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Like in fight against COVID-19, world needs to unite against water
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday said the world needs to come together to meet the challenges of the water sector in the same way as the world has united in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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To resolve water crisis, MP village women cut hill to make way for
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 27 (ANI): Around 250 women from Angrotha village painstakingly cut a hill over a period of 18 months to build a path for water to make its way into a pond in the village, which was struggling to deal with water shortage.
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Residents connect stream to village amid water crisis in Chhattisg
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Surguja (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 18 (ANI): Amid water crisis in Matringa village of Surguja district, the local residents have laid down a network of pipelines, connecting it to a natural stream at a mountain situated at some distance.
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Water crisis prevented Punjab from sharing water with any state: J
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 28 (ANI): Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday said the Congress government in the state has never backed out from a humanitarian responsibility but it was difficult for it to share water resources with other states.
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Octogenarian shepherd from Karnataka applauded by PM Modi in Mann
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mandya (Karnataka) [India], June 29 (ANI): Kame Gowda, an octogenarian shepherd from Mandya's Dasanadoddi, who has dug 16 ponds so far in his area to curb water crisis, was applauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mann ki Baat radio address on Sunday.
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Water scarcity forces Pakhnachua villagers to consume contaminated
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 13 (ANI): With summer at its peak and amid the COVID-19 crisis, villagers of Pakhnachua, Dantewada, faced with an acute water crisis are forced to drink contaminated water from the underground water source.
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Villagers forced to use contaminated water from nullah in J-K's Ka
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 2 (ANI): Facing acute water crisis, villagers of Draman panchayat in the Bashohli block of Kathua district complained of being forced to use contaminated water for all purposes.
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MP: Villagers of Patapur walk miles in rocky terrain to fetch wate
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 27 (ANI): Villagers of Patapur in Chhatarpur District of Madhya Pradesh are forced to walk long distances along rocky terrain in intense heat to fetch water.
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Karnataka: Children dig well in Dakshina Kannada to combat water c
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka) [India], April 23 (ANI): The scarcity of water in Kukkavu area of Belthangady town in Dakshina Kannada district has forced school going children to dig a well with their soft hands amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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Lockdown worsens water woes of Delhi's Chilla village
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): People in Chilla village of the national capital are struggling hard to meet their need of drinking water amid countrywide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic.
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Karnataka Team wins ENpower's India's Future Tycoons Season 2 gran
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 30 (ANI/PRNewswire): ENpower's India's Future Tycoons - Season 2 (IFT #2) grand finale was held in Mumbai yesterday. Having received registrations from 7,100 plus school children across 130 cities, the top 24 teams were shortlisted for the finale to ideate o
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Pankaja Munde to hold day-long hunger strike over Marathwada water
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pankaja Munde will be leading a day-long hunger strike and protest here on Tuesday to outline the issue of water crisis in the region.
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