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K'taka: DK Shivakumar offers special prayers for rain
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Sringeri (Karnataka) [India], June 6 (ANI): Karnataka water resources minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar held a Parjanya homa (pooja) at Sri Rishya Shringeshwara temple Chikkamagaluru praying for rain on Thursday.
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Residents of Rajasthan's Banswara facing acute water crisis
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Banswara (Rajasthan) [India], June 5 (ANI): The heatwave, which has gripped Rajasthan for a couple of days, is adversely affecting the daily lives of people in Banswara district.
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MP: With Bhojtal on the verge of drying up, mayor demands all-party meet
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 4 (ANI): With the water level in city's Bhojtal inching closer to dead storage level, city Mayor Anand Sharma has demanded an all-party meeting to be convened over the looming water crisis.
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Water crisis turns alarming in Rajasthan village
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], June 3 (ANI): People of a village near Jodhpur have been facing water crisis as the pond from which they used to fetch water dried out. The villagers are left with no choice but to collect water from the dry pond by digging in the mud.
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UP: Water crisis looms large in Shankargarh town
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 1 (ANI): There seems to be no end to the drinking water crisis in Room Village of Shankargarh. The daily wage labourers residing in the area are digging shallow wells in their premises for groundwater rejuvenation.
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Karnataka: Shivmogga city faces water crisis as Tungda dam reaches dead st
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Shivmogga (Karnataka) [India], Jun 1 (ANI): With Tunga dam which provides water to Shivamogga city reaching a dead-storage level, the city may likely face acute water shortage in the near future, officials said.
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Maharashtra: Water cards issued to villagers to curb water shortage
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chincholi (Maharashtra) [India], May 30 (ANI): Amidst acute water crisis in Chincholi area, the panchayat authorities on Thursday issued water cards among the villagers to curb the water shortage.
Maharashtra heat: Mercury touches 48 degree Celsius in Chandrapur
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Mercury soared high in isolated parts of Maharashtra as a heat wave gripped the region leading to a water crisis and also affecting crops.
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With summer setting in, water crisis hits Agra
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): From the past few weeks, dozens of localities in Agra are facing acute water shortage. The situation is likely to worsen as there is not enough water in the storage tanks. Besides, the shortage of private water tankers has added to the woes of resi
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Mehboob Nagar reeling under water crisis, residents irked by contaminated
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], May 28 (ANI): With mercury on the rise across the nation, residents of Mehboob Nagar here are facing hardships due to water shortage in the area.
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Marathwada: Fed up of prolonged water crisis villagers threaten mass suici
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Marathwada (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): It has been over a month since people from 70 villages in the Marathwada region, which is marred by severe drought for the tenth consecutive year, have been protesting against the government for not releasing water from the Jayakwadi dam to the
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Chhattisgarh's Raipur facing water crisis; people travel far to fulfill da
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) (India), May 28 (ANI): With temperatures constantly on the rise, parts of the state's capital are facing water crisis and people living in such areas are bound to travel far or wait in long queues to fulfill their daily water needs.
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