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 …
Bangladesh is the world's most vulnerable country to climate change-related risk factors, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released yesterday. “Asia and the Pacific have six of the world's 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change. Bangladesh tops this list, followed by India (2nd), Nepal (4th), the …
BANGKOK: Climate-related disasters have displaced more than 42 million people in Asia over the past two years, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday in a report calling for swift action to avert future crises. "Asia and the Pacific is the global area most prone to natural disasters, both in terms …
Guwahati: Multilateral agency Asian Development Bank will extend a $81 million loan to Assam under a scheme for providing piped drinking water to the city and other projects. An agreement to this effect was signed between ADB and the Assam government on Friday. The first tranche of Assam Urban Infrastructure …
As part of expanding solar power throughout the country the government has decided to set up a 5-MW solar power plant would at Kaptai to increased dependence on renewable energy to 10 percent of country's total power generation by 2020. The government is planning the move to reduce carbon emission …
GANDHINAGAR: The state government is now preparing a final draft plan to install water meters in the state capital. The move came after the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) asked the state government to install water meters in the government quarters. Sources said that a study by Asian Development Bank has …
The government is working on setting up National Water Council (NWC) to launch a coordinated National Water Initiative for federal and provincial governments in areas of flood control, irrigation strategies, construction of dams and to ensure full cost recovery from water users. The NWC comprising provincial representatives and experts from …
The Maharashtra government has decided to launch a project with $85 million funding from the Asian Development Bank, which will augment the agriculture infrastructure in the State. The project is named Agribusiness Infrastructure Development Investment Program (AIDIP) and aims to achieve accelerated investment in agriculture sector and to support related …
DIBRUGARH, Feb 27 — The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed an agreement for the third and final tranche of loan amounting to $ 50 million. This is the third and last tranche of the total $ 320.6 million MFF, out of which loan assistance …
‘Country Not Faring Well On Millennium Development Goals’ New Delhi: India is not faring too well on achieving the Millennium Development Goals, a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has noted. Out of the 22 parameters that the ADB studied, it was found that India made appreciable improvement …
India today lodged a strong protest with the UN for including absolute cuts in CO2 emissions and reduction in the use of ozone depleting substances among the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in a new assessment report launched here today. The report titled “Accelerating Equitable Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: …
The Asia-Pacific region has made great strides in reducing poverty and is moving fast towards other development goals, but levels of hunger, and child and maternal mortality are still high, according to a United Nations and Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released here today. The Asia-Pacific region has already reached …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that people in Pakistan are likely to be particularly vulnerable to water shortages due to leakage, inefficient domestic water use, or underinvestment in providing access, especially in rural and slum areas. The Bank in its recent report titled 'Green Growth, Resources and Resilience: Environmental …
Until three years ago, several parts of the city received water only for a couple of hours a day, activists say. But the situation has improved now for different reasons. President of the Nagarika Hitarakshana Samithi G. Hanumanth Kamath told The Hindu that water supply and distribution had improved in …
The senior citizens’ forum, a forum of distinguished intellectuals of the city, apparently concerned over delay and denial of complete benefits of Narmada Phase III to the people of Indore and adjoining regions, has called upon the State Government to ensure early operationalisation of the now complete Maheshwar dam. They …
2200 gaon panchayats in Assam to be developed as ‘Nirmal Gaon’ in the next five years GUWAHATI: While setting the target, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh told Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Rakibul Hussain to take steps to develop 2200 gaon panchayats in Assam …
The Jatiya Sangsad on Wednesday passed the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority Bill seeking to modernise the transport system of Dhaka city and the adjoining districts that have been experiencing severe traffic congestion for quite a while. The bill brought the districts of Naryanganj, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Gazipur, and Narsingdi under the …
As the current financial year is coming to an end, the Almora district administration has stressed on the need to complete all the pending developmental projects in time with proper utilisation of the allotted funds for them. Reviewing the progress of various developmental projects in the district, DS Garbyal, district …
International Development Association (IDA) will provide dollars 250 million for Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Programme Project Phase-I, while local beneficiaries would bear dollars 173.5 million. According to an update project report of World Bank, the project's main objectives are to improve water productivity. Improved water productivity will translate into …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is selling its second Water Bond to Japanese investors to help finance its work in the water sector. The Water Bond, denominated in Turkish lira, will be issued in February. ADB will provide assistance in an amount at least equal to the net proceeds of …
Asian Development bank (ADB) and Swiss government have agreed to provide US $ 25 million (18 million loan assistance and 7 million grant assistance) and 7.06 million grant assistance respectively (equivalent to Nrs 2.5 billion) to the Government of Nepal for the second phase of Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood …
