Tag: water crisis
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Kurseong welcomes rains; hopes for water crisis to ease
It’s a mixture of happiness and hope. People living in and around Kurseong are glad that Mother Nature has been so kind this year to send rains that have been lashing the area almost every day. On the other hand, as the welcome showers drench the area for the past 11 days, people hope that …
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April 20, 2018 -
Acute water crisis hits Jagatsinghpur dist
Acute water scarcity in coastal villages of Kujang , Erasama and Balikuda areas has made life miserable for people. The acute water scarcity hits villages~ Borikina, Rahan, Titira, Khalgaon,Opandara, Osakan, Marichpur, Talgaon, Badadia,Balabhadrapur, Kusupur, Bandar, Anantpur, Naharana, Dasbatia, Tertang, Olavar, Allikana,Dua, Ambasala, Apandara, Nenedra, Nanadabedi, Amarpal of Balikuda block and Bhajakhia, Patua, Suakunda, Ghasua, Patharkanda, …
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April 18, 2018 -
Collecting water during summer becomes life threatening
For the people of Sanguduchi bhata which is precisely four km from Khaprakhol block, collecting water in summer becomes a matter of life and death. They are to be experts in the act of balancing on a plank laid across a 30 ft well to fetch a bucket of water. The expert balancing act is …
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April 17, 2018 -
BJP MLAs demand discussion on water crisis, Gupta marshalled out of House
Opposition leader Vijender Gupta was marshalled out of Delhi Assembly on Monday while three other BJP legislators staged a walkout to register their protest after their request for a discussion on “water crisis” in the city was turned down. As the House proceedings began, Opposition members showed bottles of contaminated water allegedly being supplied in …
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April 10, 2018 -
Paradip residents deprived of drinking water for past 20 days
Erratic and non-supply of drinking water to residents of the port town here has caused a crisis with residents alleging that over the last 20 days the concerned authorities have been taking the plea of ‘ongoing maintenance work’. With every passing day, drinking water scarcity is more acute in, the thickly populated residential colonies in …
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March 27, 2018 -
Years of hue and cry fails to ease Kurseong water crisis
Years of media reports and photos drawing the attention of the authorities concerned, years of complaints and protests from locals and years of memorandums and requests, all have fallen on deaf ears. And despite all this, the acute water problems in Kurseong town have been back to haunt residents every year, while it is no …
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February 14, 2018 -
Gujarat staring at water crisis this summer
Gujarat is staring at an acute water crisis this summer apparently due to its over-dependence on the Narmada Dam to meet all its requirements. Gujarat chief secretary J N Singh recently announced that due to less water available in the Narmada, they will not be able to provide water to industries, and they have asked …
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January 28, 2018 -
Bruno Mars to donate $1 mn to ease Flint water crisis
Singer Bruno Mars says he will be donating $1 million from his Michigan concert to aid those affected by the Flint water crisis. Mars on Saturday told the audience at his show at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan, that he and tour promoter Live Nation would be redirecting funds from the concert to the …
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August 14, 2017 -
People suffer, cows die thirsty in parched land
Among the various regions affected most by drinking water scarcity in India, the name of Bundelkhand has been mentioned frequently. This region is spread over 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in central India. A recent visit to several remote villages of three districts of this region at the peak of the scorching …
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June 6, 2017 -
Challenge of reviving Indias great rivers
India is experiencing an acute water crisis. Over the last two decades, this crisis has caused widespread agrarian distress, disrupted the rural economy, and rendered countless farmers distraught, leading a number into suicide. The water crisis has its roots in extensive deforestation, proliferation of bore wells, rampant urbanisation, and unplanned development, which has wreaked havoc …
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April 16, 2017 -
Punjab villages facing acute drinking water shortage
More than 600 villages in Punjab are reeling under acute drinking water crisis for the third consecutive week as their local bodies have failed to clear power supply dues to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL). The PSPCL officials said that they had to collect a whooping sum of Rs.235 crore from the local …
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March 16, 2017