Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Officials in South Sudan are undertaking efforts to bring clean drinking water to displaced persons in Aburoc in the Upper Nile Region. The intervention is necessary as the threat of a cholera outbreak looms. UNICEF says continuous conflict has left some 5 million people in the country with no access …
Pretoria — The City of Cape Town has called on residents to bring down their water use as the drought crisis continues. "We are asking all water users to reduce their water usage to 100 litres per person per day," said the City on Monday. The City said dam storage …
Residents in Lusaka's Kalingalinga are up in arms with the Ministry of Health following the outbreak of typhoid in compound. A water crisis in the area has contributed to the outbreak. The residents have appealed to government to facilitate uninterrupted supply of water to the area. The Ministry of Health …
The City of Cape Town insists that the messages — many of them being circulated on WhatsApp groups linked to schools — are false. One of the hoaxes says: "If you drink water out of the tap which is not boiled you can pick up serious tummy bugs and skin …
Johannesburg - Water use in Cape Town must be brought down by 100 million litres per day immediately, the City of Cape Town said in a statement on Monday. “Dam storage levels are now at 20,7%, which is 0,7% down from a week ago. With the last 10% of a …
The Government is to develop a three-year strategic plan for the water and sanitation sector this year, Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources has said. This, he noted, would go a long way to improve on the sanitation and water system in the country as they still …
WORLD Vision Zambia, in partnership with Davis and Shirtliff, has donated a solar-powered water supply system to Kankumba community in Rufunsa district built at a cost of K150,000. World Vision grants manager Dimuna Mwanza said the facility is expected to supply water to over 11, 000 people in Kankumba and …
The City of Cape Town insists that the messages — many of them being circulated on WhatsApp groups linked to schools — are false. One of the hoaxes says: “If you drink water out of the tap which is not boiled you can pick up serious tummy bugs and skin …
Cape Town - Engineers at the African Utility Week in Cape Town unveiled a first-of-its-kind desalination wastewater plant on Thursday that, they say, could make turning seawater into drinking water more affordable and palatable for budget-stretched cities. Titus Kasie, mechanical engineer at eThekwini municipality, said his plant, which had its …
The World Bank has given Botswana a $145.5 million loan to build water projects after it suffered a severe El Nino-induced drought in the past two years, Finance Minister Kenneth Matambo said on Thursday. In 2015, overall dam levels in the semi-arid southern African nation fell below 20 percent of …
The water shortage continued on Thursday , as Haryana didn't release the promised quantity of water (200 cusecs) on Wednesday . DJB officials say only 125 cusecs was released in the river Yamuna, which has turned dry as their has been no water supply for the past 10 days. “We …
Government has sourced a thirty million dollar fund to connect the Yendi Municipality to the Oti river. This will enable residents of Yendi and its environs to have water all year round. Water crisis has been part of Yendi for so many years. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia made this …
Morogoro — A senior government official has said poor management of rural water projects. An assistant director in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Mr Jackson Mutazamba, told district executive directors (DEDs) meeting here yesterday that water provision and governance were important. "Coverage of water projects in the country as …
Mokonyane's deputy‚ Pamela Tshwete‚ will also attend the event at Goudini Spa near Worcester. The gathering coincides with a vote by the City of Cape Town to impose level 4 water restrictions — banning all use of tap water outside — after dam levels fell to 21.2%. Zille’s spokesman‚ Michael …
Cape Town - The water crisis the City of Cape Town has been trying to avert has hit with full force, and the municipality has sounded the alarm for consumers to limit their water use to drinking, bathing and cooking. In what it called “a critical warning”, the mayoral committee …
A recent independent investigation by Daily Trust uncovered germs in public water samples taken from many states in the country. Samples were taken from Abuja, Lagos, Plateau, Katsina, Kano and Enugu. The samples were analyzed according to the guidelines of the American Public Health Association, 19th edition. The investigation found …
Aurangabad: Over 100 public wells under the control of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) offer possible solution to the water woes in the city, but they are not on the priority list of the administration. With just three-four weeks to go for the onset of monsoon, the civic body began …
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has told the National Green Tribunal that it was mulling framing a scheme for laying a dedicated pipeline to supply recycled water in south Delhi. The SDMC told a Bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim that it would frame the scheme to use water …
In his maiden budget speech for the 2017/18 financial year, the Minister for Water and Irrigation, Engineer Gerson Lwenge, told the National Assembly yesterday that the strategy will improve water access by 75 and 95 per cent in rural and urban areas respectively, come 2020. Minister Lwenge told parliamentarians that …
Dodoma — The government has reassured wananchi that it is still committed towards the implementation of water policy, which, among other things, aims at making sure that people access water services within 400 meters from their houses. This was revealed by Prime Minister Mr Kassim Majaliwa, when responding to a …
