Talgarh (Samba): His wedding was cancelled twice after his would be in-laws came to know that the village where he lives has no source of potable water. Though Rakesh Kumar was lucky that third time he got married, but there are many others like him in this village who were not as fortunate.

After a delayed monsoon, showers are here but the rainwater is literally going down the drain. Reason: Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) system is still an emerging trend in the city.

Most of tube wells in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh district are not pumping waters even Monsoon and the people of upazila have been suffering from shortage drinking waters as the deep tube wells and shallow tube wells, which were used for irrigation waters during Boro season but now not pumping waters.

Flash flood triggered by incessant rain and unusual tidal surge has inundated vast areas of 30 villages in four unions of Dacop and Koira upazilas damaging houses and paralyzing life.

Sources today said 17 villages under Sutirkha and Kamarkhola unions of Dacop upazila went under water as the embankment breached at four points following surging sea water whipped by strong wind.

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Poultry farms of Sindh are running short of water due to the continued power outages, which has increased the risk of deaths of poultry birds and chicks in thousands.

Laxmi Khapangi in Patan Dhoka has to stand in a queue for hours at the nearby stone spouts for drinking water, as she doesn't get enough water at home. Sita Ghimire of Kupondol faces the same problem, and says she gets water only about once a week.

The very old proverb 'Barind is a land whose name is written in water' seems to be true to its alphabets as without water, the existence of the vast Barind region under greater Rajshahi districts (Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore) is going to become extinct.

Purulia, July 19: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today admitted that there might be villages in the Ayodhya hills of Purulia where water was so scarce that people and animals were drinking from the same source.

MUSHALPUR, July 19