Groundwater over exploited in 77 of the 123 drought-hit taluks, it suggests

Politicians may be falling over each other to visit drought-hit areas and score brownie points. But what matters now when 69 per cent of the total 176 taluks in the State are reeling under drought is to judiciously manage the available water.

Drinking water is being provided to 100 places in the district, including 62 villages, through 130 tankers, Deputy Commissioner Shivayogi Kalasad has said.

Presiding over a meeting of district-level officers here on Wednesday, he said that the number of places facing shortage of drinking water might increase in the coming days.

Residents living across the capital city are facing the brunt of the department due to non-functioning tubewells which has affected supply of potable water.

Water scarcity has hit the district headquarters-based Okhaldhunga bazaar as the six-year old drinking water project remained precarious for lack of maintenance.

For the residents of AMCO Layout at Kodigehalli, it’s a double whammy. They not only face acute water shortage, but also risk contracting water-borne diseases from contaminated borewell water.

BHUBANESWAR: Above a third of Odisha’s households have to trudge half a km and more every day to get their quota of drinking water.

People of Guwahati may well heave a sigh of relief as their drinking water crisis will be over, at least in the near future. Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the House today that all households in Guwahati will get 24-hour drinking water supply by the year 2016.

During Zero Hour today, Congress MLA Anjan Dutta expressed concern in the House over the acute drinking water crisis in the capital city, the deplorable condition of most roads in the city and poor garbage management. The MLA drew attention to the fact that even the MLA Hostel was facing water shortage

A water war has broken out again between Kurnool and Mahbubnagar districts. Mahbubnagar politicians and farmers protested against the denial of their share of drinking water from the Tungabhadra dam and accused Kurnool leaders of siphoning off the water.

Kurnool received 1.29 tmc ft of water for drinking from Tungabhadra dam following a request and this led to a demand from Mahbubnagar leaders for a 40 per cent share.

With a belch of acrid, greasy smoke and a jolt that shakes its moorings, the pump on Yemeni water farmer Jad al-Adhrani's plot of land roars to life, and the race to squeeze the last drop of water

Fresh water supplies are unlikely to keep up with global demand by 2040, increasing political instability, hobbling economic growth and endangering world food markets, according to a U.S.