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 …
Maharashtra is one of the first states to have regulated its groundwater resources. However, two decades after it introduced a law banning sinking of private borewells or deeptube wells within 500 metres of a public drinking water source, brazen extraction of water continues, even in the 16 drought-hit districts of …
PUNE: The PMC has planned a ward-level water management system to address the problems in water supply in view of the water scarcity. A series of meetings with all political parties have been scheduled to discuss the initiative. "Though there are some major issues in water management, some problems are …
Noida: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday ordered for shutting down 34 packaged drinking water facilities in Noida and Greater Noida for extraction of groundwater and functioning illegally without sanctions from any authority. A bench of the tribunal passed the orders on a petition filed by an environmental activist Vikrant …
Water scarcity has become a serious source of concern particularly in Ooty, Coonoor and their surroundings, said The Nilgiris Collector Archana Patnaik here on Thursday. Pointing out that the district administration is resorting to various measures to mitigate the hardship of the people, she said that as part of a …
Angul: Three summers have passed and another is round the corner since its foundation was laid, but the Rs 12-crore project at Derjang in Angul block to provide drinking water to the town has remained a non-starter. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik had laid the foundation stone for the project on …
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board chairperson Gaurav Gupta assessing water availability at TK Halli Pump House, on Wednesday, quelled fears of a water crisis this summer. Speaking to reporters at the pump house on the outskirts of the City, he said: “Unlike previous years, the situation on the water …
The Japanese government will provide Rs3.49 billion for supply of drinking water to Mansehra city and its adjoining areas. According to Mohammad Jamil, the head of the municipal committee’s audit department, the federal and provincial governments in collaboration with the Japanese government will execute the ‘gravity flow water supply scheme’ …
A Vidarbha-like situation is looming over the Marathwada region in Maharashtra where two poor monsoons have taken a toll on the lives of the people. More than 12,000 villages in the region are already struggling with water scarcity and now a famine looks imminent given the extent of crop damage …
CHERRAPUNJEE (MEGHALAYA): On the way to Cherrapunjee, at a tiny town called Mawmihthied, girls line up near a water tap with a long queue of empty buckets. As one nears what was once ranked the world's wettest place, there are more such groups waiting to fill up for the day. …
Rainwater harvesting, installing pumpsets, generators and RO systems, part of the plan A Rs.40-crore contingency plan has been worked out to face the impending water scarcity during summer, the District planning Committee was informed on Thursday. Rajendra Prasad, Assistant Director, Panchayats, said that apprehending serious drinking water shortage during March-April, …
The onslaught of drought and the alleged shortage of pumping time have put the residents of Fort Kochi in dire straits with the area reeling under acute water shortage for the past few weeks. The situation has worsened during the past few days, said Fort Kochi councillor Antony Kureethara, who …
Filling It Artificially Will Save Animals, Say Officials | A Wrong Move: Experts Bangalore: The government’s proposal to artificially replenish water holes in national parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves has drawn flak from wildlife experts. The proposal was floated last month due to drought-like condition and water crisis in forest …
A severe drought across Maharashtra is forcing leopards out of their forest habitats and pushing them into areas inhabited by people, leading to human-animal conflict. According to forest officials leopards are straying out of forests as water bodies dry up and often enter agricultural areas. So far, incidents of leopards …
Hard hit by consecutive droughts, in the last two years, taluks in Malnad region, have not been able to meet the drinking water shortage. Such has been the distress situation that MLAs of the Malnad and eternally drought-hit Chikballapur district, dread facing the people in the constituency during the coming …
Lawyers’ statements come in handy for Opposition to corner the govt Launching an attack against the State government for “suddenly changing its stand” with regard to the notification of the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT), the Opposition parties have demanded that the government should submit a …
District panchayat chief says allocated sum insufficient District panchayat president S. Jayamohan has said that in the backdrop of Kollam being declared drought hit, the State government should make an emergency allocation of Rs.50 crore to solve the district’s drinking water problem. In a statement here on Tuesday, Mr. Jayamohan …
Get ready for water rationing. For, the Mysore City Corporation could impose this extraordinary measure well before the end of March to manage the water crisis. Notwithstanding the assertion of district minister SA Ramdas in January that drinking water supply won't be hit in the city till March-end, the local …
Thrissur city is reeling under an acute water crisis. All wells, ponds and water sources in and around the city have either gone dry or filled up by real estate sharks. There is already a fall in water supply and the situation is bound to deteriorate during summer. In this …
Pune: With reservoirs in the state collectively holding 44% water, the state government has asked all divisional commissioners to reserve water for drinking purpose and restrict its usage for non-drinking purpose. “At least 1,155 villages and 3,709 hamlets are facing severe water shortage. The state is providing water through 1,539 …
Entire City To Be Covered in Later Phases Lucknow:UP Jal Nigam is planning to take steps to regularise water consumption and prevent its wastage by people. The corporation would soon be setting up water meters in all private houses across the city which get water supply from Jal Sansthan. In …
