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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Mining-affected areas of 12 top mineral-rich states: Of total welfare funds collected, only 17 per cent spent till 2017-end
According to data provided by the 12 state governments to the Centre, only Rs 2,260 crore of the DMF amount was spent till the end of 2017. As on October 30, 2017, Odisha collected the highest Rs 3,548-crore
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'Day Zero' Approaches as South African City Runs Out of Water
South Africa's city of Cape Town is rapidly approaching what the mayor calls "day zero" — the day the seaside metropolis of four million residents will have to shut off the taps because it has run out
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State mining ministers to meet in Goa on Jan 19
PANJIM: The ministers for mining from various States will be gathering in Goa on January 19 to discuss series of issues related to the sector. The State’s preparedness for e-auction of leases that expires
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Day one of new Cape Town water restrictions
Cape Town - As Capetonians awoke to the first day of further water restrictions on Monday, water outages in various areas continued to plague the city. Parts of Zonnebloem, Glencairn, Constantia, Sea
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Water crisis: Cape Town imposes ever-stricter rules on New Year’s Day
In Cape Town, the water crisis isn’t getting any better – and on New Year’s Day, the city of 4 million people will go to new Level 6 water restrictions. That means a 60 percent reduction in water use
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Nepal’s multidimensional poverty index: analysis towards action
The National Planning Commission released its first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report stating that around 28.5 percent of Nepali population is living in poverty. The poverty indicators including
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Innovations in WASH impact measures: water and sanitation measurement technologies and practices to inform the Sustainable Development Goals
The new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at its core. A dedicated Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 6) declares a commitment to “ensure availability
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Fluoride in Drinking Water, 21/12/2017
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Fluoride in Drinking Water, 21/12/2017. State / UT-wise number of fluoride affected habitations with population, as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information
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Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire work to solve pollution of Tano and Bia rivers
Authorities in Ghana are in talks with their Ivorian counterparts over measures to sanitise the two major water bodies, the Tano and Bia Rivers, which have been polluted by the activities of Ghanaian illegal
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South Africa: Reduce Usage or Taps Will Run Dry in March, Warns Western Cape
Cape Town residents' high water usage over this past week has brought "Day Zero" closer, by more than three weeks. Day Zero is the day that almost all of the taps in the city will be turned off and