Water's crisis is ours to change
Each drop must bring more crop and more of everything By the time you read this, the crisis will be over. It will be business as usual. Instead of acute and crippling water shortage, the worry will
Shimla (T)
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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 water crisis: High Court pulls up civic body for failing to carry out its orders
Shimla water Shortage: The court has also summoned Secretary, Irrigation and Public Health, to know details of availability of the water from all the sources in Shimla. The HC sought compliance on its
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No water for us, don't come here: Shimla residents to tourists
SHIMLA: As the water crisis deepens in Shimla, local residents in the hill state have started posting keep-off-Shimla messages for tourists on social media. "There is no water for us, please do not come
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Shimla water crisis: lawyers abstain from courts
The Himachal Pradesh High Court Bar Association and a number of other social and political organisations on Monday came out in support of Shimla residents who are facing acute water crisis for more than
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The parched queen
The Queen of Hills is thirsty. Shimla faces a major shortage of water, much to the ire of the residents and the tourists who are making a beeline for one of the country’s most famous summer retreats.
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Thirsting for water in Shimla
The accentuating water crisis in Shimla, with water being distributed only once in eight days in most localities, points to the failure of Shimla Municipal Corporation and the state government to comprehend
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Himachal Pradesh assembly holds water conservation workshop
SHIMLA: Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said special campaign would be launched to sensitize masses about water conservation, adding that traditional methods should be adopted to save this precious resource.
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Shimla construction ban: Panel on NGT order fails to firm up action plan, govt mulls challenging ban
The committee that met on Monday was set-up after state Chief secretary V C Pharka held consultations with top secretaries, to discuss strategy to enforce the order Amid indications about government
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Vulnerabilities of urban poor children and urban/peri-urban ecosystem based resilience
This paper describes research undertaken in five Indian cities (Shimla, Indore, Gorakhpur, Panjim and Guwahati), to improve the understanding of the vulnerability of urban poor children to climatic risks