HKS Snow Update 2025
<p>The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend,
Drinking Water Scarcity
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Warming may make veggies harder to find
Global warming is expected to make vegetables significantly scarcer around the world, unless new growing practices and resilient crop varieties are adopted, warned researchers. By the end of this century,
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Tanzania: World Bank's Sh57 Billion to End Water Woes in Dar
Dodoma — The government has secured a Sh57 billion loan from the World Bank that will be spent on ending water woes in Dar es Salaam, the Parliament heard on Wednesday. The Minister for Water and Irrigation,
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Government says national state of disaster over drought has been lifted
The government said on Wednesday that the national state of disaster it declared in March over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country, had lapsed after significant rainfall. The three-year
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Nairobi Looks for New Water to Ease its Growing Thirst
When last year's prolonged drought saw the water supply to Damaris Kiarie's Nairobi home rationed, she decided her best bet was to buy water from a local vendor. It was, she soon learned, a mistake.
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S.Africa: US firm launches “water from air” device in Cape Town
A US-based company has launched a new solar "water from air" device in Cape Town to alleviate some of the pressure placed on municipal and groundwater supply. Speaking at the launch, US consul general
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Sudan: Scramble for Water in Sudan's Sennar- One Dead, Two Injured
El Mazmum — A woman died from electrocution and two others were injured at a water station in Sudan's Sennar state on Sunday as thirsty residents scrambled for drinking water. A resident of El Mazmum
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Parched Shimla a tale of environmental degradation
Shimla's story from natural streams to water shortages is also the tale of indiscriminate constructions that turned the summer retreat of the then British rulers into a concrete jungle in the past few
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Shimla loses five million litres of water daily due to leakages, theft: HC
The parched Himachal Pradesh capital is daily losing more than five million litres (MLD) of potable water because of various reasons, including leakages and theft, the Himachal Pradesh High Court observed
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No water supply for past 20 days, women protest
JAIPUR: Women of Vidhyadhar Nagar staged protest in their area as for the past 20 days water has not been supplied to their houses leaving them with no option than to order private tankers. More than
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Water crisis forces Etmadpur villagers to block road for three hours
Agra: A severe shortage of water and the sweltering heat over the past several days has taken a toll on the people of Etmadpur block, who finally lost their patience and staged a massive protest on Khandoli-Etmadpur