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Pakistan among top ten countries facing severe water crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan is estimated to be in the top 10 list of the world's countries facing water scarcity, said Munir Akram, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) while emphasizing the water issues which plagues the country.
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'Water Woman' Shipra Pathalk pledges to plant 1 crore saplings on Internat
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI/SRV): With water scarcity becoming a grave issue over the last few decades, conservation of this valuable resource has become imperative for the survival of mankind.
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Double-engine BJP govts addressed Bundelkhand's problems of drought, migra
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 17 (ANI): Pitching government's bid to address the issue of perennial water scarcity in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Centre and state administration ar
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Protest against Chinese investment in Gwadar cast wider shadows in Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gwadar [Pakistan], January 3 (ANI): Despite lofty claims of Pakistan, the local residents of Gwadar have long complained that Chinese presence and investment in the area has done very little, if any to improve their lives, particularly with regards to water scarcity and jobs, according to Da
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UN agency warns of looming global water crisis
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN), warned on Tuesday that climate change increases the global risk of water-related hazards like floods and droughts, and the number of people affected
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Amid depleting groundwater table, Aquabrim is promoting water security acr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): It is common knowledge, taught to us since school days that water covers 70 per cent of our planet, and only three per cent out of it is fresh water and two-third of it is stored in glaciers. However, the struggles of over a billion people world
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Pakistan's per capita water availability reduces by 400 pc
Updated : 4 years, 8 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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Ground water level in Pakistan's Balochistan drops to alarming levels
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 26 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water crisis in Pakistan, Balochistan Governor Amanullah Khan Yasinzai pointed out that the ground water level in Balochistan has dropped to alarming levels, especially in the provincial capital Quetta.
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Majority of Delhi to face water scarcity because of Haryana, says Raghav C
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Delhi Jal Board Vice Chairman Raghav Chadha on Tuesday said south, north, central, and west Delhi are going to be hit by water scarcity as Haryana is not supplying sufficient water to the national capital.
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Parts of Odisha's Sambalpur city face acute water scarcity
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], April 5 (ANI): Various areas of Odisha's Sambalpur district are experiencing acute drinking water shortage in the past few days with rising temperature adding to the problems of the people.
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Amid rising temperatures, Karachi faces acute water shortage
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): With temperatures soaring to over 40 degrees Celsius in Pakistan's Karachi, the city has been facing an acute shortage of water.
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Jasmine growers in TN's Madurai demand perfume factories, water for irriga
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 29 (ANI): The Jasmine growers in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district have demanded the setting up of perfume manufacturing units and water for irrigation throughout the year in the Usilampatti area.
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