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 …
Some two and a half lakh residents at Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj district have been facing acute shortage of drinking water because of salinity and arsenic contamination in the ground water. The villagers at remote places are now facing acute drinking water crisis during the summer because of fall in …
People of several suburban areas of Karachi are dependent for their water needs on rainwater which refills their wells and ponds, but the areas have received no rain over the past some years. The drought has left 20 per cent of the wells at their lowest level, while water of …
The city of Dhaka experiences acute shortage of water all the year round. The city dwellers have taken it as part of their life. So they don't raise a hue and cry. But in summer and the advent of summer seasons it gets terribly acute and the people come to …
Howrah is set to face another dry summer with the municipal authorities not drawing up a plan to solve problems in the supply of surface water. For several years, taps have been running dry in Howrah in summer forcing residents to queue up for hours for a bucket of water. …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: There is water for everyone to drink till 2021. This is according to an Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plan and might sound reassuring but, experts warn that we might run out of the precious resource if steps like metering water supply, controlling leakage in supply …
Curse of melting glaciers, shrinking rivers and growing deforestation THAT the Valley would be facing a water crisis this year due to alarming speed at which glaciers in the state are melting is not the only cause of concern. The glaciers which are the source of several rivers that emanate …
March 13: Water experts have warned that the hydro-logical cycle needs to be protected to prevent water shortage in the future. Taking part in a seminar on "water use efficiency and water quality issues in Andhra Pradesh" organised by Central Ground Water Board here, the experts said water in the …
UNITED NATIONS - The world needs to act urgently to avoid a global water crisis due to increased population, rising living standards, dietary changes and more biofuels production, the United Nations warned on Thursday. By 2030, nearly half of the world's people will be living in areas of acute water …
The Chittagong Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has taken initiative to beat the persistent water crisis in the port city, reviving a foreign-financed project that have been shelved for the last eight years. Processes are now underway to start formally the long-felt and much-needed implementation of Madunaghat Water Supply Project …
The other day, our editions in Tamil Nadu carried a small item of news from the northern district of Vellore, on the pleasure of water-rig operators at the profitable season ahead. The Celsius level has suddenly shot up there, the maximum touching almost 40 degrees already, and the water level, …
March 3: The city is likely to face severe water shortage as a result of the rapid growth in infrastructure, sources said. "The utilisation of ground water has increased since the last four years. But, there has been no increase in the water table in the city," said Mr N. …
D. Radhakrishnan Udhagamandalam: With drought related conditions at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve deteriorating, the wildlife authorities have initiated steps to meet the water needs of the wild animals. Speaking to The Hindu here on Tuesday, the Field Director of the Reserve Rajiv K. Srivastava said that at present the situation …
Amidst the scorching heat the students have to appear in the examinations, which started from Monday. 40 thousand students would appear in exams at 80 examination centres of the city. However, the condition of water availability in 60 per cent schools is pitiable because they are facing water crisis. The …
Dhanbad, March 1: Union minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia today said that the Jharia coalfield was sitting on an atom bomb. He was referring to the inferno raging underneath. The minister, who was in the district to inaugurate the statue of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi at …
