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 …
Shortages of shampoo and cooking oil are bad enough for residents of this teeming capital, but what they miss most now is water. A drought—and what President Nicolás Maduro's critics say is bad planning—has prompted the government to ration water across this capital. Nowhere has the shortage been as bad …
Karachi—Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KW&SB;) had alleged Karachi Electric for causing interruption in water supply to the inhabitants of Karachi by shedding load deliberately on major water pumping stations, Gharo Pumping Station (GPS) and Dhabeji Pumping Station (DPS). The water utility in this regard said that Karachi Electric had …
Around 15 thousand indigenous people living in 80 punjee (betel plantation) villages under seven upazilas of the district are suffering from crisis of safe drinking water. In absence of tube-well in the areas, these people, mostly betel farmers, have to use salty water drawn from over 170 wells they dug …
PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation and the district administration have failed to come up with a contingency plan to tackle the imminent water crisis the city is likely to face in the near future. In fact, they are relying on the Indian Meteorological Department's forecast of heavy rains in the …
Locals of Chambhanjyang, Jyamrung VDC-8 in Dhading district, who have been facing drinking water problem, are to get drinking water facility within next six months. At a progrmme organised at Jyamrung VDC-8 on Saturday, the First Secretary at the Indian Embassy, Madan Singh Bhandari, expressed the commitment that construction works …
Quick Thinking Of A Plan In March After IMD's Forecast Would Have Saved More Water The Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) delay in deciding about a water cut may cost the city heavily if the rain stays put. In March, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) had forecast a deficient monsoon. However, …
With shrinking water level in most of the Gujarat dams — coupled with delayed rain — Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Thursday held a high-level meeting and discussed supplying drinking water from Narmada Dam to water-scarce regions in Gujarat. Anandiben also reviewed the availability of water in the State, …
Karnataka requires a staggering Rs 52,000 crore to tide over its drinking water crisis. Of the 59,753 habitations in the state, 32,000 face a shortage. "We are completely dependent on borewells, which are either drying up or supply contaminated water,'' water resources minister HK Patil told the assembly on Wednesday. …
Hyderabad: The controversy surrounding the release of Krishna waters between Telangana and AP governments seems to be over for now, with the Krishna River Joint Management Board ordering the release of 6,000 cusecs per day for a week (roughly 3.4 TMC ft) from the Nagarjunasagar dam to the Krishna Delta …
GOA VELHA: There’s water, water everywhere... but like in the rhyme of the ancient Mariner, there’s not a drop to drink for people from Goa Velha and Agassaim. The monsoons are upon them and many areas are facing floods. But for the past many days these villagers have not got …
A lot of people rely on groundwater in the Kathmandu Valley, which has been reeling under acute water scarcity, especially during the dry season. But experts have warned that groundwater in the valley has high concentration of ammonia, which may cause long-term health hazards. Ammonia in water means possible bacterial, …
DHADING: Locals of Kewalpur VDC in Dhading have been facing water scarcity for years, thanks to lack of water sources nearby. Sani Mijar, a local, said village folks have to get up at 2:00 am every day to collect just a pitcher of water. “For want of a water source, …
PUNE: The city is staring at a water crisis as dam levels are dropping rapidly and the demand for water tankers in rural as well as urban areas of the district is increasing steadily. Till Wednesday, a total of 336 villages had sought tankers to meet their daily water requirement. …
Babubhai Navalawala, a water expert from Gujarat, appointed head of the advisory group With the city facing acute shortage of drinking water, Delhi lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday instituted an advisory group of experts to work out a comprehensive action plan and create task forces to execute it to meet …
The rainfall condition was good during last year. Correspondingly, there was increase in Ground Water level . Based on the situation of rainfall & Ground Water level during last year, It has been predicted during this year that scarcity conditions will be observed in 2431 villages from 100 blocks. There …
LUCKNOW: The groundwater level of Lucknow continues to deplete at an alarming rate due to unregulated and excessive extraction and relentless concretization of green zones. According to a latest report from the groundwater department, the average drop in the past year was around 84cm in comparison to 73cm in 2010-11. …
KISHTWAR, June 18: Due to mismanagement of the PHE Department, the water crisis has deepened in various parts of the district forcing the people to come out on streets to lodge protest. The residents of Tregam, Dera Sarkoot and other parts of Kishtwar staged demonstrations in protest against acute scarcity …
Experts have said that the ongoing water scarcity in the city was man-made to create a favourable atmosphere for the proposed Rs 792-crore parallel water supply pipeline project, which has been pending for about two years. Experts said that the municipal administration has overlooked maintenance of the existing water distribution …
