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 …
The city topped in the implementation of Jawaharlar Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). With abundant funds available the execution of the projects is going at a fast pace. According to sources, after Ahmadabad, Vijayawada stands in the best position in following the guidelines of the mission in the implementation of …
Parliament, the highest legislative body in India, plays a significant role in formulating national policies. It is, therefore, pertinent to find the concern the parliamentarians (mps) and political parties show and the priorities they accord to issues during parliamentary discussions A statistical analysis, based on the number of questions raised …
Darjeeling: The Bengal government is working on a war footing to inaugurate a long-delayed drinking water project in Darjeeling by November next year. The Darjeeling Water Supply Scheme is expected to supply enough potable water to all parts of the town, solving a 30-year-old problem. The Rs 55.86-crore scheme, first …
Efforts are on worldwide to make desalination units more energy efficient and environment-friendly. Water has always been a volatile topic in Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent. Yet, protesters are complaining that a planned desalination facility outside Melbourne, Victoria, will generate too much freshwater. The $3-billion government-owned plant will produce …
Farmers in south Punjab, who get water from the Indus River, continue facing exceptionally high shortage because of a flawed water distribution mechanism, and are facing difficulties in getting even drinking water, leaving alone sowing cotton. Dwellers of three districts
People in five VDC's of remote Palata region of far-western Kalikot district are facing acute food shortage. As the farmers in the region largely depend on rainwater for crop production and sowing, the persistent drought since last year has made them unable to grow their crops resulting in a severe …
To augment the supply of drinking water to the city, particularly the southern fringes of Kolkata, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) will be setting up a water treatment plant along with a 2.5 million gallon capacity underground reservoir cum pumping station at Garden Reach. The decision was taken at a …
Reacting to the Telugu Desam (TD) allegations over drawing water from the Somasila project to address the needs of Kadapa district, the minister for information and public relations and touri-sm, Mr Anam Ramnarayana Reddy, justified the move on the plea that it was the duty of the government to supply …
Minister for agriculture, Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, said the host of welfare schemes being implemented by the state government had given party leaders and even government officials boldness to face people in the month-long Praja Padam programme. Mr Raghuveera Reddy said people were contented unlike under the Telugu Desam (TD) …
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has allocated Rs 1225 lakh, Rs 3208.44 lakh and Rs 9.24 lakh respectively to Manipur for the years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 under Sarva Siksha Abhiyan. The target for construction of school buildings in Manipur was 170 in the year 2004-05, 287 in 2005-06 …
If anyone remakes "Erin Brockovich," this is a scene I want to see. A scientist launches a study to determine the toxicity of hexavalent chromium, the drinking-water contaminant at the center of the lawsuits Brockovich spearheaded. The study will be a meta-analysis, combining existing individual studies to, he says, produce …
The drinking water situation in Chennai is comfortable and the city will not face any water shortage even during peak summer, Secretary to Public Works Department S. Audiseshiah said here on Saturday. "Drinking water availability is not a cause of concern even though several high-rise housing projects and software companies …
The Union Government is initiating steps to minimise Arunachal Pradesh's present 50 per cent share to 10 per cent in the centrally sponsored drinking water supply schemes. Official sources today said Secretary to the Department of Drinking Water Supply under Union Ministry of Rural Development Shantha Sheela Nair disclosed this …
Shortage of water rendered most of the farmers unable to sow cotton at the most appropriate time, said District Council members during Wednesday's session. They deplored the daily seven to 10 hours of load-shedding as this was taking toll on the physical, psychological and financial status of Hesco consumers. The …
Nearly $13bn will be invested over the next ten years in securing water supplies in the face of climate change, the Australian government has announced. The investment includes $1.5bn in new urban water investment to help secure water supplies for homes and businesses in the face of climate change. Announcing …
The Sindh High Court issued notices to the federal, provincial and city governments in a writ petition seeking ban on supply of contaminated water by any means. Citing a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) study, petitioner-lawyer Islam Hussain said that every third Pakistani drank unsafe water. Impure and polluted water, …
Top World Bank (WB) officials have said that the bank would soon provide Nepal new aid worth US$127 million to ensure the success of the ongoing peace process. Talking to media persons at the end of a four-day visit to Nepal on Tuesday, Michel Mordasini said that the bank is …
the pleas of the 50 survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, who reached Delhi on March 28, are far from being heard. Travelling over 800 km on foot, they came to the capital to remind the prime minister of the promises he made to them two years ago; but …
Nearly 15 lakh residents of Pimpri-Chinchwad can now look forward to getting clean drinking water. If the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation is to be believed, citizens' long-cherished dream of getting "completely clean, pure and unpolluted drinking water' will come true in two years time. PCMC's confidence stems from the Rs 400-crore, …
