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Pakistan: Skardu confronts alarming water crisis as infrastructure struggl
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Skardu, a city in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan, is grappling with a severe water crisis, primarily reliant on the ageing Sadpara Dam. Failed modernisation efforts and bureaucratic hurdles have exacerbated water shortages, leaving residents struggling to meet their basic needs. Experts
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Karachi residents stage violent protests over three-day-long power outage
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Karachi residents are protesting against a severe electricity crisis, enduring three days without power while continuing to pay hefty bills to K-Electric. Frustrated by the outages that have led to water shortages and disrupted daily life, residents of Nafeesabad and Teen Hatti staged violen
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I heavily object to comparing a "corrupt man" to Lord Ram: Congress' Deven
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Lamenting the governance in Delhi, Yadav said that Delhi is grappling with water shortages, waterlogging, and a rise in electricity fares.
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Water crisis threatens Karachi's industrial sector, major factories face p
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Karachi industrial sector is experiencing a significant crisis due to water shortages that jeopardize the operations of major factories in the Steel Mill and Port Qasim Industrial Area, according to Samaa TV.
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Karachi residents stage 12-hour protest over power, water shortages
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Karachi residents staged a sit-in protest on Hawkes Bay Road in front of Mauripur Main Bazar, blocking traffic to express their frustration over the lack of electricity and water
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Former Deputy Director of agriculture of PoJK highlights farmers' problems
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Agricultural conditions are worsening in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) due to the high cost of fertilizers, the revocation of subsidies, issues with the irrigation system, water shortages, and expensive seeds.
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Pakistan: Power outages, water shortages add to people's woes in Rawalpind
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Amid the hot and humid weather in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, the residents are facing power outages of two to three hours, adding to their woes. Due to the power outages, the residents are also facing water shortage problems, the Dawn reported.
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Water shortages in Delhi persist; use available water carefully: Delhi Wat
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Delhi Water Minister Atishi said that due to severe heatwave conditions, the water shortage persisted in Delhi. She appealed to people to consciously and carefully use the available water.
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HSBC India with The Social Lab (TSL) and United Way Mumbai installs water
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13: Responding to the urgent need for access to safe drinking water amid rising temperatures across the country, HSBC India, in partnership with The Social Lab (TSL) and United Way Mumbai (UWM), has commenced an initiative aimed at ensuring the well-being of urban com
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Pakistan: People in Karachi continue to face acute water shortages
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
People from almost every part of Karachi have complained that the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) increased their miseries during Ramazan as they faced acute water shortages in their respective areas. However, a spokesman for the water utility said that the KWSC had made specia
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Building Water Resilience: New-age Solutions for Bengaluru's Water Crisis
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5: The unprecedented water crisis gripping the city of Bengaluru demands urgent attention. With soaring temperatures, acute water shortages and district-wide drought declarations, the gravity of the situation cannot be overstated. Projections indicate an increase in
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More than quarter of world's population has no safe drinking water: UNESCO
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
More than a quarter, 26 per cent of the world's population, comprising approximately 2 billion people, do not have safe drinking water and 3.6 billion or 46 per cent lack access to safely managed sanitation, according to the report, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water and released a
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