A few days ago, I read in the Indian Express newspaper, that India could be headed for a water shortage this summer. All major reservoirs have reported less water in them than in the previous year at the corresponding time. Except for the northern region, the rest of the four regions of the country’s reservoirs […]
The United Nations 2023 Water Conference in New York City ended with over 700 commitments to make the world water-secure, according to a statement. The three-day summit ended on March 24, 2023. “The commitments at this Conference will propel humanity towards the water-secure future every person on the planet needs,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated […]
Bihar people will now have to pay charges for their water consumption. The charges for water will be taken on the basis of the area of the houses. More than 19 lakh households in the state will have to pay charges for the water usages. Once the cabinet approves it, users will pay 30 to […]
कुछ वर्षो पहले सावन और भादों में इतनी वर्षा होती थी कि जल का संकट उत्पन्न हो जाता था।अब जलवायु परिवर्तन के का कारण सावन और भादो में किसानों को सूखे का सामना करना पड़ रहा है। पटना और सारण के ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में इस बार तालाब एवं जलाशयों में पानी नहीं है। बरसात में […]
महोदय जहां एक ओर पानी की किल्लत से पूरी दुनियाँ परेशान है वही सोनपुर के कुछ वार्डो मे रास्ते पर पानी आने से निवासी, राहगीर, हर कोई को दिक्कत झेलनी पड़ रही है। सड़क किनारे एक भी नाला नहीं होने के कारण लोग सड़क पर ही पानी बहा रहे है जिससे सड़क पर पानी का […]
Due to the mounting temperature, there is a big threat to Himalayan six hundred glaciers. A study claims that the melting speed of the glaciers has doubled. Loss of Water :According to a research published in the Science Advanceage Journal, between the years of 1975 and 2000, the glacier was decreasing 10 inches per year, […]
Water pollution is one of the major issues across the world. People are facing various problems related to water such as water scarcity, contaminated groundwater, polluted rivers, overexploited water resources, dwindling supplies of freshwater etc. Groundwater is declining faster than it is being replenished and there is a crippling dependence on monsoon rains to replenish […]
We have grown up hearing the tales of pokhar and talaab (ponds) from our grandparents and parents. Now we rarely get to see to them. It has become victims of people’s greed. In the name of development, beautification and because of increasing waste they have been encroached upon and filled. They have become victims of […]
The temperature of the city is giving tough time to the daily wage earners. They are suffering from dehydration, fever, heatstroke and headache but they have no other option but to deal with it. Amit Kumar, a roadside tailor who sits with his sewing machine under an umbrella on the Boring Canal Road footpath of […]
Elections are over and now we are waiting for the results but the issue that is very important but did not receive attention in the election campaigns of all major parties is the country’s growing water crisis. According to a report by NITI Aayog, our country is “suffering from the worst water crisis in its history”. It […]
In the population of 1.3 billion people in India one out of every ten people does not get access to clean drinking water. According to world resource institute almost 600 million people in India are at high risk of being unable to continue relying on surface water especially in northwest and south. According to a […]
NEW DELHI – World Water Day is over, and the world moves on to other matters. A global water crisis continues, nonetheless. A crisis already exists for many people in South Asia and there are indications that conditions could get worse before they get better. Almost 600 million people in India are at high risk […]
