'Don't know how we'll manage': Facing drought, villagers in Maharashtra's Marathwada left scrounging for water
6 years, 4 months ago

'Don't know how we'll manage': Facing drought, villagers in Maharashtra's Marathwada left scrounging for water

Firstpost  

“I have to keep requesting farmers whose borewells have water to give me a few buckets,” said Shivaji Mamdage, a senior from Mamdapur Patoda village in Beed district, describing his daily struggle for water. “Grampanchayat manages to avail water once every 3 to 4 days by taking water from borewells from farmers willing to give us water,” said Savita Deshmukh, deputy sarapanch, Patoda Mamdapur in Beed district. I have to carry those five buckets home, which is half a kilometre away.” Saraswati Salunke from Latur taluka’s Akahrwai village said, “We have to manage drinking, cooking and daily affairs with five buckets of water. He said, “Two hundred and eighty four water tankers are providing water to 227 villages in five districts.” In Beed and Aurangabad, 1,376 and 1,372 villages have been declared severely drought-affected

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91 Yadgir villages may face drinking water scarcity during summer months
1 week, 4 days ago

91 Yadgir villages may face drinking water scarcity during summer months

The Hindu  

Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Panchayat Lavish Ordia has said that it is estimated that 91 villages in the district may face drinking water scarcity for the next two-and-a-half months. Addressing presspersons in Yadgir on Wednesday, he said that the zilla panchayat is prepared to providing drinking water to problematic villages through tankers and from rented borewells. Mr. Ordia said …

Water shortage likely in 78 villages in Dharwad district during summer
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Water shortage likely in 78 villages in Dharwad district during summer

The Hindu  

Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Divya Prabhu G.R.J. has said that based on past data, 78 villages in the district have been identified as prone to drinking water crisis during the summer and already, officials have been directed to take the requisite precautionary measures. Chairing a review meeting in Dharwad on Monday, she said that additionally, all taluk panchayat offices and …

Kalaburagi officials asked to find permanent solution to drinking water scarcity
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Kalaburagi officials asked to find permanent solution to drinking water scarcity

The Hindu  

Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge has directed officials to convene taluk-level meetings and to prepare a comprehensive plan to permanently address drinking water scarcity in urban and rural areas of the district. He also instructed officials to utilise the funds available in the Personal Deposit account of the district administration for mitigating the drinking water problem …

Visakhapatnam: Villagers from hilltop tribal hamlet stage protest for drinking water
1 month ago

Visakhapatnam: Villagers from hilltop tribal hamlet stage protest for drinking water

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: After being deprived of access to clean drinking water facility for long, members of the Kondadora tribe comprising 40 families and 180 individuals, residing at Buriga village, in Alluri Sitarama Raju district of Ananthagiri Mandal — staged a protest, keeping empty vessels on their head. The protesting villagers were demanding clean drinking water facility. Several villagers, including Somula Chandramma, …

Acute water shortage hits people in tribal areas
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1 month ago

Acute water shortage hits people in tribal areas

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: It is early summer, but people in tribal areas have already started trekking long distances daily to fetch drinking water. Kumra Nagorao of Dodanda village in Narnoor mandal said people were facing drinking water problems and going long distances to collect water from borewells which are on the verge of drying up due to falling groundwater tables. People of …

Tribals in Hilly Areas Start Facing Waters Woes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tribals in Hilly Areas Start Facing Waters Woes

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Residents in tribal and hilly areas are facing drinking water shortages well before summer’s peak, with concerns that the crisis could worsen by March. Locals in Gadiguda, Narnoor, Utnoor, Adilabad Rural, and Indravelli mandals report that borewells are drying up as soaring temperatures lower the groundwater table, threatening water availability. In interior villages of Wankidi mandal, as well as …

State govt. defends decision to supply Ghataprabha water to Dharwad
2 months ago

State govt. defends decision to supply Ghataprabha water to Dharwad

The Hindu  

The State government has defended its decision to divert Ghataprabha river water from Belagavi district to industries in Dharwad. Kannada organisations and farmers associations had taken strong objection to the work of digging channels and laying pipes between Hidkal and Dharwad saying that the government is planning to divert over 5 tmcft of water from the dam per day. Patil …

Many Areas Face Water Supply Issues in Hyderabad
3 months ago

Many Areas Face Water Supply Issues in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Residents in several parts of Hyderabad are struggling with a lack of water supply, even during winter. We face water cuts at least two to three times every month — often without any prior notice from the authorities,” said Srinivasa Rao, a resident. Another resident, Chaitanya, questioned, “We get water tankers from HMWSSB, but how come we don’t get …

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The project ayacut farmers would get water supply for both the crop seasons this year as irrigation projects were bemiring with water, said minister for revenue and housing Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday while releasing water to the left main canal from Palair reservoir at Kusumanchi in Khammam district. The minister informed that the irrigation tanks in Palaiar constituency …

150 million rural homes connected to tap water supply, West Bengal, Rajasthan lag
7 months, 3 weeks ago

150 million rural homes connected to tap water supply, West Bengal, Rajasthan lag

Live Mint  

New Delhi: About 150 million of the country's 193 million rural households are connected to tap water supply, according to data from the Union ministry of jal shakti. "At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, 32.3 million rural households were reported to have tap water connections. Thus, as on 25.07.2024, out of 193.2 million rural households in the …

Tribals forced to walk 2 Km to fetch water from well in Andhra Pradesh
9 months ago

Tribals forced to walk 2 Km to fetch water from well in Andhra Pradesh

New Indian Express  

PARVATHIPURAM-MANYAM : Amid a water crisis in the area, tribals of Dandu Suraguda village in Kurupam Mandal have been walking 2 km to fetch water from a temporary well dug in the district. Despite having four borewells, dwindling groundwater levels have forced the tribals to embark on a journey carrying vessels filled with water, mostly murky, resulting in fatigue and …

Haryana: Villages in Bhiwani, Hisar grapple with water shortage
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana: Villages in Bhiwani, Hisar grapple with water shortage

Hindustan Times  

With the state reeling under blistering heat, many villages in Haryana’s Bhiwani and Hisar are reporting acute water shortage. In Barwa village of Bhiwani, the panchayat has decided to bring water tankers and supply the same to households according to their need. Ramandeep Singh, a resident of Kirtan village in Hisar, said that the main concern of the people is …

Parched Maharashtra: 10,767 habitats depend upon tankers for water
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Parched Maharashtra: 10,767 habitats depend upon tankers for water

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Although the weather bureau’s prediction of a good monsoon has offered some relief to the state government, it still has ample cause for worry. The water crisis in most of parts of Maharashtra has worsened, with 10,767 habitats, comprising villages and hamlets in 25 districts, dependent upon tankers for potable water. As the situation becomes grimmer, 56 villages and …

Farmers in India are weary of politicians’ lackluster response to their climate-driven water crisis
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers in India are weary of politicians’ lackluster response to their climate-driven water crisis

Associated Press  

BEED, India — On a stifling hot day this May, farm worker Shobha Londhe is reminded of the desperate conditions that led her husband to take his own life. Shobha Londhe, widow of farmer Tatya, who killed himself, pours water on her cow to cool the animal on a hot summer’s day outside her house, in Talegaon village, Beed district, …

As dams, wells dry up in Beed, monsoon is still a long five weeks away
10 months, 1 week ago

As dams, wells dry up in Beed, monsoon is still a long five weeks away

Hindustan Times  

Beed: Shabbir Sayyad, a resident of Dahiwandi in Shirur tehsil of Beed district, bagged the Padma Shri in 2018 for protecting cows and other bovine animals for more than three decades at his house. Villagers say tanker water cannot be used for drinking The Sayyads are not alone in Beed district struggling to get water for drinking, washing and bathing. …

After protest, TWAD arranges water to Jadayampalayam people in Coimbatore
10 months, 2 weeks ago

After protest, TWAD arranges water to Jadayampalayam people in Coimbatore

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Two days after residents of Jadayampalayam near Mettupalayam staged a protest condemning stoppage of drinking water supply, TWAD board officials on Thursday said steps have been taken to supply water to them. Around 0.2 MLD of water is supplied under the 299 residential areas combined water scheme and 0.874 MLD of water 114 rural areas combined water scheme. However, …

Under a dry spell
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Under a dry spell

The Hindu  

Covering her face with the ends of her blue saree, 65-year-old Chilaka Bhukya Bhai steps out of her home on a sweltering Monday morning, a walking stick in one hand and a large steel pot in another. A former sarpanch of the village, Bareddy Venkateswara Reddy, 57, who earned national recognition for promoting the theme of ‘Water sufficiency and clean …

Karnataka Water Crisis: 105 villages in Mysuru district likely to face water scarcity in next 2 months
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka Water Crisis: 105 villages in Mysuru district likely to face water scarcity in next 2 months

The Hindu  

The Mysuru Zilla Panchayat took stock of possible water scarcity in the district due to depleting water levels in reservoirs and plummeting groundwater table coupled with heat wave conditions. Gayatri said that 105 villages in the district have been flagged as likely to face drinking water scarcity over the next two months. While thrust is on ensuring drinking water, officials …

Half of urban local bodies facing water shortage in Andhra Pradesh
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Half of urban local bodies facing water shortage in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

More than half of the urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh have been facing water scarcity during the ongoing summer, and at least seven municipalities are facing an acute shortage. Jawahar Reddy, Lathkar Shrikesh Balajirao, Commissioner & Director, Municipal Administration, said, “There will be no water problem for 60 Urban Local Bodies in the summer, while available reserves will last …

Water woes in Kerala’s wetland
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Water woes in Kerala’s wetland

The Hindu  

A narrow, broken road runs alongside Nattuthodu, a canal clogged with water hyacinth and mucky water. In a hushed tone, she says, “If the supply does not arrive, we will run out of drinking water by the evening.” Shantha’s four-member family has been relying on private water supply for several years for drinking and cooking, whether in the rainy season …

It is March and drinking water woes loom large in four Urban Local Bodies in Andhra Pradesh
1 year ago

It is March and drinking water woes loom large in four Urban Local Bodies in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

It is March and drinking water crisis is looming large in several districts in Andhra Pradesh if the data revealed by the officials are any indication. The data suggest that residents of at least four Urban Local Bodies of Kadapa, Penugonda, Ongole and Hindupur are getting drinking water supply only once in three days. Water Resources Principal Secretary Shashibhushan Kumar …

Odisha: Residents cry for drinking water, stage road block
1 year ago

Odisha: Residents cry for drinking water, stage road block

New Indian Express  

KENDRAPARA: Residents of Bharatpur, Dianapatana, Jagannathpur and Mehinidipur villages under Kendrapara Sadar block took to the streets on Sunday demanding immediate supply of potable water. Accusing the administration of turning a blind eye to the drinking water crisis in the villages, the agitators including women and children blocked Kendrapara-Basapur road at Dianapatana with empty buckets for around three hours. As …

100 taluks in Karnataka hit by drinking water crisis, says Chief Minister
1 year ago

100 taluks in Karnataka hit by drinking water crisis, says Chief Minister

The Hindu  

Close to 100 taluks in Karnataka have been facing severe drinking water crisis and tankers have been pressed into service to supply water to residents. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday took stock of the situation in the State by holding a videoconference with Deputy Commissioners and Chief Executive Officers of ZPs and said 98 out of 236 taluks have been …

55-year-old digs well to provide water for Anganwadi kids
1 year, 1 month ago

55-year-old digs well to provide water for Anganwadi kids

Hindustan Times  

A 55-year-old woman from Ganesh Nagar in Sirsi, Uttara Kannada district, has taken it upon herself to dig a well to ensure a steady supply of water for the children attending the local Anganwadi. Gauri Nayka aims to complete the well within three months Gauri Nayka said she began the task of digging a 4-foot-wide well within the premises of …

Kannada-dominated Maha villages allege neglect in water supply
1 year, 2 months ago

Kannada-dominated Maha villages allege neglect in water supply

Hindustan Times  

Four more Kannada-populated villages have joined approximately 30 villages in south and east Maharashtra, appealing to the Karnataka government to supply water to them, people aware of the matter said, adding that they have even urged for merger with the southern state to overcome their woes. The four villages -- Gugawad, Basaragi, Sindur, and Umarani -- are in Jat taluk …

120 kms from Mumbai: Water dries up, anger boils over
1 year, 2 months ago

120 kms from Mumbai: Water dries up, anger boils over

Hindustan Times  

SHAHAPUR: Citizens from three drought hit villages of Shahapur taluka -- Fugale, Aghanwadi and Varaswadi -- in Thane district have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections next year. “We will not allow any election campaign in our villages till the time the government resolves the water crisis in our villages,” said Jeeva Bhala, sarpanch of Fugale. …

Minister reviews water shortage issues, implementation of drinking water schemes in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 5 months ago

Minister reviews water shortage issues, implementation of drinking water schemes in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

To quench the thirst of as many as 831 residential units in Radhapuram, Valliyoor, Nanguneri, Kalakkad, Palayamkottai, and Cheranmahadevi areas, a combined water supply scheme is being readied at an outlay of Rs 605.75 crore. "However, an idea of setting up desalination plants in the coastal areas, including Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, and Pudukottai, to supply drinking water during drought will be …

Agriculture, drinking water, health-related issues dominate quarterly KDP meeting
1 year, 8 months ago

Agriculture, drinking water, health-related issues dominate quarterly KDP meeting

The Hindu  

Issues related to agriculture, drinking water and health dominated the quarterly Karnataka Development Programme meeting in Yadgir on Monday. Drinking water Mr. Darshanapur and Mr. Kandkur and also Channareddy Patil Tunnur and Raja Venkatappa Naik, MLA of Yadgir and Shorapur, raised the issue of drinking water shortage. All MLAs including the Minister asked the officials of Karnataka Urban Drinking Water …

India can avoid 400k deaths if Jal Jeevan Mission meets target: WHO report
1 year, 9 months ago

India can avoid 400k deaths if Jal Jeevan Mission meets target: WHO report

Hindustan Times  

India can potentially prevent nearly 400,000 deaths from diarrhoea and save about 14 million DALYs from water-related ailments if it manages to achieve universal rural coverage under the Jal Jeevan Mission, a World Health Organization report commissioned by the government has predicted. The WHO analysis focused on diarrhoeal diseases as they account for a majority of water and sanitation-related disease …

Women, children trek miles in summer heat to get water near Mumbai
1 year, 10 months ago

Women, children trek miles in summer heat to get water near Mumbai

The Hindu  

Women and children in a hamlet near India's financial capital used buckets to draw water from a well before pouring it through strainers into vessels and other receptacles for the journey home. Even though their homes are not far from a dam that provides water to the metropolis, villagers say supplies run short from March to May every year, when …

Villagers pull up AP Speaker over drinking water
1 year, 11 months ago

Villagers pull up AP Speaker over drinking water

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Speaker Tammineni Sitaram went through a bitter experience on Saturday evening when a large number of people in Lakkapuram village under Burja mandal of his Amadalavalasa constituency pulled him up for lack of drinking water, power connections and deletion of names from the pensioners’ list. Sitaram had visited the village as a part of the “Gadapa Gadapaku Mana Prabhutvam.” …

Water shortage hits Adilabad district amid soaring temperatures
2 years, 1 month ago

Water shortage hits Adilabad district amid soaring temperatures

Deccan Chronicle  

GOTTIPATAR : Rural areas here have begun facing water scarcity much before the onset of summer. “We go and get water from the lone bore well a distance away to meet the family requirements every day.” She complained that Mission Bhagiratha water is being supplied very irregularly. “We use the Mission Bhagiratha water for washing clothes, bathing and other purposes …

7.81 crore new rural households got tap water connection since 2019: Govt
2 years, 1 month ago

7.81 crore new rural households got tap water connection since 2019: Govt

Live Mint  

More than 7.81 crore rural households have been provided tap water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission over last three years, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel said on Thursday. Cumulatively, a total of 11.05 crore households out of 19.36 crore households or 57% of all rural households now have tap water connection. In a written reply …

Use water sparingly: Mumbai civic body tells residents as supply to be hit for 28 hours
2 years, 1 month ago

Use water sparingly: Mumbai civic body tells residents as supply to be hit for 28 hours

India Today  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has asked Mumbai residents to use water judiciously as supply will be hit across the city over the next two days. Purushottam Malvade, chief water engineer of the water department of the municipal corporation, said that 25 per cent of water supply will be cut in some areas including Dadar and Mahim. Due to this work, …

Making every drop count: On the Jal Jeevan Mission
2 years, 5 months ago

Making every drop count: On the Jal Jeevan Mission

The Hindu  

One of the most significant commitments of the Narendra Modi government is to ensure piped water to every rural household by 2024. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, led by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, 10.2 crore rural households, or about 53% of the eligible population, now have tap water access. This, the Government claims, is a 37-percentage point …

Madhya Pradesh: Journey of potable tap water to every household in over 250 villages in Burhanpur
2 years, 6 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Journey of potable tap water to every household in over 250 villages in Burhanpur

Firstpost  

While as many as 111 districts across states have reported completion of targets, Burhanpur has been able to get it certified after people from all 254 villages passed a resolution in the Gram Sabha to certify that they have access to safe drinking water through taps New Delhi: Amid the pandemic, when local authorities began laying the groundwork for providing …

Water crisis: Some villages face severe water shortage, some receive it once in 3 days
2 years, 9 months ago

Water crisis: Some villages face severe water shortage, some receive it once in 3 days

India TV News  

Water Crisis : Several women of a village in the Nashik district of Maharashtra expressed their anger over the acute water crisis through protests. Similarly, a village in Mirzapur, situated on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, has also faced the issue of a water crisis for a long time. Severe water crisis for the last 50 years …

Shortage of water: the same old story of 27 villages in Kalyan, Dombivli
2 years, 10 months ago

Shortage of water: the same old story of 27 villages in Kalyan, Dombivli

Hindustan Times  

Forty-year-old Sunita Yadav, a resident of Kamani in Bhopar village, walks for more than half-a-kilometre to a well daily to fill water for her daily chores. People carrying pots of water on their heads, women walking long distances in search of water, water tankers supplying water and very low pressure on water taps are some of the regular problems the …

Maharashtra: Over 200 Wells Acquired to Deal with Water Scarcity in Marathwada
2 years, 10 months ago

Maharashtra: Over 200 Wells Acquired to Deal with Water Scarcity in Marathwada

News 18  

Over 200 wells have been acquired to address water scarcity in villages of Marathwada region and at least 13 tankers have been pressed into service to meet the demand, an official said on Thursday. According to the divisional commissioner’s office, the administration has acquired 253 wells and commenced tanker ferries this month to deal with water scarcity in the drought-prone …

Interior villages witnessing ‘water wars’ in erstwhile Adilabad district
2 years, 10 months ago

Interior villages witnessing ‘water wars’ in erstwhile Adilabad district

Deccan Chronicle  

DUBBAGUDA : It’s time for water wars in villages. Tekam Laxmi Bai of Molalgutta of Adilabad Rural mandal said the Mission Bhagiratha water is released once a week sometimes once in 15 days. She said some people of their neighbouring village Pothaguda had thrashed Namdev Pawar, operator of the Mission Bhagiratha tank, alleging that he was not releasing the water …

UP’s parched hamlet now dreams of running water
2 years, 11 months ago

UP’s parched hamlet now dreams of running water

Hindustan Times  

A little-known village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand, one of India’s driest and poorest regions, reveals an India that has all but disappeared. If the state’s deadline for the job is met, parched homes in this Bundelkhand region should get water by September 2022. At roughly 47%, India is nearly halfway through the ambitious programme – Jal Jeevan Mission – to …

Finding a way out of India’s deepening water stress
3 years, 4 months ago

Finding a way out of India’s deepening water stress

The Hindu  

The complexity and scale of the water crisis in India calls for a locus specific response, that can galvanise and integrate the ongoing work of different Ministries and Departments through new configurations. In urban areas, 50%-60% of the water supply is drawn from groundwater sources, whereas the remaining is sourced from surface water resources such as rivers, often located afar, …

The Indian women rappelling down a 60-foot well to find water
3 years, 6 months ago

The Indian women rappelling down a 60-foot well to find water

Al Jazeera  

During the summers, women in Maharashtra’s Nashik rappel down the well and spend hours waiting for water to seep into ditches at the bottom. For about five months of summer every year, women belonging to the Thakur caste, one of Maharashtra’s scheduled tribes that most people in the hamlet belong to, rappel down this well and spend hours waiting for …

Work in full swing, Bundelkhand villagers in Uttar Pradesh to get piped water in December
3 years, 7 months ago

Work in full swing, Bundelkhand villagers in Uttar Pradesh to get piped water in December

Hindustan Times  

The residents of Budhpura village, 30 kilometres south of Jhansi in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, are eagerly waiting for the supply of piped drinking water to their households. Water treatment plant constructed under Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal scheme for piped water supply at Budhpura village in Jhansi district in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. The …

All 39 Lakh Rural Households in Chhattisgarh to Have Tap Water Connection by 2023: CM Baghel
3 years, 8 months ago

All 39 Lakh Rural Households in Chhattisgarh to Have Tap Water Connection by 2023: CM Baghel

News 18  

All 39 lakh rural households in Chhattisgarh will have access to pure drinking water through tap connection by 2023, state Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Sunday. We have started a major campaign through 'Jal Jeevan Mission', under which pure drinking water will be supplied through tap connection to all 39 lakh rural households by the year 2023," the release …

Rural water supply wing sets record in Kadapa
3 years, 11 months ago

Rural water supply wing sets record in Kadapa

Deccan Chronicle  

KADAPA: The Kadapa district rural water supply department has set a record that is unprecedented. There has been no drinking water problem this year, thanks to the special initiatives taken up by the district administration, especially collector Chevuru Harikiran, who ensured that reservoirs were full, and appropriate management of water schemes in rural areas. Special attention is being paid in …

Drinking water problem in TS villages as groundwater dips following scanty rainfall
4 years ago

Drinking water problem in TS villages as groundwater dips following scanty rainfall

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The interior areas are faced with a serious drinking water problem this summer due to the rising temperatures. Women are trekking hills despite the summer heat to reach rivulets and streams on the other side to fetch drinking water. The drinking water problem is acute in tribal and other areas in Narnoor, Gadeguda, Sirpur, Tiryani and Lingapur mandals in …

4 crore rural households given water connections in last 1 and half years
4 years ago

4 crore rural households given water connections in last 1 and half years

Op India  

PM Narendra Modi’s ambitious scheme of providing piped water to every household in the country has started with a massive success, as it has exceeded its target so far since its launch in 2019. Out of 19.19 crore rural households in India, only 16.87% of households had tap water connections till August 15, 2019, since the time of independence. Concerned …

Rural women to help monitor tap water quality
4 years, 2 months ago

Rural women to help monitor tap water quality

Hindustan Times  

The Centre will train five women from each village to test the quality of water as part of the ambitious Jal Jeevan mission, which aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Shekhawat said on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in September 2019 …

Without clean water, fighting diseases is a pipe dream
5 years ago

Without clean water, fighting diseases is a pipe dream

Hindustan Times  

Today is World Water Day. Second, there’s an express need to invest more in water conservation efforts to ensure long-term availability of the resource, given its indiscriminate use and the larger context of the climate crisis. A 2017 World Bank report said about 160 million of the country’s 1.3 billion people don’t have access to clean water and that 21% …

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