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Deprived of clean drinking water, North Bengal tea garden workers cry foul
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Apr 16 (ANI): "We experience a severe scarcity of drinking water here throughout the year. However, the problem intensifies during the summer. Most of the wells dry up and all the families here rely on nearby taps as the only water source. Vote or no vote,
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Songadh: Villagers near Ukai dam irked by water scarcity, unavailability o
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Songadh (Gujarat) [India], April 10 (ANI): With elections approaching and all political parties making big promises in their election manifestos, there exists a village in Songadh district where people still have to walk for kilometers to fetch clean drinking water.
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A dirty stream is the only source of water in this Assam village
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India] Apr 9 (ANI): It has been over 70 years of Independence, yet, locals in this Assam village lack a source of clean drinking water, forcing them to use water from a dirty stream in the village.
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No drinking water, no vote: Villagers caution in poll-bound MP
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): As the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are inching closer, residents in Damoh's Jabera are staging protests over the lack of clean drinking water in the village.
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'Swacch Dhara' programme flagged off in Amaravati
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sep 15 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu flagged off the 'Swachh Dhara' programme here on Friday, with an aim to provide clean drinking water across the state.
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Clean drinking water to all households by Diwali: Telangana CM
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday held a review meeting on Mission Bhagiratha and instructed the officials to make necessary arrangements for supplying clean drinking water to all the villages by August 15 and to all house
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Bihar to get world's cheapest clean drinking water
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], Jul 14 (ANI): With the launch of cost-effective innovative water project, Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking water in the world.
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UP's Shamli deprived of clean drinking water
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 29 (ANI): Due to the contaminated water of Shamli's Kairana Meat Plant, there is panic in the public with the wrath of Hepatitis C and cancer gripping people in the village.
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OPIC loan to expand access to clean water in India
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 26 (ANI): The U.S. government's development finance institution, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), on Monday, committed a USD 12.5 million (Rs. 80 crore) loan to a project that will expand access to affordable clean drinking water to millions of low and
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Bharat Jal launches its Maiden Water ATM's - India's gateway to clean drin
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI-NewsVoir): 'Clean Drinking Water' was declared as a Human Right by the UNO in the year 2010 and yet, the WHO lists it as one of the Top 10 Global Needs. Ironic as it may sound, getting access to clean drinking water in India is a privilege.
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Vikram Solar, Water-Gen collaborate to provide clean drinking water in Ind
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 30 (ANI): Leading Solar EPC player Vikram Solar Pvt. Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Israel's Water-Gen, a pioneer in air-to-water technology, to develop and introduce their path-breaking clean, hygienic drinking water solutions in the count
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What the! Clean drinking water can cause asthma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 18 (ANI): Clean drinking water for everyone is one major health goal for decades, in one a shocking revelation, a study warns that while it reduces chances of catching many deadly diseases, but it can increase the risk of childhood asthma.
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