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 …
In order to temporarily solve the drinking water problem prevailing in Kolar city, the CMC has decided to send a Rs 25 lakh proposal to the Government. A decision to this effect was taken at the special emergency meeting organised here on Thursday. The meeting was held to prepare the …
A NET deficit of 5,234 cusecs of water is preventing J&K; from irrigating vast swaths of the land that could grow paddy and wheat. Jammu is falling short by 23% of its irrigation water requirements while Kashmir is reeling with a shortage of 32%. Water shortage is one of the …
Water shortages present the greatest future threat to the viability of Pakistan as a state and a society, warns a new book on Pakistan. Author Michael Kugelman argues that
Ranchi, Aug. 20: A suddenly benevolent rain god may not be able to undo the damage done by the drought devil. Though the capital and several parts of the state witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours and there is forecast for more, the state is staring …
T. Ramakrishnan Rs.70 crore sought for relief measures EMPTY POTS: Vellore, one of the districts facing acute drinking water shortage, has been allocated Rs.5 crore by the State government to tide over the problem. CHENNAI: About 3,300 rural habitations in the State require relief measures for drinking water supply in …
Citizens staged a dharna in front of the Town Municipal Council, urging for the authorities concerned to solve the drinking water problem prevailing in Malur town, in Malur on Wednesday. The residents of Hanumanthnagar, Maruthi Layout, Mutton Market, A D Colony and Bhovi Colony took part in the protest. They …
The Andhra Pradesh Government should make efforts in right earnest to take up drought relief measures in the State, as the situation is getting worse by the day, said Dr Y. Sivaji, a former member of the Rajya Sabha and also the honorary president of the AP Tobacco Growers
Lawyers for New York City are trying to convince a jury in a federal trial that Exxon Mobil knew that an additive that it used in gasoline would contaminate groundwater. The trial, which began on Tuesday before Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of United States District Court in Manhattan, is one …
Aug. 6: The lack of rainfall during monsoon has severely affected drinking water supply in several parts of the state. In Anantapur, an acute drinking water crisis has hit the district after 20 years. Some colonies have not got water for a month. Some areas are getting water through tankers …
Gandhinagar : While the monsoon is on a break, the good news for the state is that dams have 43.04 per cent water. What's worrying the government though is that dams in north Gujarat have just 24 per cent. Official data reveals that the situation is very alarming in Banaskantha …
Aug. 1: For the first time in the last five years, a majority of municipalities in the state are facing severe drinking water scarcity. Only 130 out of 1,128 mandals in the state have received normal rainfall during this monsoon season signalling the onset of a major drought. The Chief …
Federal Government is preparing a plan to minimise the adverse impact of climate change on livestock. The plan will focus on provision of shading, improved airflow, reduced crowding, alerted diets and provision for ensuring animal health. According to official sources of Planning Commission, a new national forestry policy with institutional …
The water supply project for converting and purifying saline water into pure drinking water was inaugurated and the Ambatale water supply project was developed with the funds obtained from the Government of Spain by Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, the then Minister of Water supply. Euro 13 million was obtained by the …
Talgarh (Samba): His wedding was cancelled twice after his would be in-laws came to know that the village where he lives has no source of potable water. Though Rakesh Kumar was lucky that third time he got married, but there are many others like him in this village who were …
After a delayed monsoon, showers are here but the rainwater is literally going down the drain. Reason: Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) system is still an emerging trend in the city. Housing societies like ISRO Colony in Vikram Nagar and Shiromani Apartments on Satellite Road are among the rare ones where …
Most of tube wells in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh district are not pumping waters even Monsoon and the people of upazila have been suffering from shortage drinking waters as the deep tube wells and shallow tube wells, which were used for irrigation waters during Boro season but now not pumping …
Flash flood triggered by incessant rain and unusual tidal surge has inundated vast areas of 30 villages in four unions of Dacop and Koira upazilas damaging houses and paralyzing life. Sources today said 17 villages under Sutirkha and Kamarkhola unions of Dacop upazila went under water as the embankment breached …
Americans can save some of the 225 billion gallons of water (852 billion liters) wasted each year through over-watering by installing smart systems which deliver just the right amount of moisture. Homeowners and companies over-water their grass and plants by between 30 and 300 percent, said Chris Spain, chief sustainability …
Poultry farms of Sindh are running short of water due to the continued power outages, which has increased the risk of deaths of poultry birds and chicks in thousands. Spokesman of Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) Abdul Maroof Siddiqui told Business Recorder on Tuesday that the monsoon torrential rain has also …
Laxmi Khapangi in Patan Dhoka has to stand in a queue for hours at the nearby stone spouts for drinking water, as she doesn't get enough water at home. Sita Ghimire of Kupondol faces the same problem, and says she gets water only about once a week.
