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 …
Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), an NGO involved with customer-related issues and citizens' problems , on Sunday decided to launch an agitation to urge the government to resolve drinking water problem in the city. MGP leaders, after a meeting here, said that the water crisis is not due to shortage of …
PARIS: The next time your throat is as dry as a bone and the Sun is beating down, take a glass of clean, cool water. Savour it. Sip by sip. Vital and appreciated as that water is, it will be even more precious to those who will follow you. By …
Most of the children from Baku Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu district have been found leaving their classes just to fetch a pot of water. They carry water from far away places and thus killing their productive time. These children are left with no other option than to look after …
LUCKNOW: In peak summer, the constantly receding water level of Gomti river has reached a stage where it is now unable to feed the main pumping station responsible to supply to half the city. The water level in Gaughat pumping station at Thakurganj has dipped to a bare minimum level …
Jal Board says it has done everything possible Alarms are being set for unearthly hours, chaotic queues are being braved and hard-earned money is being spent by Delhiites on water. The annual summer water crisis is here. While residents in some areas complain about scant supply through the Delhi Jal …
As Delhiites go through water shortage this summer, 10 crore litres of clean water from the Yamuna via the Haiderpur canal is flowing into the Najafgarh drain at Wazirpur in North Delhi each day. This raw water being put in the drain is enough to supply about 10 litres of …
Several women, under the banner of Bharatiya Janta Party Mahila Morcha, on Wednesday, staged a demonstration at zone - 5 office of Jal Sansthan for not supplying adequate potable water in Kanpur South. The agitating women alleged that main water pipe line had leakage at several places due to which …
Almost 1.2 million people are facing a shortage of drinking water due to a severe drought that has hit southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Wednesday. The drought had affected about 190,000 hectares of cropland and 625,500 head of livestock in the province, a statement from the provincial flood …
Phansidewa block authorities today said they would take stern action against illegal mining in local rivers, following complaints from panchayat officials that such activities have led to the groundwater level depleting in the area, thus leading to an acute water crisis. Phansidewa Block Development Officer (BDO) Birupakshya Mitra will seek …
Non-maintenance of tube wells and water tanks has forced villagers in Rayagada district to drink contaminated water Shortage of drinking water due to non-maintenance of tube wells and water tanks has forced villagers in Rayagada district in Odisha to drink contaminated water, raising concern of increase in water-borne diseases. Villagers …
The acute water shortage and mid summer heat have made life miserable across the state. Not just Bangalore, which relies heavily on the river Cauvery, and water starved districts like Chikballapur, Kolar and Bagalkot, even parts of Shimoga and Chikmagalur, which are among the districts that receive the highest annual …
The forecast of a weak monsoon this year has brought back worries of a water crisis in the country. Water is fast depleting in key reservoirs, and although current levels are significantly higher than normal in most places with the exception of south India, a slow start to the monsoon …
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry has suggested privatisation of water to mitigate water crisis to some extent in Rajasthan, saying it would prevent waste, improve efficiency and encourage innovation. A report released on Thursday by the Chamber said that Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh have made …
Residents of Ghodbunder Road, Mumbra and Diva have a reason to rejoice, as their water shortage problem will soon be a thing of past. The central government has approved a grant of roughly Rs 600 for the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission to augment …
An ambitious drinking water project worth Rs 37.85 crore is lying in limbo in Garhwa owing to unsettled land acquisition issues. Notwithstanding the fact that district faces acute water crisis every summer, the civic body has not taken any initiative to bring reprieve to the 50,000 residents here Chairperson of …
Carved out of RDPR, it will function by August 15 A new department will be carved out of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department to take care of drinking water and sanitation requirements in rural areas. The department will come into existence by August 15. RDPR Minister H K …
‘Using it for industrial purposes should be avoided’ The Federation of Tamil Nadu Agriculturalists Associations and the Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement have made an appeal to the government to initiate steps that would protect groundwater. “Groundwater should be treated as government property, similar to the control measures over groundwater in …
Dwindling storage level in dams and no sign of rains in the catchment areas has become a cause of worry for the Tirunelveli district administration. It conducted a meeting to review the situation and gear up the official machinery for possibly a worst summer. The level in the Papanasam Dam …
Local people in Palungmainadi VDC in the district have been facing an acute shortage of drinking water. Almost 100 households residing in the highlands of Batase, Deudi, Biraudi and Maidi are reportedly deprived of drinking water. The locals are forced to queue up at a well for hours to fetch …
China's water-stressed capital Beijing will raise water prices from next month with a new tiered pricing system to put more of the burden on heavy business users as it seeks to protect scare resources, state media reported on Tuesday. While more than 90 percent of households will see prices rise …
