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 …
Twelve persons of Patrahalli village in Mulbagal taluk have taken ill after drinking contaminated water. The villagers on Monday complained of vomiting and diarrhoea. They are undergoing treatment in the government hospital. A recurring issue The taluk health officials said that the incidents of water contamination have been recurring in …
Haryana, at the time of its creation from the womb of Punjab was partly a parched state. Large areas were dry treeless sand dunes. Even drinking water was a privilege. Its has taken long strides since then. The State is becoming a real green land. All the villages get potable …
This article discusses the various components that impact effective water quality management in rural India. Experience suggests that redesigning of data management programme at village, district and at national level, upgradation of district-level laboratories and addressing technical, legal and institutional components should become the first steps in achieving effective water-quality …
The National Assembly on Tuesday decided to constitute a special committee to ensure the transparent implementation of a project worth billions for the provision of potable water to the people. The decision was made after the Minister for Special Initiatives Lal Muhammad Khan said it was a matter of concern …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: The UPA government has a mission at hand in enforcing the proposed law and providing education to every child below the age of 14. It has been, however, missing deadlines in even ensuring safe drinking water and sanitary toilets in schools in rural areas. While the …
One of the gravest problems ahead of us is the availability of drinking water in rural areas. Public-private partnership (PPP) is the new development mantra. In the area of provision of safe drinking water in rural areas, some notable work has already been carried out. Naandi Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation …
Talgarh (Samba): His wedding was cancelled twice after his would be in-laws came to know that the village where he lives has no source of potable water. Though Rakesh Kumar was lucky that third time he got married, but there are many others like him in this village who were …
Bangalore: High fluoride and nitrate levels in drinking water, dismal sanitation with rampant open defecation, high incidence of chikungunya, and a higher risk of fungal and other infections in women. These are some of the key findings of ASHWAS, a survey of household water and sanitation in rural Karnataka, conducted …
Purulia, July 19: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today admitted that there might be villages in the Ayodhya hills of Purulia where water was so scarce that people and animals were drinking from the same source.
Chandigarh: The Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation Department has launched a programme to train the village personnel and members of the Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) for conducting surveillance of quality of potable water being supplied to the villages. According to an official spokesman, the department has conducted over 922 workshops …
BHUBANESWAR: An Action plan to tackle water quality problem in fluoride- affected areas has been prepared by the government, Rural Development Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh announced today in the Assembly. To a question from Ashok Chandra Panda of the BJD, the Minister said 859 habitations will be covered under the …
by B.S. Thaur FOR over two decades the availability of pure drinkable water in rural Punjab has been getting bad to worse. In 1984 53 blocks were declared as dark zones, where water was unfit for human consumption. In 1995 the number of dark zones increased to 84 and then …
AHMEDABAD: Delayed monsoon seems to have frayed the nerves of Amdavadis. A man was shot at in Timba village in Aslali by the village sarpanch on Sunday evening after the debate over water supply turned ugly. Mahendrasinh Vaghela, a farmer, who lives in the village had visited the village sarpanch, …
The World Bank has agreed to support the extension of the Jala Nirmala project of providing drinking water to rural areas of 15 more districts by extending a loan of Rs 1,000 crore. An assurance to this effect was given by World Bank officials in Washington to a visiting state …
Unlike before water distribution is becoming a crucial part of resource management. The debate is mainly revolving around high cost and limited quantity. Public, private and NGO initiatives are reeling under same critical problem. There is no model exist to ensure equal access to water. Hence, the general theorisation of …
Throng collectorate; Collector promises to take appropriate action To air grievances: Residents of T.Gandhinagar, near the Collectorate, in Udhgamandalam on Monday.
Pune With monsoon remaining elusive, as many as 75 villages and over 300 hamlets are facing severe drinking water shortage. The total number of affected population stands at 1.40 lakh. The Pune Zilla Parishad in association with district collectorate is providing water to these affected villlages through tankers. Resident deputy …
