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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.
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J-K: Villagers of Rayor have no choice but to drink filthy pond water
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 2 (ANI): The people of Rayor, a remote village in Samba district, are drinking filthy pond water as they have no better option.
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Pakistan People's Party to hold protests against Imran Khan's govt over wa
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Sindh chapter on Monday announced holding protests against Imran Khan's government at the district-level in the Sindh province from June 3 to June 15 against acute water shortage.
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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
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Pakistan's Rawalpindi faces acute water shortage amid rising temperatures
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): As temperatures continue to soar, Pakistan's Rawalpindi is facing a dwindling water supply, for which low levels of underground water and lack of supply from dams are being largely blamed.
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Pakistan: Sindh province facing worst water shortage in 60 years, says off
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): The chief engineer of Guddu Barrage in Pakistan's Sindh province has advised growers not to go for paddy sowing in May and June as the barrage as well as the province are experiencing 'worst water shortage in 60 years'.
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Hope major water shortage doesn't arise in Delhi amid COVID-19 crisis, say
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Delhi Jal Board (DJB) vice-chairman Raghav Chadha has reiterated his concerns for reduced water levels of Yamuna river which might affect the COVID hospitals in the national capital and said that they have approached the Supreme Court to intervene in this m
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Raghav Chadha urges Haryana CM to increase Yamuna's water level, says it m
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Delhi Jab Board (DJB) vice-chairman Raghav Chadha on Saturday informed that water levels of Yamuna river have decreased due to which majority of areas in the national capital are facing water shortage.
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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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Astral Foundation helps Hiwali get its first water pipeline after independ
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): Astral Foundation is a CSR arm of the Astral group functioning for sustainable development. This World Water Day, Astral Foundation has taken up a unique initiative of making water accessible to remote villages facing an acute water sho
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Villages in Purulia continue to reel under water shortage, complaints go u
Updated : 5 years 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.
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