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Pak: Air quality in Islamabad declines amid lack of mitigation measures
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Moreover, the water bodies in and around the federal capital are facing contamination from multiple sources, including industrial discharges, agricultural runoff, and untreated domestic waste. This deterioration in water quality poses serious threats to both public health and aquatic life
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Indian embassy in Russia issues advisory, urges students to be careful whi
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Following incidents of drowning of students, the Indian Embassy in Russia issued an advisory on Friday, urging them to be extremely careful while going to water bodies.
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Assam government ensures water bodies' sustainability under Mission Amrit
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Assam Government recently notified the assignment of responsibilities for managing and maintaining the sarovars constructed under Mission Amrit Sarovar (Assam Model) under the Panchayat and Rural Development Department.
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Guwahati: Aaranyak's school awareness campaign aims to rejuvenate urban wa
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Northeast India's prominent research-based biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak is conducting a school awareness campaign on the need of cleaning, protecting, and conserving the degraded water bodies of the city of Guwahati.
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Assam: Strategic meeting unfolds 'Ten Cities Development Concept' in Guwah
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Participants expressed their views on proper urban planning, solid waste management, clean and regular water supply, public infrastructure, traffic management, street lights, and the implementation of green-blue elements such as open spaces, parks, and water bodies in these cities.
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Nepal observes Chhath as devotees continue fast, chant hymns throughout ni
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Devotees in Kathmandu thronged to nearby holy water bodies on Sunday evening, offering Arghya to Lord Sun as they prepared to stay awake for the whole night as the arduous fasting of Chhath entered the third day.
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PoK: Residents protest soaring electricity bills by symbolically throwing
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Demonstrating their frustration with the recurrent hikes in electricity prices, locals have resorted to symbolic acts of resistance, such as discarding their power bills into water bodies.
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PoK observes shutter-down strike against "sky-high power tariff"
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
During the strike, all the businesses remained closed and traffic crawled near Mangla Dam, one of the largest multipurpose water bodies used for irrigation and hydroelectric power in the country.
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Committed to India's water security - Water Conservation by The Art of Liv
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 7: India, a predominantly agricultural nation, has been facing its share of problems with lack of water, which hampers farming practices and affects people's daily needs. A country responsible for about one-fourth of the total groundwater extracted wor
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When farmers come forward to help Goa government get ready for rowing comp
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Despite Goa being rich in water bodies, rowing as a sport hasn't really taken root in this coastal state and the infrastructure for the sport was never created.
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"Disrupting water bodies non bailable offence": Kerala goes stringent on w
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Kerala Government decided to bring in two ordinances- the Kerala (Municipality) Amendment 2023 and the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 to achieve a goal of making the state solid waste free by 2024.
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UP: Yogi govt approves Water Tourism and Adventure Sports Policy 2023
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
This policy will be valid for 10 years and will be applicable to all inland land-based, air-based and water routes, dams, reservoirs, lakes, rivers, ponds and all adventure activities to be carried out on various water bodies and land parcels within the jurisdiction of the state in Uttar Pra
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