Search For "water crisis"
Pakistan water crisis: Balochistan warns it will cut off supply to Karachi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water crisis in Pakistan, Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani said the province would cut off the water supply to Karachi from Hub Dam if Sindh didn't stop plundering the province's share of water.
Read More
Pak govt, Sindh clash over allocation of funds for development schemes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): While the row over water shortage is yet to die down between the Pakistan government and Sindh, the latter on Sunday picked a fight with the former accusing that it has ignored the province in the allocation of funds for launching development schemes.
Read More
Pakistan's Punjab cabinet rejects Sindh's water stance
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab cabinet has expressed its concern over the irresponsible behaviour of the Sindh government for the sake of point-scoring on water issue.
Read More
Pakistan's Cholistan region protest for release of water in canals
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rahim Yar Khan [Pakistan], June 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Cholistan region (desert) on Tuesday protested for release of water in canals as they had been facing an acute water shortage for the last two months and were forced to drink brackish subsoil water.
Read More
Pakistan: Sindh govt accuses Imran Khan's PTI of stealing province's water
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): Amid the water crisis in Pakistan's Sindh province, the Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Sindh President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro called a meeting of the provincial executive committee to decide on a plan of action against the injustice being meted out by the Indus
Read More
Pakistan's Sindh, Punjab tiff over water-sharing
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): The ongoing tug of war between the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) members from Pakistan's Sindh and Punjab over water distribution has touched a new low over the opening of TP link canal from the Indus at a time when the low riparian federating uni
Read More
NTPC Mouda's river rejuvenation project helps over 150 villages overcome w
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], May 22 (ANI): NTPC, Central Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Power in Mouda, Maharashtra has helped over 150 villages in and around its operational area to overcome water crisis through ground water rejuvenation project, the Power Ministry said on Sat
Read More
Centre releases Rs. 5,968 crore to 15 States under Jal Jeevan Mission for
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Government of India has released Rs 5,968 Crore to 15 States for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the financial year 2021-22. This is the first tranche of the four to be released in this financial year. Other 17 States/ Union Territories (UTs)
Read More
Odisha's Mayurbhanj district witnessing water crisis, locals travel 2 km t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], April 19 (ANI): Fourteen blocks in Baripada division of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district is witnessing acute water crisis as locals have to travel at least two kilometres to fetch drinking water.
Read More
Water crisis looms large in Pak, may face absolute scarcity by 2040
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 22 (ANI): Amid the rising population and climate change, the availability of fresh water is becoming worrisome in South Asia, particularly in Pakistan, which may face absolute water scarcity by 2040.
Read More
Villages in Purulia continue to reel under water shortage, complaints go u
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Purulia (West Bengal) [India], March 18 (ANI): Water scarcity is a regular problem in villages of Purulia district of West Bengal namely Chayanpur, Lalbazar, Mohoda, Jolduar Golamara, and Bagra.
Read More
Delhi will face water crisis if Centre closes Nangal Hydel channel, says R
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), February 25 (ANI): Delhi Jal Board chairman Raghav Chadha on Thursday said that the national capital will face a water crisis if the Central government stops the water flow by closing the Nangal Hydel channel.
Read More