DINDIGUL: Relentless effort, adaptable approach, total participation and sharing project cost by the community will help them solve their decade-old drinking water crisis as the Central government has sanctioned Rs.1.01 crore this year to augment drinking facilities and recharge water structures in 18 habitations at 12 panchayats this year under Swajaldhara scheme.

Date: 18-Feb-09
Country: KENYA
Author: Daniel Wallis

NAIROBI - Up to a quarter of global food production could be lost by 2050 due to the combined impact of climate change, land degradation and loss, water scarcity and species infestation, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Water supply to several pockets in south Calcutta has been erratic since January-end, with officials blaming it on the receding water level in the Hooghly and the absence of a large reservoir in Garden Reach water works.

The affected stretches are Garfa, Behala, Tollygunge, Jadavpur and Santoshpur.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has declared 7,372 villages in 12 districts of the State as scarcity-hit and decided to launch relief works and make arrangements for supply of drinking water and fodder in these villages.

The residents of Khori Jamalpur & Sirohi don

The State Government has urged the Ministry of Railways to extend immediate help to tackle the drinking water crisis in Ujjain city.

The United Nations warned that two-thirds of the world

Staff CorrespondentSlum dwellers of Ghuntirghar and Chitarpar slums under the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Rishipara slum in Narayanganj upazila are facing severe safe water and sanitation problems.

Bhopal, Jan 22: Like Indore, Narmada water would also be brought to Ujjain to solve the drinking water scarcity of the city. The Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan made this announcement while inaugurating the deepening work at Gambir dam, 19 km from Ujjain. Chouhan said that since today the Chief Minister and ministers would be garlanded only one time during any official function.