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Tensions escalate between Pakistan's Punjab, Sindh provinces over water sh
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Acute water shortage along with a searing heatwave have sparked tensions between Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan over their share of the nation's water resources.
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Villagers dig pits in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district to get water
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandrapur (Maharashtra) [India], April 14 (ANI): Water crisis in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district has pushed villagers into a distressful situation during the peak summer months.
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Pakistan: 4 dead in Balochistan cholera outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 13 (ANI): Four people, including a toddler, have died in a cholera outbreak at Dera Bugti's Pirkoh Tehsil of Balochistan as Pakistan deals with an acute water crisis, including unavailability of clean drinking water.
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Pakistan: Sindh, Punjab province squabble over water distribution
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 13 (ANI): Heated arguments broke out between Indus River System Authority (IRSA) members of Sindh and Punjab provinces over water distribution arrangement.
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Pakistan: Sindh, South Punjab face serious water scarcity
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh and South Punjab are facing serious water scarcity that is affecting humans, agriculture, and livestock, media reports said, adding that people have complained about unequal distribution of water resources in the country.
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Pakistan: Electricity shortfall forces KE to increase power cut duration
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KE) in Pakistan has extended the duration of power cuts across several regions in Pakistan, following a major electricity shortfall that has reached 300 to 400mws, Ary News reported.
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Sindh will not accept any cut in its water share amid acute crisis: Minist
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The ongoing shortage of irrigation water posed a grave threat to the agricultural economy of Sindh province.
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Pakistan: Thatta people protest against water scarcity, blocks National Hi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Thatta [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): People of Thatta, a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh, staged a sit-in protest on Thursday, blocking the National Highway on account of the acute water shortage in the Sindh province.
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Sindh facing acute water crisis, asks Pak govt's help
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Noting the acute water shortage in Pakistan, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has made an appeal to the federal government on Thursday to address the water crisis in Sindh and provide water to the province.
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'Water crisis' forcing women to leave their in-laws house in Nasik village
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken a sou motu cognizance of media reports claiming that newly married brides unable to cope with the extreme situation of water shortage are leaving their in-laws' houses in Dandichi Bari village of Nasik district in
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Pakistan likely to face acute water shortage within three years
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Of all the crises confronting Pakistan today, water scarcity is the least talked about but most challenging for a country where over 30 million citizens have no access to clean drinking water. In three years, Pakistan will be staring at acute water scarcity
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Pakistan faces water crisis, sowing of Kharif crops likely to be affected
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): The imminent water crisis in Pakistan has turned worse as the total number of river supplies has taken a great plunge to 97,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) on Saturday.
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