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 …
Hyderabad, Oct. 21: The practice of laying water pipelines close to sewer lines has led to the spread of water-borne diseases during monsoon. While digging roads for laying cable lines, the rain water gushes in and seeps into the water pipelines after getting mixed with the raw sewerage and run …
DH News Service, Bangalore: Residents of Sector A of HAL II stage at Indira Nagar have complained supply of contaminated drinking water for nearly two months. Seepage of sewerage disposed by two hotels in the area into supply lines is said to be contaminating the potable water. Horee, a resident …
fluoride in water causes dental fluorosis. But how exactly? This was not known till now. Scientists from Japan and usa have identified the molecule in the cell that makes one susceptible to fluorosis. They hope their findings would lead to a drug for the ailment that has no cure. It …
In the present study different water quality parameters i.e. physico-chemical, heavy metals, haloalkanes, pesticides & most probable number of bacteria were analyzed in pre-monsoon, during monsoon & post monsoon season. The study area selected was Narayangiri Filtration Plant in Bhopal city. The study reveals that the quality of surface water …
AHMEDABAD: A stream of toxic and corrosive chemicals spewing into water supply and onto roads is making lives of thousands of residents of Nikol gam a living hell. While most of them have been forced to install water purification systems to safeguard health, toxic water flowing on roads, in residential …
DH News Service, Chikmagalur: Due to the drainage works that was taken up at Ward no 5, Shankarpura, the drainage pipeline carrying sewage from the homes was damaged and as a result the sewage water mixed with the drinking water polluting it. The same contaminated drinking water is being supplied …
the Department of Drinking Water Supply (ddws) on July 20 invited private standalone water purifying companies to showcase latest technologies and equipment. The government wants to install 30,000 water purifying systems in rural schools to provide children with safe drinking water. About 84,000 schools in rural India do not have …
DH News Service, Kushalnagar: Zilla Panchayat President Deergakeshi Shivanna inspected the works on construction of a water purification tank being constructed at a cost of Rs 5.9 crore under Rural Drinking Water Project at Hebbale near here on Sunday. The project when completed would supply pure drinking water to 12 …
Union Health Minister appeals to the people not to politicise the matter Bangalore: Union Minister for Health Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday appealed to the people of Karnataka not to politicise the Hogenakkal issue. Addressing presspersons after inaugurating the advanced services at NIMHANS, the Minister urged the people of Karnataka to …
About 1.2 billion people in the world live with inadequate access to safe drinking water. Over 2.6 billion do not have access to sanitation facilities In developing countries 80 per cent of the health problems are linked to inadequate water and sanitation, claiming the lives of nearly 1.8 million children …
IN countries like India where universal access to safe drinking-water at an acceptable level of service has not been achieved, the country's national drinking water policy should refer to "expressed targets for increasing access', according to the World Health Organisation's Guidelines for Drinking Water Safety. Such policy statements should be …
DH News Service, Kolar: "Special attention has to be given to drinking water and one must always use scientifically cleaned water. Awareness about this has to be spread among the rural people about this and programmes have to be undertaken about the same at the Grama Panchayat level,' said Taluk …
CONSUMER RIGHTS Pushpa Girimaji Consumers are often victims of poor quality water supplied by the civic authorities. Besides water-borne diseases in many districts of the country, consumers suffer the debilitating effects of high levels of toxic heavy metals and even pesticides and other chemicals in water. Now two recent orders …
Seminar focusses on technologies for processing drinking water CHENNAI: At a seminar conducted on packaged drinking water here on Saturday, officials from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) underscored the need for adhering to good manufacturing practices. The seminar, primarily meant for manufacturers, focussed on methods to deal with microbial …
Why do the poor pay the highest price for water and the rich, who have piped connection, get the inexpensive water in our cities? Why is there an outbreak of water borne disease frequently due to polluted water? What is lacking: There is lack of investment to price water price …
By Prabuddh Banerjee Despite tall claims by producers of water purifiers, most of them fail to ensure safe drinking water for the household. Our drinking water is supposed to deliver essential nutrients and minerals needed for healthy life. It should help maintain acidic levels in our body and natural streams …
Yogesh Kabirdoss | Chennai UNTIL six months ago, Muthamma, an elderly woman, used to cook food using clean water from a well in her house. No longer. She now approaches her neighbours for clean water as her well has been contaminated with sewage. Muthamma is the only one in the …
It uses most efficient technology with low power Provisions for use in areas without electrification Product display: Features of a product being explained by a company executive at a stall in the exhibition in Chennai on Sunday. CHENNAI: Under the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, the Union Ministry of …
