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 …
It may be too late to do anything about the current water crisis now, but Delhi can prevent a repeat by reviving its neglected lakes, strictly implementing rainwater harvesting and recycling water. With the main sources of Delhi's water — the Yamuna and the Munak Canal — being polluted and …
More Can Be Harvested If Waterbodies, Floodplains Tapped Much of Delhi's water woes could be solved if its own reservoirs are put to use. The city's 460 wetlands, along with the Yamuna floodplains and the Ridge, have enough water to help the national capital overcome a supply crisis like the …
Parts of Ghana are reeling under acute water shortage as taps have stopped running and raw water sources are drying up. A combination of drought and illegal mining activities as well as unsafe environmental practices has conspired to make raw water sources unproductive for a country that seeks to achieve …
HYDERABAD: Drinking water is a major problem in Uppal area. It is supplied on alternate days or once in three days. Even the quantity of water supplied is meagre. As a result, people living in about 30 colonies in the area are worst-hit. When we explained about the problem to …
The irate residents of village Bhagtali situated on the bank of river Ravi today staged protest demonstration against the administration for allowing mining in Ravi river due to which the water level in the area has depleted. The protest was led by Dwarika Nath and Saraswati Devi. The protestors raising …
The General Body (GB) approved the Thane Municipal Corporation's (TMC) proposal to tap underground resources as a measure to counter the imminent water scarcity in the next few months. The TMC will now commission digging of over 100 new bore wells in various parts of the city that often face …
The residents of Lambabasti and Kajirgram, near Banskandie area of Lakhipur subdivision, are going through a lot of hardships as the local plant of water supply scheme has not been functioning for the past one year and two months. The aggrieved citizens have been left with no other alternative but …
When a residential complex near Bellandur Junction recently drilled a borewell, they found water at a depth of 1,050 ft. "This is the sixth borewell we got drilled in 10 years. And we are not sure how long water would last in this one," said Ajith Kaverappa, a resident of …
ISLAMABAD: Water security in the federal capital is fast becoming a major challenge, and in the next five years it will dangle over the heads of civic authorities like the sword of Damocles. Delay in construction of new reservoirs and overdue rehabilitation of decades-old rusting underground supply network have added …
MANGALURU: Activists and experts, who are fighting against Yettinahole project, have decided to meet the team of Regional Empowered Committee (REC) of Ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) that will visit the project area in Sakleshpur. Former MLA Vijayakumar Shetty, deputy Mayor Purushotham Chithrapur and National Institute of Technology Karnataka …
Meteorological data analysis forecasts more intense flood and drought cycles in the State by 2050 The mean temperature in Assam has increased at the rate of 0.01 degree Celsius per year, analysis of climate data by the India Meteorological Department has revealed. There is also an increase in seasonal temperature …
A sustainability-oriented approach is required to address critical threats to India's water security, experts suggested here on Wednesday. A panel of experts including members of Indian National Association of the Club of Rome, Development Alternatives and environmentalists sat here to discuss the new water security models. "A new, simple and …
Around 800 residents of Dalibagh faced water crisis on Diwali as the motor pump broke down on Tuesday. Residents kept waiting for long but there was no supply till Wednesday afternoon. They complained supply was only for a few minutes in the morning and then all day, taps ran dry. …
Kamothe residents carried out a protest on Wednesday claiming that the node is being provided with ony 28 MLD of water as opposed to the 40 MLD requirement. However, the shortage is only 10 MLD and not 12, Cidco officials said. According to figures, Kamothe is the worst hit as …
Water scarcity in a distant village of drought-hit Bundelkhand region triggered caste conflict after members of upper caste objected to fetching of water by dalits from a dug well. The trouble in in Kiratpura village, 100 km from the district headquarters of Chhatarpur, home to 40 families began earlier this …
Climate change, increase in agricultural land use and population growth may lead to severe water shortage in Nepal in the coming decades, according to a new study. Using a sophisticated modelling tool called the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), researchers at the Baylor University were able to account for …
With an aim to address acute water shortage in Rajasthan, state government is considering to rope in a company to explore underground water stream in Churu-Rajgarh-Sardarshahar area. Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Kiran Maheshwari in a national workshop witnessed presentation of the company, which has worked in Spain and …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) admitted that about 2.3 lakh people in the city do not receive direct pipeline water, while 2.6 lakh people receive less than 100 litres per day. The civic body has now proposed a Rs 935-crore project under AMRUT to resolve the drinking water woes in …
Climate Council says weak government action on climate change was undermining defence force’s ability to respond to severe weather events Australia is behind its allies in preparing for climate change, exposing defence personnel – and the country more broadly – to considerable strategic risk and uncertainty, a new report written …
GURGAON: HUDA has asked the state government to appoint an independent consultant to audit the water supply needs of the city before it releases extra water for MCG areas. HUDA administrator Anita Yadav said that although the urban development authority has sufficient treated water available for distribution, the water demand …
