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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Five cases of typhoid confirmed, new pipes installed in MDC society
After a team of doctors of the district health department took blood samples of residents of Haryana Employees Welfare Organisation (HEWO) Society, MDC, Sector 5, who had reportedly fallen ill after drinking
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Vizag thirsting for safe drinking water facilities
With summer just around the corner can food poisoning and waterborne ailments like gastroenteritis be far behind? Especially since there are hardly any clean and safe drinking water taps in public places
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Typhoid outbreak in Panchkula housing society
Days after eleven-year-old Ashima Sharma, a student of Moti Ram Sharma School, died of typhoid on February 3, 40 other cases have been reported so far from her housing society. Suspecting an epidemic,
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Waterborne diseases on the rise in Wayanad
The Health Department has cautioned the public against an outbreak of waterborne diseases in the district. District Medical Officer Neeta Vijayan said in a release here on Saturday that people should be alert against waterborne diseases such as jaundice, diarrhoea, and typhoid.
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Number of diarrhea patients on the rise in Tulsipur
Number of patients suffering from viral diarrhea has been on the rise here of late. Over 20 to 25 patients suffering from diarrhea are coming to Tulsipur Hospital for treatment every day since the past
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Waterborne diseases up by 50% in Amdavad
Water is considered essential for life. But in Ahmedabad, it is the cause of rising waterborne diseases (jaundice and gastroenteritis) — which have witnessed a whopping 50% rise compared to last year,
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Jal Sansthan claim of purity challenged
Residents Lament Supply Of Water Contaminated With Sand Particles, Algae & Sewage Lucknow: Residents from across the city expressed surprise over Jal Sansthan’s RTI reply that water it supplies across city is absolutely potable the way it is and does not need any further treatment through a filter or purifier. Activist Nutan Thakur had sought information under RTI Act about the quality of water being supplied to people as she was receiving contaminated water supply.
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Vasundhra writes to CM on polluted waters
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje today sent a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal over the unchecked flow of polluted water through the canal system originating from Ferozepur.
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Acute water scarcity in country: report
Pakistan has moved in the most distress category of water scarce countries in the world where per capita availability of water has gone less than 1,000 cubic feet not only because of lack of water availability
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1,240 water samples from five districts fail test
As many as 1,240 samples of drinking water in five districts-- Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Kaithal and Yamunanagar-- have failed purity tests in the last one year. They were not found safe as per the parameters. As per the report of the Intermediate Reference Laboratory (IRL), out of the 2,772 samples collected from Karnal, Kurukshertra, Panipat, Kaithal and Yamunanagar districts, only 1,532 were found fit for drinking.