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 measures and saving water ...
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Water Scarcity
Water Scarcity
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 of five die from diarrhea caused due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene services ...
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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 is less than five per cent ...
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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 them ...
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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, especially women as they have specific hygiene needs during menstruation and pregnancy ...
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Meet 84-year-old Aabid Surti who on every Sunday goes door to door to fix leakages and save water ...
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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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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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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 every time they need to fetch water from the mountains ...
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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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The exhibition displays the current reality of water - crises and the solutions through the lens of visual narratives captured by seven amateur documentary photographers under the guidance of a mentor panel ...
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The number of people living in water scarce areas is expected to go up to five billion by 2050, states the report titled "Beneath the Surface: The State of the World's Water 2019", released by WaterAid to mark World Water Day ...
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