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AP govt inaugurates RO plants in kidney disease-affected areas
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): In a move to provide safe drinking water to the kidney disease-affected habitations, Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday inaugurated seven reverse osmosis (RO) plants in as many mandals of Uddanam area.
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A campaign to highlight the importance of drinking clean water
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 06 (NewsVoir): With India having the highest number of people in the world without access to safe drinking water (according to a study conducted by Wall Street Journal and Water Aid) Anjali Bhutani initiated a campaign titled H2OME to create a much-needed awareness
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Centre deplores UN Rapporteur's comments on Mahatma Gandhi, sanitation pro
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday deplored the insensitivity towards Mahatma Gandhi shown by Leo Heller, the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.
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2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as ma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland]/New York[United States], July 13 (ANI): Some three in ten people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF.
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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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Barmer gets largest 'Solar Run' community safe drinking water pl
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Cairn India under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) of Rajasthan announced establishing of clean water plants across Barmer District.
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