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 …
Handeni — Over 3,000 residents of Msasa Ward in Handeni Town have lauded the government for implementing a clean water supply to their area. Speaking separately on Thursday, May 10, during the ceremony to inaugurate seven water distribution points in the ward by the secretary of Handeni Urban MP, Mr …
Egyptian football star, Mohammed Salah recently made news off the field for his philanthropic work. The footballer bought land and paid for a sewage plant to be built, to supply his village with clean water. The remarkable deed by the Liverpool striker has been hailed by many across the continent. …
The doomsday scenario of Cape Town’s taps running dry has been averted this year, after its 4 million residents slashed their water consumption and supply was cut off to farmers, but the crisis confronting South Africa’s second-biggest city is far from over. The city’s six main dams are now on …
Plans to lay new water lines in Mundka constituency A budget of Rs. 5,137 crore for 2018-19 was approved by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is also the DJB chairperson, on Monday. The budget passed by the board includes Rs. …
Cape Town's dam levels remain very low at 20.9% on 7 May. But a closer look at the data gives the city's residents reasons to be optimistic for 2019. In the same week last year the dam levels were 22.4% only 1.5 percentage points higher than now. But a key …
PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has directed the State to conduct a survey of all mining areas facing drinking water shortage and submit the report before the end of this month. The Court passed the direction while hearing the Sonshi-Pissurlem water scarcity issue. The government on Thursday …
TRICHY: Terming the Supreme Court’s directive to the Karnataka government to release 4 TMC of the Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as too little and too late, farmers in the Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu on Thursday said they are losing their faith in judiciary. They said they had …
Some suburbs in Harare are experiencing serious water supply shortages, exposing residents to water-borne diseases like cholera. A snap survey by The Herald yesterday confirmed the situation. Some parts of the central business district (CBD) had no water yesterday forcing businesses to rely on boreholes. Others are buying water. "We …
Jaipur: People living in Bandha Basti and Nahari-ka-Nakka areas are forced to consume contaminated and smelly water every day as PHED’s water pipelines are running close to sewer lines. The pipelines being worn out, the water often gets contaminated with the sewer. The locals have been facing many health issues …
PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry administration on Tuesday proposed to map water tables in the Union territory using satellite images and evolve comprehensive schemes to protect and replenish aquifer beds. They have also planned to revive the scheme to tap surface water of Ousteri Lake to meet drinking water needs. The officials …
The County has announced plans to construct two plants that will convert the Indian Ocean's salty waters to fresh water for Mombasa and its environs. The two desalination plants are expected to be ready in the next three years and supply 130 million litres of fresh water per day. ALSO …
Marine salvage experts are floating a plan to tug icebergs from Antarctica to South Africa's drought-hit Cape Town to help solve the region's worst water shortage in a century. Salvage master Nick Sloane told Reuters he was looking for government and private investors for a scheme to guide huge chunks …
The petition said that a heat wave should be considered on a par with other disasters as per Article 14 of the Constitution. The Supreme Court has asked a PIL petitioner to submit a representation to the government to reschedule office hours and provide drinking water and medical facilities to …
MUMBAI: Water samples collected from over 30 districts of Maharashtra were found to have contaminants, a report by the state's Public Health Laboratory has stated. The Maharashtra Public Health Laboratory has found that water taken from various sources like bore wells, wells, public tanks and water tankers in rural and …
PANJIM: As directed, the Directorate of Panchayat has asked concerned panchayats from the mining areas to submit proposals for developmental projects for implementation under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF), the State government told the High Court of Bombay at Goa on Wednesday. Advocate General Dattaprasad Lawande told the court that …
Purpose is to place monetary value on services — absorption of carbon dioxide, cleansing oxygen and supplying water Authorities at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) have started a study to assess how much the park contributes to the ecosystem of Mumbai and the well-being of its residents. The aim of …
Research firm Global Water Intelligence has named a financing model used in Rwanda’s Kigali Bulk Water Supply project as the 2018 Water Deal of the Year. The project was recognised during the Global Water Summit held in France this week. Claire McCollum, master of ceremony at the awards, said: “It …
The Zambia Metrology Agency (ZMA) has with immediate effect suspended the supply and sale of potable water by some companies due to lack of compliance. ZMA Executive Director Himba Cheelo said the suspension is for the period of 60 days and these directives however, shall not affect smaller denominations of …
A Sh2.1 billion water project will be commissioned in June. The CEO of the Lake Victoria South Water Services Board, Petronilla Ogut, yesterday said the Siaya-Bondo Water Supply and Sanitation Project, which was financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), had already started supplying clean water to more than 100,000 …
Governor Ndiritu Muriithi has announced that the county will spend Sh15 billion on water projects in the next five years. Speaking during the county's first water conference yesterday, Mr Muriithi said the money would be used to construct water dams across the 15 wards, fund the proposed Nanyuki Bulk Water …
