Residents groan as water scarcity hits Lokoja
Acute water scarcity has hit Lokoja and its environs following the shutdown of the greater Lokoja water treatment plant by the state government since March 27. A correspondent of the News Agency of
Acute water scarcity has hit Lokoja and its environs following the shutdown of the greater Lokoja water treatment plant by the state government since March 27. A correspondent of the News Agency of
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This white paper assesses a select number of strategies in moving towards the goal of ending violence against children amid climate change. It is aimed at authorities and development practitioners – those
Increasing water scarcity is recognized as a key challenge to sustainable development and major cause of conflict, social unrest and changes to traditional migration routes and new migration patterns.
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Uttarkashi district faces acute water scarcity during the summer season. Many experts say that the reason for this crisis is because the region lacks efficient water management practices. “An urban resident
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Kenya is prioritizing the construction of reservoirs in order to reverse water scarcity, officials said on Wednesday. Joseph Irungu, principal secretary of the Ministry of Water and Sanitation told
In Delhi Water Supply & Sewage Disposal Undertaking v. State of Haryana (1996), the Supreme Court said, “Water is a gift of nature. Human hand cannot be permitted to convert this bounty into a curse,
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India typically witnesses water scarcity during summer months, but the situation this year is particularly grim in western and southern states Millions of people are desperately awaiting overdue monsoon
District Collector Naval Kishore Ram on Wednesday said over 200 tankers are being used to provide water to these villages but the number of tankers is expected to rise. AS many as 200 villages in Pune
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Nainital: With Gaula river, lifeline of Haldwani, touching its lowest level in six years, threat of acute water scarcity looms large in the city and its adjoining areas. At present, the rate of flow in
Patna: The public health and engineering department on Thursday announced it will end water shortage in all rural areas before the Assembly elections in 2020. It also pledged to end the water contamination
The start of the April to June gu rainfall season was either delayed, significantly below average, or poorly distributed across Somalia. As this follows a below-average deyr season in late 2020 and a harsh
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For 75-year-old Tsering Angdo, today’s Ladakh is entirely different from the world of his childhood in the cold Himalayan desert. Back then, he and everyone he knew would take water supply for granted.
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Panna Lal Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/09/2022.<br /> <br /> The NGT received a petition by Panna Lal, Secretary, Communist