All posts tagged "Water Scarcity"
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News4 years agoAAP Government Seeks To Make Delhi Self-Sufficient In Water
To recharge the groundwater, the Delhi government last year approved a proposal to rejuvenate 159 water-bodies across the city besides creating two mega lakes at Nilothi...
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News4 years ago
The Waterman Of India, Rajendra Singh, Says ‘Water Literacy’ Is Need Of The Hour As Country Faces Water Crisis
As India faces major water shortage, experts highlight that lack of mindful usage and mismanagement of water sources have resulted in the current crisis situation in...
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News4 years ago
Water Scarcity: Tamil Nadu’s Automobile Manufacturers Focus On Water Conservation
From installing rainwater harvesting system, to promoting dry-washing of cars and generating awareness about water crisis, automobile firms in Tamil Nadu are taking up water conservation...
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News4 years ago
More Than 2 Billion People Globally Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water, Finds A United Nations Report
The report titled 'Progress on drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene, 2000-2017: Special focus on inequalities' reveals that every year, around 2.97 lakh children under the age...
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News4 years ago
Government Sets Target Of Providing Clean Drinking Water To All By 2024
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat stated that in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha, the coverage of clean drinking water...
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News4 years ago
Water Crisis Returns To Haunt Maharashtra’s Latur, As They Get Water Tanker Once In 15 Days
Latur’s deputy sarpanch claims that the administration provides 250 litres of water to each family in the village for a month, which is not sufficient for...
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Delhi4 years ago
National Commission For Women Writes To Delhi Government Over Water Scarcity In The South Delhi Area
The National Commission for Women asserts that the access to safe drinking water is an integral part of every human being’s right to live with dignity,...
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Maharashtra4 years ago
This 84-year-old Artist And Water Warrior Has Single-Handedly Saved 20 Million Litres Of Water In Last 12 Years
Meet 84-year-old Aabid Surti who on every Sunday goes door to door to fix leakages and save water
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Gujarat4 years ago
Women In Gujarat’s Villages Walk For Kilometres To Access Drinking Water As The State Observes Major Water Crisis
Gujarat is facing a major water crisis as the state government declares drought in 51 talukas in 16 districts in December, 2018
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News4 years ago
Elections 2019: Amid The Voting Season, Agra Struggles With Water Woes
Struggling due to water shortage in many localities in Agra, the citizens say that ‘water scarcity’ must become an agenda in the ongoing general elections
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Assam4 years ago
A Battle For Survival: To Quench Thirst, Residents Of This Assam Village Collect Water Dripping From Mountains
People living in Semkhor village of Assam have been struggling to access safe water for decades resulting in them having to walk for over a kilometre...
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News4 years ago
Usable Groundwater Rapidly Depleting In North, East India: IIT Study
The IIT estimate shows rapid depletion of usable ground water storage in Assam, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal
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