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 …
South Africa underwent a major transition to a full democracy in 1994. The new government embarked on an ambitious program to eradicate backlogs in water supply and sanitation, underpinned by development of sound sector policy and legislation. Initially, this program was driven by the central government. In 2003 responsibilities for …
KOLKATA, 13 DEC: To solve the problem of drinking water, the Sunderbans Development Authority (SDA) is planning to install reservoirs in some of the blocks of the area. The poor village folk residing in the remote villages of the Sunderbans face an acute scarcity of drinking water. Villagers living in …
BHUBANESWAR: Rural water supply in the State has turned into a story of neglect. Over the years, the supply has either been withdrawn unofficially from many areas or the people have been left with a mere trickle to fend for themselves __ what is called the
BHUBANESWAR: Rural Development Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh today said in the Assembly that the State Government had decided to set up 1,511 drinking water projects in the State during the next five years. To a question from Prashant Kumar Muduli (BJD), the Minister said that till now work on 268 …
The objective of the IEC campaign is to trigger positive behavioural changes among stake holders with respect to hygiene, use of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities. This requires enhancing knowledge regarding safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitation by preparing, involving and empowering the rural community to actively shoulder the …
At the request of the Planning Commission, Arghyam and WaterAid agreed to co-ordinate and support a process of civil society consultation for inputs on rural and urban drinking water and sanitation for generating recommendations for the Approach Paper to the 12th Five Year Plan of the Government of India. In …
About 80% of the drinking water supply in rural areas is met by ground- water, but there are many constraints in the availability of potable drinking water in hard rock terrain both in terms of quality and quantity. (Correspondence)
The state agriculture minister, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, on Tuesday said he was opposed to diverting water meant for agricultural purposes to industrial use. His remarks assume significance in view of the allegations by activists that erstwhile state water resources minister, Ajit Pawar, diverted 1,500 million cubic metres of water to …
This report outlines the key principles of water safety planning for rural water supply in India. Water safety planning represents a change of emphasis from end-of-pipe testing to the management of risks of contamination from source to mouth. End-of-pipe testing is still necessary to verify that safe drinking water is …
Following the experience of the NGP - a one-time reward exclusively focused on motivating rural sanitation achievement, and the sanitation reward programs introduced by selected states in scaling up the rural sanitation program, many other Indian states have introduced incentive programs to motivate and reward achievements in rural sanitation by …
The UN in the year 2000 enlisted improved access to potable water supply as one of the development goals to be achieved by 2015 in developing countries including Nigeria. This study therefore, examined the levels of access to potable water supply in rural areas of Akwa Ibom State against the …
This study examines experiences with using the private sector to manage domestic water supplies serving dispersed populations or very small settlements in rural areas. The potential contribution from private operators is well-known for small towns. The unanswered question is whether private operators are an option for more remote rural areas …
The specific objectives of the study were to: Assess the extent of coverage and access to improved services in the rural areas; Assess the institutional arrangements placed by the State Governments for implementation and performance of the mission; Evaluate the overall impact of the mission on the rural habitations, especially …
Bhopal: All lakes of Bhopal District has been conserving for the water supply in Bhopal by the Collector of Bhopal, canales from Kaliasoat & Kerwadam were closed. Due to this, the thousand acres of land of nearby canals are facing drought problem for 'Palewa'. It is said by President Nilesh …
SHILLONG, Oct 21: The public information campaign (PIC) on Bharat Nirman of the Central Government was inaugurated by Jaintia Hills district Deputy Commissioner T Dkhar at the LP School playground, Amlarem today. In his inaugural speech, Dkhar said the aim of public information campaign was to make the people aware …
Guntur district is aiming at all-round, inclusive growth with a slew of projects and programmes. GUNTUR district, spread over an area of nearly 11,390 square kilometres, is bounded by Prakasam district in the south, Mahabubnagar in the west and Krishna and Nalgonda districts in the north. The district has a …
This field note discusses the risks of climate change and the adaptation measures that need to be taken to minimize these risks. Adaptation can be seen as an opportunity to improve current systems of working, enhance policy and design procedures, and bring communities together as they face a common problem. …
This training manual describes how to prepare a Village Water Safety Plan. A Water Safety Plan is useful to address water quality problems, to help operate and maintain the water supply scheme, and to identify and estimate the cost of improvements (investments) that are needed.
