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 …
PALAKKAD: Shortage of drinking water has been on the rise in many parts of the district due to the rise in temperatures and the fall in water levels in the various dams and rivers. Moreover, since the model code of conduct was in force the implementation of the drinking water …
Lucknow: The chronic drinking water shortage in the city may soon be a matter of the past as the civic authorities have came up with several measures to solve the perennial problem in the city. According to secretary, Jal Sansthan, Raghvendra Kumar, the officials were asked to identify areas facing …
Meet discusses ways for inclusive water management. Bangalore, April 17 Farmers, Government officials, scientists and NGOs engaged in improving water use patterns in the Tungabhadra basin have called for improved water management and cropping techniques to cope with two looming problems: inter-State disputes on resource use and the problems arising …
By Rining L Mawphlang SHILLONG: Lyngkyrdem village, about 50 km from the State capital, is grappling with a crisis that is worse than the one facing Sohra, the wettest place on earth. Inhabitants of Lyngkyrdem toil day and night for a bucket of potable water. Let alone pipe or tap …
Official says the problem has been solved Protest: Villagers of Geejana Kuppam under the Sudachandiram panchayat lay seige to the Block Development Office in Thali on Thursday demanding drinking water.
Water scarcity means big growth for companies that purify, transport and distribute the world's most essential resource, but a global recession that has halted new projects and put off price increases means water investors will have to wait for the boom years. Water, cheap and indispensable, has long been prized …
Farmers pin their hopes on a good South-West monsoon A BIG worry: The dry bed behind 16 surplus sluices of Stanley Reservoir in Mettur. METTUR: Farmers of the Delta region and those who depend on river Cauvery for drinking water are a worried lot today as the Stanley reservoir is …
Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Tuesday restored two million gallons daily (MGD) water supply to Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) from Khanpur Dam that was cut off in January. The CDA had reduced the supply from nine MGD to seven MGD as the RCB had failed to pay its share of …
With the sun becoming more intense, the water crisis is also deepening in Madhya Pradesh. Water bodies like river, lakes and springs are drying up one by one. The underground water has gone down to around 600 ft. and has become inaccessible. It was said that Narmada is the only …
Uttarakhand May Shut Supply For Canal Cleaning From April 15 Residents of south and east Delhi may soon have to face water shortage with the Uttarakhand government planning to shut down supply to Delhi for two weeks. Sources revealed that the shut down will take place from April 15 to …
Supply-requirement gap shoots up to 10 MGD in peak summer Though a few more days are left for the onset of peak summers, water problems have slowly begun to haunt Mohali, which will continue to reel under water woes until gap between the demand and supply is bridged. Mohali is …
The total volume of water on earth: 104 crore km3. The volume of accessible freshwater: 90 lakh km3. In a few decades, that might not be enough to sustain the entire humanity, warn UN agencies.
MUMBAI: If the BMC's claims are to be believed, there's good news for Mumbaikars. Civic officials say people won't reel under water cuts this summer as the quantity of water stored this year is almost double of that stored last year. Civic chief Jairaj Phatak said the stored water is …
SAMBALPUR: Though Sambalpur town is located on the downstream of the Hirakud dam reservoir on the banks of the river Mahanadi, many parts of the town are facing acute water shortage over the last one week. Water level in the river has gone down and a breach has been made …
In view of the unprecedented dry spell coupled with depleting ground water level in Guwahati owing to shortage of rainfall, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has pressed into service two of its water tankers to supply water, more particularly in areas that are not covered by its water piped network. …
P. Sudhakar TIRUNELVELI: Residents living under Melapalayam and Tirunelveli zones of the Corporation may face acute drinking water crisis in the next few days as a portion of the sandbags that diverted water from the Tamirabharani towards the infiltration wells sunk in the perennial river has been removed by the …
NAGAPATTINAM: A large number of men and women from several villages blocked road on Thulajapuram road near Vedaranyam on Wednesday demanding the district administration to take immediate steps to provide protected drinking water supply. The protestors complained that many villages were not getting water for several months through the Anaikarai …
KENDRAPARA: Scarcity of water with the onset of summer is an election issue in most of the seaside villages under Mahakalapada and Rajnagar blocks in the district as several political leaders have failed to keep their promises to provide potable water to them. Residents fetch drinking water early in the …
The all-important subject of water needs holistic treatment instead of fragmented attention from mostly diffused and unaccountable multiple governmental/civic agencies -Proloy Bagchi The holy and ancient city of Ujjain, situated on the banks of the Kshipra River, is thirsting for water. All the water sources have dried up. Until recently …
Madhya Pradesh is facing its worst-ever water crisis, which has hit water-based industries, particularly poha (rice-flakes) and rice de-husking millers of Ujjain town. Made from flattened rice, poha is easy to cook, nutritious, and is consumed all over India, for breakfast or brunch, or as a snack. As many as …
