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 …
THE rise in dam levels over the past month should not lull Windhoek residents into thinking that the water scarcity affecting the city has ended, the City of Windhoek cautioned this week. The water scarcity which the city is facing will not be overturned by one good rainy season, City …
भागलपुर । शहर के वार्ड नंबर छह की 15 हजार आबादी एक-एक बूंद पानी के लिए लोग तरस रही है। पाइप लाइन नही भागलपुर । शहर के वार्ड नंबर छह की 15 हजार आबादी एक-एक बूंद पानी के लिए लोग तरस रही है। पाइप लाइन नहीं बिछाए जाने के कारण …
Mandalay City Development Committee’s Water and Sanitation Department has kicked off a plan to supply 100 percent of the demand for drinking water to all seven townships within the district by 2020. Currently, clean potable water supply in Mandalay is only available in five townships in Mandalay. In Aung Myay …
The Water Rates for Surface Water and Ground Water should be rationalized with due regard to the interest of small and marginal farmers says this report by the Central Water Commission (CWC). The water rate is levied for supply of water from a public or a private system with a …
Rainstorms and landslides in Chile have contaminated a major river forcing the authorities to cut off drinking water to four million people in the capital, Santiago. Officials said the water supply from the Maipo river would be cut to most of the city until the water flowed clear. People stocked …
A Rs 15-crore water supply scheme will be launched to supply water to remote villages, including Chamiyana, Karada and Kasiri Mahadev, in Patlandar area of the district. This was stated by Rajinder Rana, Vice-Chairman of the Disaster Management Authority, while addressing a public gathering at Dabadiyana Riah village after inaugurating …
It is the lament of a parched land, where women cry for thirsty children, and farmers’ hope is spent. In Madagascar, the island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa, a grim cycle has set in. Rains arrive late and leave early in the African country most exposed to climate …
An estimated 122,000 people in informal settlements now have clean water sources, State House has said. Spokesman Manoah Esipisu said this was done under the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Programme. “This is a particularly important thing, given that access to clean water has remained quite a challenge for many of …
The party unveiled a water plan yesterday to be presented to the city's leaders. It proposed a three-pronged approach: "Using what we've got, saving what we've got and appreciating what we've got." This would involve rainwater harvesting in informal settlements, rethinking stormwater drainage systems, encouraging people to save water and …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has approved two projects costing Rs 28.17 crore for providing raw water by pumping for 17 water works schemes in Haryana. While stating this here today, Minister of State for Public Health Engineering Banwari Lal said over Rs 21.17 crore had …
CAPE TOWN - The City of Cape Town’s water crisis warning on electronic freeway signboards has gone live, indicating how much water the metro has left at current consumption rates. This is an effort to strengthen the warning that saving water is the best contingency measure before and during a …
DURBAN – eThekwini metro municipality residents are being punished because of poor water management, the Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal said on Sunday. “It cannot be that a city that receives 1,009mm in rain annually cannot find a solution to its water shortages,” DA provincial leader Zwakele Mncwango told journalists at …
The causes, conditions and consequences of poor water access in Bombay Hotel locality, a predominantly Muslim informal settlement located in Ahmedabad’s southern periphery, are studied through the lens of urban violence and conflict. This is done by tracing the dynamics of urban planning and governance that have produced two interlinked …
Cape Town – The City of Cape Town is set to release the identities of all customers found guilty of contravention of Level 3B water restrictions on Monday. This after the City said water consumption needed to decrease by more than 100 million litres per day, from a current 825 …
NYIMBA Member of Parliament(MP) Olipa Mwansa has commended Eastern Water and Sewerage Company(EWSC) and Devolution Trust Frund (DTF) for remaining committed to improve the lives of the people through the provision of quality water. Ms Mwansa said when she launched a K2.5 million water supply project financed by the DTF …
1.1 million Liberians and 2.4 million Sierra Leoneans endure scarcity of safe drinking water. WaterAid, a non-profit organization, has launched a US$7 million project to provide water to targeted communities in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The 2015 WaterAid report said there was significant progress globally in meeting the Millennium Development …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Ankur Khusal Construction LLP Vs. Union of India & Others dated 17/02/2017 regarding use of potable water for construction activity, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Counsel appearing for the Chennai Water Supply and Sewerage Board submits that they have not provided …
If WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) services are to deliver continuous benefits to users they must be supported by strong, responsive in-country institutions. Strengthening of permanent institutions tasked with service management requires approaches that don’t simply stop at the delivery of taps and toilets, but extend to the whole service …
Government authorities announced on Thursday in Maputo that between 1990 and 2015, more than 13 million Mozambicans accessed clean drinking water and 7 million accessed proper sanitation. Despite the number indicating more than half of the Mozambican population estimated at 25 million, government authorities said that the sector for water …
MADIBENG - Some North West residents are blaming their water woes on a lack of political will by the Madibeng Municipality in Brits. Residents of Mmakau have been without clean, running water for several months. They claim their suffering has become big business for service providers. Community leaders say they've …
