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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Study shows water access problems in Lawra, Nandom
More than 74 per cent of respondents in a baseline survey, has expressed dissatisfaction with the level of access to potable water in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region. The survey which was
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Uganda: World Bank Earmarks Shs10 Billion for Safe Water in Pallisa
Pallisa — In a bid to address the prevailing water crisis in Pallisa Town Council and its environs, the World Bank (WB) has earmarked Shs10b for the construction of Kasodo water pump station. The district
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Clean water for all in K400m pipeline
PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe says the allocation of close to K400 million in the 2017 budget towards improvement of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in the 2017 budget is in
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Sudan: Drinking Water Crisis in Sudanese Capitals
El Fasher / Port Sudan / Ed Damazin — Since the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan, the capitals of North Darfur, Red Sea, and Blue Nile states are witnessing a severe shortage of drinking water.
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Rs 5,800 cr collected under DMF from mining districts: report
A total of Rs 5,800 crore has been collected from nearly 50 districts in the last two years under a benefit scheme for mining-affected people, according to the latest status report on it released by the
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CSE study advocates improved benefit-sharing for mining-affected people
Despite a huge potential, the District Mineral Foundation (DMF), instituted with the aim of ensuring benefit sharing for mining-affected people, has several shortfalls on various fronts, finds the Centre
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Capital has a serious water management problem: CM
Asks DJB to explain how and where city’s raw water supply is being distributed Delhi has a “serious management problem” when it comes to water supply, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said, while
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Fresh criticisms emerge over Simbi’s Lake Malawi water project
A Malawian engineer has described the Lake Malawi water project as immoral and fraudulent saying its implementation will allow some individuals to rip off poor Malawians. Government awarded the contract
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‘Unsustainable use in farming depleting groundwater’
AHMEDABAD: Professor of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-Madras), T Pradeep, known for inventing water purifiers that provide drinking water for Rs130 a year for a family, delivered a talk at
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‘State using 72% of its groundwater’
Ahmedabad: As the state is waiting for the onset of monsoon, water management experts are worried about harnessing the maximum amount rainwater to replenish aquifers. During a national-level workshop