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Arsenic polluted groundwater linked to cancer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Atlanta [US], May 1 (ANI): Due to consumption of contaminated drinking water, millions of people in Bihar, India are showing symptoms of arsenic poisoning.
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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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Adityanath directs Chief Secy to provide basic facilities to farmers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow [India], Mar.24 (ANI): Sticking to the BJP's electoral promise, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar to provide basic facilities including drinking water and shelter to the farmers of the state.
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Centre announces 'Har Ghar Jal' to accomplish mission of safe dr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.22 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday launched National Water Quality Sub Mission on Arsenic and Fluoride to provide safe drinking water to about 28,000 affected habitations in the country by March 2021, with an outlay of Rs 25,000 crore.
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Pak Senate told 84 pct population lacks access to safe drinking water
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): Pakistan's Senate has been told that 84 percent of the country's population does not have access to safe drinking water.
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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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Telangana to implement scheme ensuring drinking water to the villages
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan. 19 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday said that the state would soon implementing Mission Bhagiratha Scheme which will ensure steady supply drinking water to the villages.
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Telangana Govt. to provide drinking water facilities, build new drainage s
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec. 30 (ANI): Telangana Urban Development and Information Technology Minister K. T. Rama Rao on Friday said all households will be given drinking water connection under Bhagiratha mission initiated by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
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Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative to be launched today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 29 (ANI): Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative, aimed at strengthening health centres in open defecation-free blocks, will be launched today by the Union Health Ministry in collaboration with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Human Resource Development.
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What will happen if Tamil Nadu passes a different resolution on Cauvery wa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 24 (ANI): With a special session of the Karnataka state assembly yesterday passing a resolution asking the government to use Cauvery water only to meet the state's drinking water needs, Communist Party of India (CPI) national secretary D. Raja on Saturday said i
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Rs. 315 crore released for construction of toilets
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.23 (ANI): The Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Ministry has released an amount of Rs. 315 crore to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation for the implementation of Ganga action plan under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) during the
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Kamakhya temple clean-up initiative kicked off in Assam
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Sept. 21 (ANI): A formal launch of the Clean-Up action plan for Kamakhya Temple as a part of Swachh Bharat Mission was organized in Guwahati, Assam yesterday by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in association with the Government of Assam.
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