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Plunge in per capita water availability raises concerns across Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan needs to make great changes in its water management policy as the per capita water availability has dropped down from 5650 cubic meters to 900 cubic meters per annum, as per reports.
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Report cites improvement in India's educational, household conditions
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): India's educational and household conditions have improved due to the targeted efforts of the government through several social protection schemes, especially in the areas of water availability and sanitation, the State of Inequality in India Report revealed
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Mullaperiyar dam water release: AIADMK to protest against DMK govt on Nov
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 2 (ANI): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Tuesday announced it will hold a protest on November 9 demanding an increase in water availability at the Mullaperiyar dam.
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China's hydroelectric dams on River Mekong leaving region dry, livelihoods
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 14 (ANI): China's construction of large hydropower dams along the River Mekong is causing problems downriver, leaving the region dry having devastating impacts on water availability and the fertile soil that feeds hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asia.
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Pakistan's per capita water availability reduces by 400 pc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): Pakistan's per capita water availability has declined by 400 per cent from 5,600 cubic metres in 1947 to around 1,038 cubic metres in 2021, said Parliamentary Secretary National Health Services Dr Nausheen Hamid on Monday.
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Javadekar urges agriculture sector to save water amid declining availabili
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Raising concerns over the declining water availability in the country, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Friday called on the Agriculture sector to conserve water as it is consuming nearly 85 per cent of the availab
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Dams along Mekong by China threatening farmers and fish in Southeast Asia:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], April 8 (ANI): China's construction of large hydropower dams along the river to feed country's growing energy needs is causing problems downriver -- having devastating impacts on water availability and the fertile soil that feeds hundreds of millions of people in South
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All-party meet convened by Amarinder Singh passes resolution on Punjab's w
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] Jan 23 (ANI): An all-party meeting chaired by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday demanded reassessment of the state's water availability and unanimously resolved that the Central government should ensure that Punjab river water will not be transfer
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Not just Chennai and Bangalore will become Cape Town, but majority of popu
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Expressing concern over the depletion of water, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has stated that if water availability continues to decline with same pace and per capita, not just Chennai and Bangalore "will become Cape Town" but a majority
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