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 planet faces a 40 percent shortfall in water supplies in 15 years due to urbanization, population growth and increasing demand for water for food production, energy and industry, the United Nations said on Friday. Competition for water between water-thirsty sectors means better management is essential to ensure everybody gets …
KALABURAGI: The state government has reconstituted rural water supply task force committees involving more public representatives at the Assembly constituency level to tackle the drinking water crisis during summer, according to highly-placed sources in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department. The sources said circulars have been sent to all …
Hyderabad: With a water crisis looming large over Telangana State, the government has taken up a summer contingency plan to ensure drinking water to nine districts, especially where the groundwater levels have plummeted. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao sanctioned Rs 263 crore and promised to release more funds to meet …
Agra: The state government has sanctioned funds to install 150 water hand pumps in urban areas of the city. The move comes after MLA Yogendra Upadhyay from south Agra constituency put the problem of water scarcity during summer months into sharp focus. As per information, out of the total amount …
As a result of research by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), national water discussions now recognise the human security challenges presented by South Africa's emerging water crisis. The African Futures project's paper Parched prospects: the emerging water crisis in South Africa presents an original long-term forecast of South Africa's …
(Reuters) - Nearly all California voters believe the state's water shortage is a serious problem, though they were split on whether environmental protection should be rolled back in response, according to a Field Poll released on Thursday. Winter storms that dropped up to a foot (30 cm) of rain on …
There is good news in store for Almora residents as the town is set to get uninterrupted water supply in the summer after the Kosi river barrage, which is expected to be completed by April, is functional. Work for the barrage, which was approved in March 2013, started in October …
Southeastern Brazil is getting some rainfall a year after a record drought started, but not enough to eliminate worries about electricity rationing, drinking-water shortages or another season of damaged export crops, meteorologists said. Record-high temperatures and the most severe drought in at least 80 years punished southeastern Brazil last year, …
Hundreds of farmers from 40 villages sat on protest in Hisar on Wednesday to oppose reduction of their share of canal water, which is leading to drinking water crisis in the area. Water scarcity in villages situated near Rajasthan border has forced farmers to go on agitation as groundwater level …
The food and drink industry must curtail the amount of water used in production to avoid two thirds of the world's population living in 'water-scarce' areas by 2050. That's according to the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) which has produced a new policy report calling for co-ordinated action to reduce …
South Africans use 235 liters of water a day compared with the international average of 173 liters, and this is pushing the country into a water crisis, the Johannesburg-based Star newspaper reports, citing a report from the Institute for Security Studies. Dr Jakkie Cilliers, co-author of the report entitled “Parched …
Industries' thirst for water is increasing and so is the amount being paid by them as water cess. Recently released figures from the environment ministry show that the total amount, collected as water cess from industries in different states, has increased by over Rs 40 crore in the past three …
KARACHI: In the wake of below average rainfall in Thar in recent years, the Sindh government has planned a series of water, food and livestock projects under a strategy to end water shortfall in the drought-hit desert district, it emerged on Wednesday. Officials in the Sindh government said the death …
The Haryana government on Monday agreed to find a positive solution to the drinking water problem in the Capital. “We will discuss all the issues related to the water crisis and come up with a solution taking into account the interests of Delhi and Haryana,” Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal …
Even as Tamil Nadu grapples with a poor monsoon and water shortage, people of Coimbatore have taken it upon themselves to ensure not a single household suffers from a shortage of drinking water. Spearheading the city's initiative to ensure efficient water management is Siruthuli, an NGO working in the field …
A water plant in Beijing announced that it is ready for water diverted from the country's south in a move to combat water scarcity in the capital. The Guogongzhuang Water Plant has passed a test run and is able to purify water that will be transferred to Beijing via the …
Beijing’s water supply will be increased by nearly 50 per cent when the latest section of the vast South-North Water Diversion Project enters operation, the Beijing News reported. The middle route of the water transfer project will bring 1.05 billion cubic metres of water annually to the parched capital from …
Chief Minister of Northwestern Province Dayasiri Jayasekera said that 216 schools in his province were without water. Jayasekera, who is also the Education Minister of the Province, said that students faced numerous problems without water not only for drinking but for sanitary needs as well. The Chief Minister said students …
SINDHULIMADI: Locals of Sindhuli, where most of the VDCs have been declared open defecation free zone, are reeling under water crisis. Availability of water is the minimum criterion before a region is declared open defecation free zone, but prevailing water crunch has raised questions as to how fair it was …
Planning for drinking water security in the Gram Panchayat, which includes measures for conservation, protection and augmentation of sources, quality surveillance and operations and maintenance, would help overcome drinking water scarcity and improve the health status of the people. By ensuring safe drinking water availability and supply to households and …
