the beginning of the …
The Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation reviews the global progress made towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It builds on the latest data available for the 11 SDG 6 global indicators and will inform the …
Dodoma — The government has secured a Sh57 billion loan from the World Bank that will be spent on ending water woes in Dar es Salaam, the Parliament heard on Wednesday. The Minister for Water and Irrigation, Mr Isaac Kamwelwe told the House that most of the water challenges in …
NEW DELHI: With poll-bound Madhya Pradesh insisting on taking up both the phases of the proposed Ken-Betwa inter-linking of rivers (ILRs) together, the Centre has agreed to the state’s demand after initial unwillingness on the issue and decided to merge the detailed project reports (DPRs) before finally rolling out the …
When last year's prolonged drought saw the water supply to Damaris Kiarie's Nairobi home rationed, she decided her best bet was to buy water from a local vendor. It was, she soon learned, a mistake. After storing two 20-liter drums of water in her kitchen, her son came home from …
A US-based company has launched a new solar "water from air" device in Cape Town to alleviate some of the pressure placed on municipal and groundwater supply. Speaking at the launch, US consul general in Cape Town Virginia Blaser explained that the device, dubbed SOURCE, uses sunlight and air to …
Dodoma — The government will table a bill in Parliament in September this year (2018) that will specifically seek to fast-tract the execution of water projects across the country. Once approved by Parliament and signed by the President into law, the bill will establish the Rural Water Agency (Ruwa), the …
El Mazmum — A woman died from electrocution and two others were injured at a water station in Sudan's Sennar state on Sunday as thirsty residents scrambled for drinking water. A resident of El Mazmum told Radio Dabanga that the residents had been thirsty for three days. This resulted in …
JAIPUR: Women of Vidhyadhar Nagar staged protest in their area as for the past 20 days water has not been supplied to their houses leaving them with no option than to order private tankers. More than 600 houses are facing water crisis. The residents have gone from pillar to post …
Abuja — The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and an international non-governmental organisation, WaterAid, have revealed in separate but unified documents that 87 per cent (165.3 million) of Nigerians are without basic hygiene facilities in a conservative population of 190 million. The reports, as revealed by the World Health Organisation/United …
