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 …
The country is stepping up its effort to improve infrastructure, with a focus on water conservation facilities in rural areas, with a launch of 70 billion yuan ($11.29 billion) in separate investments this year, a senior official said on Wednesday. This year’s spending from the central government’s budget on agriculture, …
Government has taken the decision, according to sources Odisha government has decided to make drinking water available in villages and hamlets inhabited by Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups with in two years, besides providing focused health attention to the population. According to the decision, which was taken prior announcement of election …
The World Bank is providing support to the government of Bangladesh to increase the supply of safe water in rural areas, reports UNB. The Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (BRWSSP), supported by the World Bank, aims to implement rural piped water supply schemes as well as non-piped water …
A large number of women in rural and urban India don't have much to celebrate on women's day on March 8. Their day will begin as usual with a walk to fetch water from the nearest source which may be more than a kilometre away. Check out how much they …
Jammu and Kashmir government today said that Rs 1501.68 crore was spent between 2010 and 2013 under National Rural Drinking Water Programme in the state. Replying to a question of Naresh Kumar Gupta in the Legislative Council, Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Sharma said that Rs …
The main objective of this evaluation synthesis was to capture how IFAD has responded to the emerging issues of rural water security and governance, whether IFAD’s investments in water have met their intended objectives and are sustainable, and if it is possible to further enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of …
The Pakistan government through its High Commission in Colombo has funded the construction of two clean drinking water supply projects for villagers in Kodapokuna in the Polonnaruwa district. The Pakistan High Commissioner Major General (r) Qasim Qureshi visited the beneficiary communities and handed over the projects on January 31 in …
The government of Pakistan through its High Commission in Colombo has funded the construction of two clean drinking water supply projects for the vulnerable communities in Kodapokuna village of Polonnaruwa District in Northern Central Province of Sri Lanka. The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka Major General (retd) Qasim …
In a big boost for metro region's development, the state government has sanctioned water supply scheme worth Rs 232.74 crore for five proposed improvement schemes and 10 villages situated on the city's outskirts. The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) will be the water distributor to the improvement schemes while Maharashtra Jeevan …
Resource: The drying up of water sources for the last few years in Trashigang has begun to worry both villagers and district officials. Gewog statistics show that about 12 gewogs, including Sakteng, Phongmey, Bartsham, Yangnyer and Lumang, have reported dried and drying water sources. The volume of four water sources …
Residents of the village said the water of the hole can be used for 15 days Hundreds of people are suffering in Garo localities at Jhenaigati in Sherpur as severe shortage of drinking water has been going on from the beginning of the winter that remains a dry season. In …
The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) project in four low income states -- UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam. The project, directed towards improving piped water supply and sanitation services through decentralised delivery systems will be confined to the east …
Multi-lateral funding agency, the World Bank will provide $500 million loan for water supply and sanitation projects in the rural areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. “The World Bank has approved a $ 500 million credit for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Project for Low Income …
Multi-lateral funding agency, the World Bank will provide $500 million loan for water supply and sanitation projects in the rural areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. “The World Bank has approved a $ 500 million credit for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Project for Low Income …
New Delhi : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved two changes in the Mega Power Policy 2009 to benefit more developers. To avail the benefits under the scheme, developers will be allowed to tie up 65 per cent of the installed capacity through competitive bidding and another …
To expand and remodel the rural water supply and sanitation facilities in waterlogged areas of Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today approved a proposal of ~2,200 crore to be sent to the Union Government for recommending it to the World Bank under the rural water supply sanitation project, phase-2. …
The main objective of taking up CSR activities in the rural drinking water sector are as under: Provision of safe and potable drinking water in adequate quantity and within minimum distance to all at all times and to bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the …
Tapping the Markets: Opportunities for Domestic Investments in Water and Sanitation for the Poor presents the results of a detailed examination of market opportunities for the domestic private sector in the provision of piped water and on-site sanitation services in rural and semi-urban areas and of the commercial, policy, and …
Social activist Jacqueline Lundquist tells Madhur Tankha that “in the U.S., people get drinking water even in their bathrooms” Jacqueline Lundquist, a social activist and the wife of the former United States Ambassador to India Richard Celeste, is now on an ambitious mission to provide unadulterated water to people living …
Nearly 88.5% of households in rural India have access to improved source of drinking water while the corresponding figure for urban India is 95%, says the latest National Sample Survey released on Tuesday. An improved drinking water source is one that is protected from outside contamination. Rural households in Kerala …