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 …
New York/Dakar/Nairobi/Amman — Water shortages, inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene practices and disease outbreaks are posing an additional threat to severely malnourished children in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UNICEF said today. Across the four famine-threatened countries, nearly 27 million people are reliant on unsafe water which, for malnourished …
Johannesburg – The ongoing drought has exposed "hazardous shortcomings" in the planning and management of the country’s water resources, according to report by Oxfam SA released on Tuesday. Government officials and politicians calling the drought a "God-given" event, and their palpable relief that rain had fallen in parts of the …
Environmental organisation in the city have appealed to citizens to celebrate this Rangpanchami in an eco-friendly manner owing to a potential water shortage in the coming summer days. Unlike Holi that is celebrated in the rest of the country, Kolhapur rings in Rangpanchami with double the fervour and fun. Keeping …
Bhadra backwaters attract wild animals as other water bodies dry faster With the Malnad region reeling under its worst drought situation, the district where five rivers take birth is experiencing water crisis. The backwaters of the Bhadra reservoir, situated on the periphery of the Bhadra reserve forest, are slowly drying …
Water restrictions in the Western Cape will remain in place until dams have reached 85% of their capacity, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. Cabinet was looking at ways to help the province should the current water supply run out, he told journalists at a post-Cabinet briefing. …
Ghana Water Company Limited have attributed the shortage to drought and activities of illegal miners Several communities across the country are faced with acute water shortage, a situation officials blame on destructive human activities. Residents in the Northern, Central, Western and Brong Ahafo Regions are left with no option but …
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 …
CHENNAI: The Tuticorin thermal power plant with a total capacity of 1,050 MW has been shut down as the Tamirabarani river has gone dry. The five units in the plant draw some 180 million litres of water as coolant every day through a Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board …
Is this Cape Town's worst water guzzler? Man gets bill for R119,000 but neighbour blames underground leak Is this Cape Town's worst water guzzler? Man gets bill for R119,000 but neighbour blames underground leak Shamed: here are the streets where the top 100 water users live in Cape Town Shamed: …
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 …
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 …
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 …
CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape government is exploring different options to pump up water supplies. Dam levels in the province are at their lowest in three decades. Officials say Cape Town has about 135 days' worth of usable water. The City plans to name and shame residents who violate …
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 …
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 …
Due to stricter water restriction measures in Cape Town, the operating times of public swimming pools have been changed "for the remainder of the summer season", the City of Cape Town said on Wednesday. With the exception of Sea Point, the Mnandi Resort pool, and four other indoor facilities in …
From Cape Town to Limpopo, The Department of Water and Sanitation is rolling out water restrictions, asking residents to use water moderately as dam water levels remain substantially low. In response to these water restrictions 350Africa is calling on the government to declare the water scarcity crisis as a state …
Villagers at Mhlotsheni village near Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape are drinking and washing in muddy water as their only stream dries up. The small Rhontsana stream, which feeds the Umzimvubu River and serves as a main source of water for more than 300 households, has been drying up …
NGT chairperson posed question to the officials after the additional solicitor general, appearing for the petitioner, pointed out that bore-wells were permitted in an area where water levels have dipped drastically. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday rapped the Himachal Pradesh government and its tourism department on its plans …
