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 Maharashtra government announced on Tuesday that it would regulate the fast-growing packaged drinking water industry by introducing policy guidelines soon, with the intent of providing safe drinking water to citizens of the state. MLAs had pointed out in the state assembly that a number of little-known bottled water brands …
Putting a step forward towards ensuring supply of piped drinking water to every households in Bihar as promised in his pre-election 'Seven Resolves', Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inaugurated a total of 340 piped water supply schemes worth over Rs 215.46 crore through remote control, at a colourful programme …
Development works planned at 3 beaches, road to be widened; bridge work at Kotekar Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader on Tuesday said 30 pure drinking water plants will be set up in different parts of the district. Addressing mediapersons here, Khader said, by setting up these units …
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Water Facility (AWF) will be participating in the 6th Africa Water Week (AWW-6), holding from 18-22 July 2016 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. On 20 July 2016, the AfDB will unveil …
MIT scientists have developed an inexpensive, solar-powered water treatment system for rural Indian villages, which lack affordable potable water and electricity. The researchers have designed, built and tested their prototype system, and their next step is to implement it in a village outside of Hyderabad. For the water treatment system, …
This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of Ethiopia. Using primary household survey data and microbiological water test for Escherichia coli, use various estimation methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among …
This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of Ethiopia. Using primary household survey data and microbiological water test for Escherichia coli, use various estimation methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among …
Bhubaneswar: The state government on Thursday announced a Rs 900-crore plan for strengthening drinking water system in rural areas. "While Rs 350 crore from the district mineral foundation would be spent in eight districts, Rs 553 crore (as recommended by 4th state finance commission) would be utilized for the purpose …
Gujarat Government on Wednesday declared 81 more villages as 'scarcity-affected' owing to acute water shortage there, an official press release said. With this latest addition, the total number of scarcity-affected villages in Gujarat has reached 1,347. The decision to put these 81 villages of Porbandar district in 'affected' category was …
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik last week announced that he would ensure piped water supply (PWS) reached all villages in a year. However, progress of the government's PWS scheme is moving at a snail's pace, a latest CAG report said. The CAG report on state finances for the year ending …
MORE than 20% of people living in rural areas do not have access to sources of clean water. The director of rural water supply and sanitation, Leopold Niipare, made this revelation while addressing a two-day stakeholders' consultative workshop convened last week at Mariental to review the Community Based Management (CBM) …
Many developing countries are about to prepare their new strategies on how to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for universal and equitable access to water and sanitation by 2030.These new roadmaps need to put a focus on rural growth centers and small towns where the majority of those without …
With 40 per cent of the country under the impact of consecutive failed monsoons, water rationing could become a norm in many parts of the country in the coming summer, they warned. According to a recent Central Water Commission report, water levels in the Maharashtra reservoirs are 58 per cent …
While the finance minister took care to express the commitment of his government to poor and vulnerable people while presenting the Union Budget for 2016–17, this stated commitment has not been backed by adequate increases in allocations to areas of critical interest to the poor. It is likely that resource …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drinking Water in SC/ST dominated Areas, 10/03/2016. State / UT-wise details of funds released and utilized along with details of achievements (Nos. of habitations) made in SC & ST dominated areas including States of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Odisha during last three years and current …
Another Rs. 50 crore to be released by the end of March Municipal Administration and Minority Affairs Minister Qamarul Islam has said that the government is fully prepared to tackle drinking water shortage in urban and rural areas during summer till the onset of monsoon in the State. Briefing presspersons …
Gaya: Groundwater samples collected from three different places falling under Gaya Municipal Corporation area were sent to Quality Testing Laboratory of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED). The test results show very high level of turbidity (presence of muddy content), iron and bacterial contamination rendering the water unfit for human …
Open defecation is practised by over 600 million people in India and there is a strong political drive to eliminate this through the provision of on-site sanitation in rural areas. However, there are concerns that the subsequent leaching of excreta from subsurface storage could be adversely impacting underlying groundwater resources …
A team of officials attached to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest, Regional Office, Bengaluru, visited Hassan and Sakleshpur to inspect the works on the proposed Yettinahole project, on Monday. During a meeting with locals in Aranya Bhavan, in Hassan, environmentalists expressed their opposition to the project. Environmentalists asked …
Ethiopia’s rural localities without access to the power grid are to get potable water facilities powered by renewable energy sources, APA learns here Monday. According to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, the country is massively engaged in the installation of wind and solar powered water pumps in remote …
