CENTRE:BJP president Nitin Gadkari addresses party workers during the celebration of completion of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's 1000 days in office, in Bangalore on Sunday.

KARACHI: The country is going to face the worst water shortage in the next couple of years due to insufficient water management practices and storage capacity, agriculture and water experts said Saturday.

A report by the Washington DC based Woodrow Wilson Center described Pakistan

The costs of our lethargy in dealing with environmental issues are becoming increasingly higher.
No water, no future; no food, no future; no energy, no future; no environment, degraded future. Thus might one with a penchant for the pithy explain the nexus between these essentials and the gravity of the emergent global crisis. The world is indeed entering an era of scarcity.

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BEIJING: The worst drought to hit China in 60 years has triggered debate about how the country can tackle a fast-spreading water crisis, as well as meet rising food security challenges.

Eight of China's major wheat-growing provinces, which account for 80 per cent of the country's total wheat output, have been hit by a four-month drought.

Last week, the government announced a slew of emergenc

President Hu Jintao sounded a warning note during his lunar New Year visit to North China

BEHRAMPORE, 6 FEB: Hundreds of community tube-wells that serve as a source of drinking water are lying defunct for years leading to a drinking water crisis in the drought-hit areas of Murshidabad where the alternative water points also run dry during summer months.

THE Supreme Court has directed all state governments to demolish unauthorised constructions on gram sabha lands and evict squatters. A bench comprising Justice Markandeya Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra asked chief secretaries of States and Union Territories to comply with its order on the issue and file periodical compliance reports. The court decided to monitor the matter.

A contingency plan would be devised to wipe out water scarcity during summer season in various parts of the district.

A team comprising Sub-Collector, Revenue Divisional Officers, Block Development Officers and Executive Officers of Town Panchayats would assess the prevailing conditions in the reservoirs and finalise a plan of action.

Based on the assessment, a final report would be submitte