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 …
CENTRE:BJP president Nitin Gadkari addresses party workers during the celebration of completion of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's 1000 days in office, in Bangalore on Sunday. BANGALORE: Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that the NDA, if voted to power, would link the Ganga and the Cauvery to …
KARACHI: The country is going to face the worst water shortage in the next couple of years due to insufficient water management practices and storage capacity, agriculture and water experts said Saturday. A report by the Washington DC based Woodrow Wilson Center described Pakistan
The costs of our lethargy in dealing with environmental issues are becoming increasingly higher. No water, no future; no food, no future; no energy, no future; no environment, degraded future. Thus might one with a penchant for the pithy explain the nexus between these essentials and the gravity of the …
Jamshedpur, Feb. 13: With barely a couple of months to go for another dreaded summer, Seraikela-Kharsawan is experiencing acute water shortage already, the consequence of a depleting underground water level coupled with a poor rainfall last year. An arid landscape devoid of greenery, ponds fast drying up or reduced to …
BEIJING: The worst drought to hit China in 60 years has triggered debate about how the country can tackle a fast-spreading water crisis, as well as meet rising food security challenges. Eight of China's major wheat-growing provinces, which account for 80 per cent of the country's total wheat output, have …
BEHRAMPORE, 6 FEB: Hundreds of community tube-wells that serve as a source of drinking water are lying defunct for years leading to a drinking water crisis in the drought-hit areas of Murshidabad where the alternative water points also run dry during summer months. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been …
THE Supreme Court has directed all state governments to demolish unauthorised constructions on gram sabha lands and evict squatters. A bench comprising Justice Markandeya Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra asked chief secretaries of States and Union Territories to comply with its order on the issue and file periodical compliance …
A contingency plan would be devised to wipe out water scarcity during summer season in various parts of the district. A team comprising Sub-Collector, Revenue Divisional Officers, Block Development Officers and Executive Officers of Town Panchayats would assess the prevailing conditions in the reservoirs and finalise a plan of action. …
KOCHI: The Kochi Corporation authorities and the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) officials will discuss various issues related to the shortage of potable water in the city at a meeting convened by Finance Minister Thomas Isaac to be held on January 11 at the Ernakulam Guest House.
The Government of China has assured India that the hydropower project at Zangmu would not reduce the flow of water of the river Brahmaputra to the lower reaches. This was disclosed by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in a letter to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. The External Affairs Minister assured …
The international community is hardly making progress on making safe water available to all. More awareness, better management and long-term cooperation could make a difference.
Afghanistan Human Development Report 2011 - The Forgotten Front: Water Security and the Crisis in Sanitation examines the deep and persistent deprivation in access to drinking water, sanitation and irrigation in Afghanistan, as well as the risks of drought and floods. Reliable access to sufficient and safe water is integral …
KOCHI: Despite the long rainy season, Tripunithura has been suffering from acute shortage of potable water. Even as the authorities find excuses in frequent power failure and technical snarls for the interruption in water supply, people are having a tough time getting potable water. The officials with Kerala Water Authority …
Local Politicos Active In Operating Mines As Toxic Dust Chokes State Bicholim (Goa): As the famous sun-soaked Calangute beach gets decked up for yet another Christmas and New year parties, villagers of Shirgao situated a few kilometres away try to find new ways to escape the halo of toxic red …
KOLKATA, 13 DEC: To solve the problem of drinking water, the Sunderbans Development Authority (SDA) is planning to install reservoirs in some of the blocks of the area. The poor village folk residing in the remote villages of the Sunderbans face an acute scarcity of drinking water. Villagers living in …
ANANTAPUR, Dec. 6: The drinking water problem is looming large for residents in the city during summer as Tungabhadra high level canal officials decided to suspend water discharge to summer storage tanks from January 15. The high level canal is the main drinking water source during summer but officials, who …
This report captures a range of cost effective and sustainable community-led solutions to meet the challenge of water scarcity in the Marwar region of Rajasthan.
KOCHI: Voted to power after about three decades, the UDF, at the maiden meeting of the new council on Tuesday, decided to convene an emergency meeting with the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) to solve the drinking water crisis in the city.The council decided to discuss with the officials to take …
