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 …
Although District Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar had called on a meeting on Thursday to address the water woes in different areas, many feel that it was too late a step, as the monsoon is just a week away. A member from Velhe taluka said that the administration took up the …
No one could say they hadn't seen it coming. The sand dunes had been advancing for decades before, two years ago, they finally swallowed the houses of Raimundo do Nascimento and 12 other families in Ilha Grande, an island in the Parnaiba river delta in northeastern Brazil. Standing on the …
According to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Narmada water will be provided in Malwa region too to solve the drinking water problem permanently. The state government's efforts are on in this direction, he said. Chouhan visited Village Hirani in Sehore district on Wednesday where intake well is being constructed under …
The biggest seawater desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere, north of San Diego, can begin construction by year's end after a six-year effort to win regulators' approval, the developer said on Thursday. The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve permit revisions for the …
Natural disasters threaten to trigger widespread damage and distress in emerging economies, many of which are already on the brink because of the global recession, a United Nations body said on Sunday. There are 1 billion people living in hazard-prone slums and shantytowns in developing countries, many of which overlooked …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: With drinking water being supplied only once in five days, almost every container in homes in Tiruvottiyur is used to store water. Residents say that in the past one month the period of supply has been drastically reduced by half. V.Venmathi of Radhakrishnan Nagar said:
Srinivaspur, DH News Service: The drinking water to some of the villages in the Srinivaspur taluk is being supplied through tankers by the respective gram panchayats. There is an acute drinking water crisis in the villages due to depletion of ground water, defunct pump sets and stealing of cables. Since …
Facing flak from all corners over the existing water crisis, the severest one in the recent past, Indore Mayor Dr Umashashi Sharma here today tried to shift the blame for the crisis to scarce rainfall saying that the city in the last monsoon received only 517 mm of rainfall which …
Somalia's worst drought in a decade is pushing growing numbers of children into near-famine conditions and deepening the humanitarian crisis caused by political violence, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Some 3.2 million Somalis are among an estimated 19 million people in the Horn of Africa in urgent need of …
The government has completed different projects in water and sanitation sector in Kurram Agency, Frontier Region (FR) Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar to control water born diseases and ensure safe drinking water supply to people. According to a statement issued by the Fata Secretariat a water supply, storage and distribution …
PARADIP: Various areas in the district are reeling under acute drinking water shortage due to the decline in groundwater level. The primary reason behind this is unregulated use of groundwater by the industries. As many as seven large-scale industries and several auxiliary units are functioning in the district. Though the …
Residents of Bhatra, on the outskirts of Sambalpur town, struggle to get their share of water from tankers provided by the Sambalpur Municipality. BRAJRAJNAGAR: Residents of Brajrajnagar have been in the grip of drinking water crisis for three days now. According to reports, Brajrajnagar municipal area requires about five million …
The Spokesperson of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee JP Dhanopia said that the whole state is now facing the water crisis and in the capital of state not only human beings but animals also haven't been getting water for three days. Now it is the responsibility of Bharatiya Janata Party government …
KOHIMA, May 5: Warmer summers and increase in the number of pests like locusts in the fields and mosquitos in urban areas may be a pointer that climate change has already arrived in Nagaland. During July-September many places in the state witnessed locusts invading localities in the evenings when lights …
Power outage and scarcity of water have turned serious in Sylhet city for the last few days, causing immense sufferings to the people. Currently, the city is getting only 50MW power against the total demand for 100MW, said sources at Power Development Board, Sylhet. The city corporation is supplying only …
Mumbai: The water level in the state has recorded lowest in the past five years. With the available consumable water percentage falling down to 25%, the state government has issued guidelines to district headquarters with measures to be taken for adequate water supply. More than 2,000 villages are facing acute …
US energy companies rushing to exploit Pennsylvania's massive natural gas reserves have launched a public relations campaign to calm fears the bonanza is contaminating water with toxic chemicals. Drillers are holding public meetings to assure people the chemicals used to help extract gas from Pennsylvania's majority share of the Marcellus …
Drinking water shortage in several parts of Kerala, especially in the high and midland areas of many districts, has become so acute that the inhabitants have to depend on water supply by private operators for whom it has turned out to be a lucrative business. The sharp fall in the …
The taluk, dependent on rains for its water requirements, is under the throes of acture water scarcity this year. With the groundwater table hitting the nadir, more than 20 borewells sunk by Town Municipal Council have dried up. It has become difficult to strike water even if one digs to …
