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 …
Patna: Fed up with official apathy, people of a Bihar village, suffering for decades due to high fluoride content in drinking water, have sent politicians the simple message: no safe drinking water, no votes. Villagers in Khaira in Jamui constituency have decided to boycott the April 16 polls and have …
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 …
The objective of this programme is monitoring and surveillance of all drinking water sources in the country by the community, decentralization of water quality monitoring and surveillance of all rural drinking water sources in the country, institutionalization of community participation and involvement of PRIs for water quality monitoring and surveillance, …
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 …
Chandigarh: An Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) study released today cited significant shift to cotton crop coupled with unavailability of water, erratic power supply, unpaid debt and unavailability of micro-credit from banks as the main reasons for farmers
PARADIP: More than 25 persons of coastal villages of Balikuda block have been affected by diarrhoea following consumption of contaminated water. Sources said 20 to 25 coastal villages under Balikuda and Ersama blocks are reeling under acute water crisis as a result of which, people are forced to consume contaminated …
Not every village is as fortunate as Saledhana, the village that once saw its women walk distances to fetch water for everyday life, now has 24-hour supply!
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) is making utmost efforts to launch Ghazi Barotha Water Supply Project (GBWSP), as the city is currently facing shortage of 29 million gallons water per day (MGD), said CDA Chairman Tariq Mehmood Khan on Thursday. Khan was addressing launching ceremony of water tanker service for …
Change is not something that happens automatically. Our collective effort is what acts as a catalyst in the process of change, said Sharda Devi, President of Samagra Jal Vikas Samiti of Pipra. Earlier, women of this village had to walk 2 to 3 kilometers to collect water, spending most of …
For most of the year, the residents of Bundelkhand experience acute scarcity of water for agricultural and domestic use. Water sources are varied and often seasonal, ranging from ponds, tanks, lakes and streams to open wells, bore wells and irrigation canals radiating out from large-scale dams. Most agriculture is of …
"Right to Water and Sanitation", is a briefing paper (draft)of WaterAid India, based on secondary research. It reviews the current status of drinking water and sanitation in India and concludes that viewing the issue of water and sanitation as a fundamental human right, is necessary to ensure the provision of …
DINDIGUL: Relentless effort, adaptable approach, total participation and sharing project cost by the community will help them solve their decade-old drinking water crisis as the Central government has sanctioned Rs.1.01 crore this year to augment drinking facilities and recharge water structures in 18 habitations at 12 panchayats this year under …
The Nirmal Gram Puraskar was launched by Government of India in the year 2002 with the objective to promote rural sanitation, especially to eliminate the practice of open defecation and to reward PRIs ( Panchayat Raj Institution)Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, Zilla Panchayat), individuals and institutions for their sustained efforts towards achieving …
A small village called Thangammalpuram, in Vilathikulam Block, Tutucorin District received a national award recently from the President of India, Pratibha Patil, for attaining full sanitation coverage in households, schools, Angawadis, etc., and for outstanding contribution in the promotion of rural sanitation for the year 2008. The award was received …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has declared 7,372 villages in 12 districts of the State as scarcity-hit and decided to launch relief works and make arrangements for supply of drinking water and fodder in these villages. According to an official release here on Thursday, the relief works will continue till March …
Fighting Budda Nullah curse Clean water was made available to nearly 1,500 residents of this village yesterday after years of drinking polluted underground water courtesy the Budda Nullah. Help came from an NRI, who got reverse osmosis water purifying system installed in the village yesterday. Joginder Singh, NRI businessman in …
The 'Swajala dhara' project, which was taken up to provide water to the region from Ayyanakere, has come to a stand still leaving the residents worried about the future. The project was to pump the water from Ayyanakere to the tank constructed on top of the hill and supplying the …
