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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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on National Projects: Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
<p>National river projects lag target by up to 99% due to poor management and lack of monitoring says this audit report by the Comptroller and Auditor General tabled in the Parliament on July 23, 2018. The report also finds overall cost escalation of 2,341% that threatened the economic viability of these project.</p>
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Activists worry over rising pollution of Chambal river
Kota: Constant flow of polluted water and waste through 28 nullahs into the Chambal river, one of the least non-polluted rivers in the country so far, has pushed environmentalists and activists of the
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Good news for Vaishno Devi pilgrims! Now, latest eco-friendly technology safeguards environment around shrine
With lakhs of pilgrims thronging the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir annually, its management has turned to the latest eco-friendly technology to protect the environment around the cave shrine.
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Heavy metal: In Gujarat, water uranium level highest in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: Uranium — the heavy metal one usually associates with nuclear reactors — is contaminating Gujarat’s groundwater, finds an elaborate scientific study that covered 16 states. Uranium contamination
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Human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
On 19 October, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, Mr. Léo, presented the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation to
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Malawi: Multibillion Kwacha Project to Alleviate Mzimba's Water Woes
Mzimba — The water sector in the country has had its fair share of challenges especially in supplying adequate and safe water to large sections of the population. Increased population over the years
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Centre asks States to adopt Gujarat’s ‘reusing treated waste water’ policy
In view of impending potable water crisis in majority of States, the Centre seems to have found a ray of hope in the Gujarat Government’s month-old policy for ‘reusing treated waste water’. Being seen
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Fresh shot at regularising water connection
NEW DELHI: Delhi Jal Board approved a host of relief measures for consumers on Monday. A meeting presided over by CM Arvind Kejriwal agreed to give consumers another opportunity to get their unauthorised
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Low-cost solar water purifier for rural households
<p>A simple, low-cost solar water purifier (SWP) for rural households, which does not require electricity or waste precious water has been developed. The SWP consists of four tubular solar water heaters
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Sudan: At Least Six Million Food Insecure Sudanese in May-July
Khartoum — During Sudan's lean season, from May to July, the number of Sudanese requiring food assistance is expected to rise to six million. In particularly displaced people in North Darfur, parts of