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
Waterborne diseases
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BMC to test water after Borivli residents fall ill
MUMBAI: Following complaints of a spurt in cases of jaundice and flu from a residential pocket along S V Road in Borivli, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC) has collected water samples to check for possible contamination. Residents of the housing societies in the pocket, located opposite the police lock-up, have complained of illnesses due to dirty water supply.
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Global aid on sanitation is southward bound
Globally, 2.6 billion people lack access to safe and clean toilets. For example, 92 per cent of the population in Afghanistan don't have proper sanitation; 67 per cent in India as well. A
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Yellow River has lost one third of its fish
With the sewage system of Baghdad collapsing recently after four days of incessant rain, the city was left at the mercy of waterborne diseases. In some areas of the city drinking water was getting
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World Toilet Conference
The seventh World Toilet Conference got over in Delhi on November 2. The theme of the four-day summit was
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Height of inequality
Standard of living determines a child s height