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 …
Chandigarh No immediate end to the water woes of the city residents is in sight. Reduced supply hours and low water pressure have been troubling the residents for the last many days. Those living on the first floor and above are the worst affected by the erratic water supply. With …
Six states reel under an acute water crisis Finally, the Supreme Court had to intervene. Acute water scarcity across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu has forced the apex court to direct the Union government to produce a blueprint for tackling the problem …
Jamshedpur, June 7: For Sudha Mahto, a resident of Sarjamda panchayat in Jamshedpur block, summers mean aching limbs and a painful back, thanks to the daily trips of around 10km in search of drinking water. Sudha is not alone. Women of most other families from Sarjamda, Haludboni, Parsudih, Karandih and …
Per capita water availability in Sri Lanka indicates that the country is well endowed with water resources and there is no water scarcity. However there is substantial temporal and spatial scarcity of water supply. Reservation and rehabilitation of small-scale abandoned tanks scattered in the Northern Province will be essential to …
People in the remote areas of the south and south-eastern districts, inundated by tidal surges associated with cyclone Aila on May 25, are still facing acute crisis of drinking water, food and medicine amid an alarming spread of water borne diseases. A total of 17,708 persons contracted diarrhoea in Khulna …
BERHAMPUR: Water scarcity is a perennial problem for Berhampur people despite huge budgetary allocation for a number of water projects under the State and the Central Government schemes. The city, with over four lakh population, requires 49 million litres (ML) of water on a daily basis. According to official sources, …
Parimal Dabhi DHOLI (SURENDRANAGAR): In summer, water is a precious commodity in many parts of the country. But at Dholi village in Limbdi taluka, one of the driest villages of Gujarat
May 31: With a drastic fall in ground water levels, Adivasis living in the forest areas of the district are grappling with an acute shortage of drinking water. Most of the rivulets and water sources in the forest have dried up. A bad situation gets worse in summer, when Adivasis …
The challenges facing Africa to fight climate change are enormous and costs are huge though hard to quantify, South Africa's environment minister said on Friday. Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said her peers from more than 30 African countries, meeting in Nairobi, had agreed a joint position on climate change, to be …
Facing water shortage, farmers led by the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) today held a protest demanding release of water in Western Yamuna canal from Hamida headworks. In view of the BKU threat to open the gates of the headworks, a heavy police force was deployed at the headworks since morning. …
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Suresh Pachauri has accused the state government for its negligence and short-sight policy for the unprecedented water crisis faced in the state. Addressing a crowded press conference here on Thursday Pachauri accused that the BJP government is not taking the water crisis seriously. Against …
No relief materials reached many remote areas in the south and south-west left battered by tidal surges whipped up by cyclone Aila even three days after the inundation in which thousands of people were marooned without food and drinking water. The unofficial death toll rose to 178. The disaster management …
K. Raju Supply not made even once in 8 days in Kodaikanal In high ridge areas, situation is so grim Plan to draw water from Gundar falls KODAIKANAL: Even as the district administration spent crores of rupees for infrastructure development and other facilities for tourists, drinking water crisis has been …
Nearly 200 people have been killed by a cyclone that ripped through Bangladesh and eastern India, while millions remained marooned by floodwater or forced to live in shelters. The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 130 following recovery of dozens of bodies Tuesday, newspapers and private television channels …
SAMBALPUR: Unbridled growth and unchecked encroachments have posed a serious threat to natural resources, particularly water bodies. And this assumes significance at a time when climate change, manifested in growing heat in the cities like Sambalpur, is taking a heavy toll. Sambalpur is hardly left with any forest cover and …
Lasting solutions to water challenges require a broad range of expert knowledge about climate, ecology, farming, population, engineering, economics, community politics and local cultures, says Jeffrey D Sachs MANY conflicts are caused or inflamed by water scarcity. The conflicts from Chad to Darfur, Sudan, to the Ogaden Desert in Ethiopia, …
KOHIMA, May 24: The scourge of water scarcity has hit most in many parts of Nagaland, if not all the districts of the state. The scarcity of water has been a matter of worry for the denizens of Nagaland for years now. Had it not been for the timely monsoon …
Turkey has boosted the flow of the Euphrates river passing through its dams upstream of Iraq to help farmers cope with a drought after Iraqi complaints, but it is still not enough, a top Iraqi lawmaker said on Saturday. Iraq is mostly desert and its inhabitable areas are slaked by …
