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WB: No school, water or healthcare facilities, but villagers say will vote
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): On the route to the hills of Bhutan and two kilometers away from the bank of Jayanti river is the village of Bhutia Basti, which was settled during the British period.
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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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Hathras: 50 Youngsters to auction themselves on R-day to protest against w
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Fifty young people in Nagla Maya village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district have, in a desperate measure, proposed to auction themselves to raise money to provide for drinking water in their village.
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Amethi: Farmers face urea problem, complain of scarcity
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Farmers in Amethi are facing a shortage of urea and have complained of shortage in supply and long queues outside supply centers.
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Centre trying to create artificial scarcity of urea in Congress-ruled stat
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): The central government is trying to create an artificial scarcity of urea in Congress-ruled states, alleged senior party leader Ahmed Patel on Sunday.
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200 talukas facing drought-like conditions: Maharashtra CM
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra), Oct 9 (ANI): A total of 200 talukas in the state of Maharashtra have been identified as scarcity-like conditions, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday.
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UP: Students develop water-saving 'smart washbasin'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 26 (ANI): In a country where most cities are facing a major water crisis, students of a private engineering college here have designed a 'smart washbasin' that can help to conserve water.
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Shimla residents protest against water scarcity
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 1 (ANI): Residents of Shimla blocked roads on Thursday as the Himachal Pradesh capital continued to battle an acute drinking water shortage for the tenth day.
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Water scarcity in MP village forces locals to collect water from temple
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Katni (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 28 (ANI): Due to the problem of water scarcity in the Madhya Pradesh's Katni district, the locals have to collect water coming down from a temple in the mountains.
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Water scarcity in MP village forces girls to walk 4 km for toilet
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): Due to the problem of water scarcity in the Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, the girls of government hostel have to travel four kilometers daily to use the toilet.
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BJP leader washes hands off water scarcity in MP
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) [India] Apr. 21 (ANI): Amid the rampant water crisis in various pockets of Madhya Pradesh, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Sagar opined that waiting for a few more months for the problem to be resolved was "no big deal."
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