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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 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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Maharashtra: Amid water shortage in Nashik village, women risk lives to fe
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 (ANI): With several parts of the country reeling under scorching heat, Rohile village in Maharashtra's Nashik is facing a water shortage and the women of the village have put their lives at stake to fetch drinking water.
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Pakistan's water supplies under severe strain amid slow snow melting
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan's National water supplies have dipped substantially low and are facing severe strain as, despite an early onset of summer in mid-March and April getting hotter than usual, the snow melting process in mountainous and hilly areas has not picked up
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NSS IIT Roorkee hosts Sustainability Conclave 2022, CM Dhami launches Tech
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Roorkee (Uttarakhand) [India], April 8 (ANI): National Service Scheme Indian Institute of Technology (NSS IIT), Roorkee on Friday hosted Sustainability Conclave 2022, to model and address the rising issues including climate change, environmental degradation, energy crisis, and water shortage
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Pakistan to face 27 pc water shortage during early Kharif season
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): The water crisis has worsened in Pakistan and the country may face up to 27 per cent water shortage during the early Kharif season (starting April 1st).
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Pakistan Minister Moonis Elahi blames mismanagement for water shortage
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 23 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Water Resources Moonis Elahi blamed mismanagement of water for the shortage crisis in the country.
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Pakistan facing a staggering 52 pc water shortage
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): Pakistan faces a staggering 52 per cent water shortage with the acute water crisis causing disruptions in even essential services like healthcare, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Water shortage should not become limiting factor in socio-economic develop
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Mission Director of Jal Jeevan Mission on Jal Jeevan Mission Bharat Lal said that shortage of water should not become a limiting factor in socio-economic development in quest for high economic growth in the country.
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Pakistan: People in Sindh struggle with basic needs including drinking wat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad, [Pakistan] December 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh province is struggling with basic needs including drinking water, education and medical facilities and its Thar district is the worst victim of it.
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Farmers protest against water shortage in Pakistan's Sindh
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): A large number of farmers on Saturday staged a protest march against the acute shortage of water at Dadu district located in Pakistan's Sindh province, local media reported.
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