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 …
Power crisis will worsen water problems, say officials With the onset of summer season, several areas of the district are expected to face drinking water problems in the coming days. Though Mysore city is expected to receive enough water from reservoirs, thanks to favourable monsoons and filled reservoirs, Mysore taluk …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday ordered notice to the Chief Secretary as well as Public Works Department (PWD) Secretary in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking restoration of waterbodies across the State. A Division Bench comprising Justice R. Sudhakar and Justice V.M. Velumani also suo motu …
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - Islamabad—Scientists have proposed to establish a taskforce on water scarcity to devise water security action plan on conservation, recycling, harvesting, and dam storage. They were addressing a day-long seminar on water scarcity and future vision 2025, with focus on modelling water future using environmental sustainability …
Drying up of Bharathapuzha during summer months. The Ottapalam Citizens Forum took out a march to the office of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) Executive Engineer demanding temporary check-dams to protect drinking water sources in the Bharathapuzha, on Monday. Every year, the river got dried up in the summer months …
Pakistan is heading towards the worst water shortage in the next couple of years due to insufficient water management practices and storage capacity. The Indus Water Treaty 1960 with Indian remained just on papers. India had diverted Pakistani water and construction more dams which would further worsen the water situation …
Residents of the village said the water of the hole can be used for 15 days Hundreds of people are suffering in Garo localities at Jhenaigati in Sherpur as severe shortage of drinking water has been going on from the beginning of the winter that remains a dry season. In …
High resistant crops are need of the hour to fight climate changes as Pakistan is facing its worst impact and has been ranked eighth in climate change-hit countries. The country’s temperature will have risen to 2.8 degree Celsius in day timings by 2070 that will heighten the food insecurity threat. …
340,000 square kilometres – an area larger than the Netherlands – have disappeared since 2003, forestry officials say A resident stands near the polluted Dongting Lake in Hanshou county, central China's Hunan province. China's wetlands have shrunk 9% since 2003 due to development, officials say China's wetlands have shrunk nearly …
Continual poor rainfall in 2012 and 2013 is threatening to force a drinking water scarcity in Karur district. Geologists warn that groundwater level is plummeting to unprecedented danger levels in the district. The annual average rainfall in the district is 652.20 mm, with southwest and northeast monsoon being the main …
China's wetlands have shrunk nearly 9 percent since 2003, forestry officials said on Monday, aggravating water scarcity in a country where food production, energy output and industrial activity are already under pressure from water shortages. China has more than a fifth of the world's population but only 6 percent of …
Pakistan has moved in the most distress category of water scarce countries in the world where per capita availability of water has gone less than 1,000 cubic feet not only because of lack of water availability but the failure of water management and conservation. This was stated by International Water …
42-Km Pipeline From Dam To Deliver 1.3 TMC Of Water To City Pune: The standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) approved the second phase of the Bhama Askhed pipeline project. “The Alandi municipal council and the state forest department have submitted proposals for land acquisition. The PMC has …
The state, which has locked horns with Goa on sharing of Mahadayi water, is likely to file a petition before the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT), seeking interim relief. According to official sources, the state government is expected to file an affidavit before the Tribunal seeking an interim relief of …
The Tripura government will be preparing a master plan to provide drinking water to all localities of the State. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting to review the water and sanitation situation in remote habitations. Officials said 134 localities, mostly tribal-dominated and remote, had no source of drinking …
Tankers, Tubewells To Remain On Stand By Lucknow: Water supply to almost one-third households of the city would remain affected from December 9 to 11 as Jal Nigam will be replacing an old raw water pipeline of Gaughat pumping station with a new pipe of increased capacity. This infrastructure enhancement …
The gradual increase in water scarcity is likely to cause a drought situation in the country by 2025 if immediate steps are not taken to improve storage and conservation capacity. “Pakistan is among the few countries worst hit by water shortage and we are fast moving towards drought conditions,” Water …
Kailali (Attariya), Nov. 12: Locals of Godabari VDC of Kailali district have said they will cast vote to those who could bring drinking water facility to their settlements. The demand for drinking water featured when candidates contesting the Constituent Assembly (CA) election reached doorsteps of voters in course of electioneering. …
People of Chitral are deprived of clean drinking water despite abundance of springs in the valley as water supply lines were not laid in most of the areas. According to details, dwellers of several areas of Chitral are forced to drink polluted water or to fetch water from far flung …
BERHAMPUR: People in Ganjam district are reeling from severe scarcity of water following disruption of water supply in both rural and urban areas, including Berhampur. "We had only a few litres of filtered waters stored when our area got inundated last Saturday," said B P Choudhury of Aska town, about …
Panaji city and some adjoining areas of Taleigao could be the first to get the government's much-touted 24x7 water supply once the new 27-MLD water treatment plant at Opa is commissioned. The entire 27-MLD of water is planned to be pumped to Panaji city, which presently gets only around 11.5 …
