2024 water funding gap report
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Drinking Water
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Bottled water of 5 brands substandard: BSTI
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institutions (BSTI) on Monday informed the High Court that bottled drinking water of five brands were substandard. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice
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‘Providing Safe Drinking Water: Gov’t’s Priority’
Public Works Minister Signs MoU with The Last Well; 30,000 water purification bucket system arrives for distribution to 5 counties The provision of safe drinking water to the Liberian people is a priority
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding NGT order banning supply of water to industries from Srivaikuntam anaicut, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, 11/01/2019
<p>Order of the M/S Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. Vs S. Joel & Others dated 11/01/2019 regarding NGT order banning supply of water to industries from Srivaikuntam anaicut, Thoothukudi
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Karnataka govt moots to scrap social impact study for key drinking water projects
BENGALURU: HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition government has mooted to scrap the social impact study prior to making land acquisition for key public and infrastructure projects in Karnataka. An integral part
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Poor Quality of Drinking Water Due to Outdated Regulatory and Institutional Framework – Sinkamba
Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has attributed the provision of poor quality of water by water utilities countrywide to poor regulatory and institutional framework arising from Government’s failure
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Nine projects flagged off to clean Yamuna
NEW DELHI: Revival of the Yamuna got a shot in the arm with Union minister for water resources Nitin Gadkari and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal jointly laying the foundation stone of nine projects under
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How green was Karnataka in 2018?
From clothes swapping to plogging, and building more EV charging points, Bengaluru, and Karnataka, are taking baby steps to a greener future. Here are a few eco-highlights: Plogging Bengaluru hosted
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‘Development’ destroys many Ambattur water bodies
Chennai: Time was when Ambattur was dotted with water bodies that supplied most of the locality’s drinking water. Now, mindless ‘development’ and indiscriminate letting out of sewage has destroyed most
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Maharashtra: Expert team submits report on proposed groundwater Act, ministries to take final call
The recharge of groundwater in 2018 was not highly appreciable as in more than 3,000 villages in the state, groundwater levels had dropped over 3 metres, or to the maximum depth. A team of experts at
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Guidelines to regulate and control ground water extraction in India
The Central Ground Water Authority of the Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation on December 12, 2018 notified revised guidelines for ground water extraction. The revised