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 …
Dhaka, April 7: Bangladesh deployed the Army to guard water pumps in Dhaka on Wednesday after acute shortages triggered widespread protests, an official said. The city
DURGAPUR/KOLKATA, 7 APRIL: Police fired in the air and lobbed teargas shells to disperse a group of protesters today in front of the Khandra panchayat office in Andal PS area, about 12 km from Durgapur. The villagers protested against alleged corrupt practices of the panchayat and shortage of drinking water …
Residents of Chamundi Hills, one of the tourist hospots in Mysore, rarely get drinking water. When they get it, they get worms free with the water. Nearly 2,000 people live in villages atop Chamundi Hills. Though the water tank here has a storage capacity of 2.7 lakh litres of water, …
Hyderabad, April 4: Drinking water crisis looms large in 17 districts as summer is fast approaching. Out of the 23 districts in the state, these 17 districts are facing drinking water shortage as several tanks and canals have dried up. More than 60 towns in the state depend on small …
Water scarce villages of Hamirpur district have set an example by reviving the traditional water sources to meet their requirements this summer. This initiative of self-dependence by 229 gram panchayats has been turned into a success story under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme (MGNREGA), that too in …
The Madhya Pradesh government today declared Guna district as 'water scarcity area'. ''In view of below average rainfall received in the district coupled with problem of drinking water, the Guna district has been declared as a scarcity area,'' District Collector Mukeshchand Gupta said. He said use of all the equipment …
To Madhuraj, the camera is a third eye. His Water Plunder exposes the large-scale exploitation of drinking water by MNCs and the resistance put up by the village communities against this, notes K A Antony For eight years now, the people of Plachimada, an otherwise nonde script village in north-central …
S Sampath, Bangalore, April 2, DH News Service: The unusually hot summer has dealt a double whammy for Bangaloreans as acute shortage of power is now being accompanied by severe water crisis. A view of the Thippagondanahalli reservoir on Friday. dh Photo The Thippagondanahalli reservoir (TG Halli) responsible for providing …
ROURKELA: The cry for drinking water in the Steel City is getting shriller with the rise in mercury levels. Dry pockets of the city have been feeling the pinch with the temperature hovering above 41 degree Celsius in the past few days. The fall in ground water table has only …
With no additional canal water, 15 new tubewells approved Mohali is short of 7 million gallons daily (MGD) water for drinking purposes and this figure shoots up to 10 MGD in peak summer (May to July). At present, 28 tubewells and Kajauli water quench thirst of over 3 lakh residents …
In the Rural Water Supply (RWS) sector sustainability of drinking water sources and systems are a major issue. As a consequence, ensuring availability of drinking water both in terms of adequacy and quality, on a sustainable basis, is the major challenge. Water quality is impacted due to ground water table …
Jamshedpur, March 31: The Mango Notified Area Committee has chalked out an action plan for tackling water crisis in the locality this summer. Some of the proposed measures are installation of stationary water tankers, repair of defunct tubewells and floating a helpline to address water woes of the residents.
With the setting of summer, scarcity of drinking water commenced in different parts of Madhya Pradesh. The water crisis has also triggered violence. In one such incident, a teenager was brutally murdered in Indore on Wednesday in a dispute over fetching water. Taking the incident seriously, Madhya Pradesh police have …
Bangaloreans are reeling under an acute water shortage like never before. Borewells are drying up, water mafias are invading neighbourhoods and street wars triggered by water problems are breaking out everywhere. With the City bursting at its seams, the water crisis is surely not going to disappear in a hurry. …
Khikiya: The Khirkiya Nagar Panchayat is supplying nearly 9 lakh litres of water every day in the city with a population of nearly 22 thousand people. The water supplied everyday amounts to 40 litre per person on an average, while the water necessity of a person during the summer season …
The state government has sanctioned Rs 89 lakh 81 thousand to 38 urban bodies in 11 districts for transporting drinking water. Out of these funds, Rs 8 lakh 31 thousand has been given for nine urban bodies of Mandsaur district, Rs 50 thousand for two local bodies of Morena district, …
PARADIP: With groundwater level receding fast the slum areas of Paradip and coastal villages in Erasama and Balikuda blocks are in for a thirsty summer. Non-declaration of Paradip industrial areas as sweet water zone has only added to the hardships of the residents as several industries and fake mineral water …
