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Applications Tied To Body, Man Crawls To Authorities To Highlight Water Shortage
A man from Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district attached several written applications to a string tied to his body and crawled to the divisional commissioner's office to highlight water "shortage" in his village
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40 Lakh In 2 Years: How Maharashtra Farmer Grew Apple In Drought-Hit Latur
A farmer from a hot and water scarcity-prone area in Maharashtra's Latur district has earned about Rs 40 lakh in the last two years by taking up cultivation of custard apple, which requires low investment.
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School Children Dig 12 Feet Well In Dakshina Kannada To Fight Water Crisis
The scarcity of water in Dakshina Kannada's Belthangady town has forced school-going children to dig a well with their bare hands.
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Only 17% Water Left In Nashik Dams, Say Officials
Reservoirs in Maharashtra's Nashik district have only 17 per cent water stock of their total storage capacity as of now, almost nine per cent less compared to last year, officials said on Tuesday.
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Top Court Allows Bengaluru Sewage Water To Be Used For Irrigation
The Supreme Court on Friday lifted a stay it imposed earlier on the Karnataka government's scheme to pump secondary treated water from sewage plants in Bengaluru to minor irrigation tanks in the water-starved districts of Kolar and Chikkaballapur.
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Amid Acute Water Crisis, Schools In Shimla Shut For 5 Days
Amid acute water shortage in Shimla, the state government has decided to shut government schools in the district for a week from Monday. Water scarcity have been plaguing Shimla for the past 15 days with protests in several areas of the city.
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Kerala Government To Declare 9 Districts As Drought-Hit
The Kerala government today decided to declare nine of its 14 districts as drought-hit in view of scarcity of rains, shortage of surface and ground water, and intrusion of saline water.
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Women Dig Wells To Make Village Self-Sufficient For Water Supply
Around 300 women have turned well-diggers in a nondescript village in northern Palakkad district of Kerala to find a solution to the acute water scarcity in the hamlet and earn a living.
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In UP, Women-Led Collectives Are Taking On Bundelkhand's Water Problem
Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh, which is among the hottest regions in the country, regularly faces water scarcity every summer. Until the rains of last year, the arid region was hit by three successive drought seasons. Now, a water collective from Lalitpur district's Bhamaurisar village, which faced a similar problem in 2011, have taken charge of Bun...
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Nayanthara's Next Film to Address Water Scarcity Problem
"We are making this film with lot of social responsibility. It will create an impact in the minds of the audience because it's about water scarcity and it happens to be one of the major problems faced by people nowadays," film's director Gopi Nainar said in a statement.
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With No Rains, Water Woes Worsen In Nashik
The problem of water scarcity in Maharashtra's Nashik has worsened as the district's 12 small and medium water reservoirs have dried up.
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Beed's Inhuman Water Scramble: 2 Buckets For 4 Days
In the scorching summer of drought-hit Marathwada, it's a fight just for two buckets of water. At the Khuntefal village in Maharashtra's Beed district, about 2000 people rely solely on water tankers that come once in four days. The water they receive is dirty and frothy, but they have no other choice.
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Maharashtra Government Braces Itself to Face Acute Water Scarcity
In view of deficient rainfall this year and faced with the prospect of acute water scarcity, the Maharashtra government has decided to issue guidelines to all district authorities for making preparations to deal with the looming crisis.
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Pakistan Heatwave Death Toll Climbs to 122: Officials
A heatwave in Pakistan's largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said Sunday.
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Heat Wave Drives Villagers to Dig Into River Bed
The heat wave has left Lakhisarai district in Bihar so parched that people have been forced to dig up a riverbed in search of water.
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Applications Tied To Body, Man Crawls To Authorities To Highlight Water Shortage
A man from Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district attached several written applications to a string tied to his body and crawled to the divisional commissioner's office to highlight water "shortage" in his village
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40 Lakh In 2 Years: How Maharashtra Farmer Grew Apple In Drought-Hit Latur
A farmer from a hot and water scarcity-prone area in Maharashtra's Latur district has earned about Rs 40 lakh in the last two years by taking up cultivation of custard apple, which requires low investment.
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School Children Dig 12 Feet Well In Dakshina Kannada To Fight Water Crisis
The scarcity of water in Dakshina Kannada's Belthangady town has forced school-going children to dig a well with their bare hands.
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Only 17% Water Left In Nashik Dams, Say Officials
Reservoirs in Maharashtra's Nashik district have only 17 per cent water stock of their total storage capacity as of now, almost nine per cent less compared to last year, officials said on Tuesday.
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Top Court Allows Bengaluru Sewage Water To Be Used For Irrigation
The Supreme Court on Friday lifted a stay it imposed earlier on the Karnataka government's scheme to pump secondary treated water from sewage plants in Bengaluru to minor irrigation tanks in the water-starved districts of Kolar and Chikkaballapur.
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Amid Acute Water Crisis, Schools In Shimla Shut For 5 Days
Amid acute water shortage in Shimla, the state government has decided to shut government schools in the district for a week from Monday. Water scarcity have been plaguing Shimla for the past 15 days with protests in several areas of the city.
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Kerala Government To Declare 9 Districts As Drought-Hit
The Kerala government today decided to declare nine of its 14 districts as drought-hit in view of scarcity of rains, shortage of surface and ground water, and intrusion of saline water.
-
Women Dig Wells To Make Village Self-Sufficient For Water Supply
Around 300 women have turned well-diggers in a nondescript village in northern Palakkad district of Kerala to find a solution to the acute water scarcity in the hamlet and earn a living.
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In UP, Women-Led Collectives Are Taking On Bundelkhand's Water Problem
Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh, which is among the hottest regions in the country, regularly faces water scarcity every summer. Until the rains of last year, the arid region was hit by three successive drought seasons. Now, a water collective from Lalitpur district's Bhamaurisar village, which faced a similar problem in 2011, have taken charge of Bun...
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Nayanthara's Next Film to Address Water Scarcity Problem
"We are making this film with lot of social responsibility. It will create an impact in the minds of the audience because it's about water scarcity and it happens to be one of the major problems faced by people nowadays," film's director Gopi Nainar said in a statement.
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With No Rains, Water Woes Worsen In Nashik
The problem of water scarcity in Maharashtra's Nashik has worsened as the district's 12 small and medium water reservoirs have dried up.
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Beed's Inhuman Water Scramble: 2 Buckets For 4 Days
In the scorching summer of drought-hit Marathwada, it's a fight just for two buckets of water. At the Khuntefal village in Maharashtra's Beed district, about 2000 people rely solely on water tankers that come once in four days. The water they receive is dirty and frothy, but they have no other choice.
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Maharashtra Government Braces Itself to Face Acute Water Scarcity
In view of deficient rainfall this year and faced with the prospect of acute water scarcity, the Maharashtra government has decided to issue guidelines to all district authorities for making preparations to deal with the looming crisis.
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Pakistan Heatwave Death Toll Climbs to 122: Officials
A heatwave in Pakistan's largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said Sunday.
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Heat Wave Drives Villagers to Dig Into River Bed
The heat wave has left Lakhisarai district in Bihar so parched that people have been forced to dig up a riverbed in search of water.
