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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Odisha’s industrial capital Rourkela declared as smart city
The wait is finally over. Rourkela, considered Odisha’s industrial capital, has found a place in the third list of Smart Cities declared by the Centre on Tuesday. Sources said competing with 67 cities
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Dry days loom over city as water level in KRS down 20%
The current water level in the dam is 84.75 ft, down from 105.57 ft in the corresponding period last year. The water level in the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoir, which is the main source of drinking
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Nashik Municipal Corporation to clean 84 water tanks in city
NASHIK: The civic body has decided to launch a special drive from September end to clean all water tanks in the city. The drive will be completed by December end. The administration said this at the
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Zimbabwe: Govt Summons Harare City Council Over Polluted Water
THE government has summoned Harare City Council to explain why the local authority is distributing contaminated water to residents, a senior civil servant has confirmed. Harare has long denied pumping
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Poverty and hunger kill indigenous Guarani-Kaiowa people of Brazil
The National Food Security and Nutrition (CONSEA) submitted this week recommendations to several federal and state agencies in an attempt to urgently resolve part of the problems faced by indigenous people
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Water schemes worth crores await Centre’s nod
As many as 150 water supply schemes with estimated expenditure of Rs 1716.59 crore under various components of Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) submitted by the Himachal Government are awaiting
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Now, KTDFC seeks water supply from new pipeline
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala transport development finance corporation (KTDFC), which had been trying to secure a water supply connection for the newly-built KSRTC terminal at Thampanoor for almost a
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Ensure piped drinking water for all'
HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday directed officials to take steps to supply piped drinking water to all households under the Mission Bhagirath scheme by December 2017. The CM had
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'Erin Brockovich' carcinogen in tap water of more than 200 million Americans
A EWG analysis of federal data from nationwide drinking water tests shows that the compound contaminates water supplies for more than 200 million Americans in all 50 states. Yet federal regulations are
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South Africa: Water Fund to Slake Cape Town's Thirst By Restoring Native Bush
Cape Town — Protecting Cape Town's "fynbos" against thirsty invasive plants should improve the city's water supply Cape Town is planning to launch a new fund by the end of 2017 that will improve its