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More than 1.3 million Texans still grappling with water supply disruptions
Reuters |
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 05:21 PM IST
That figure compared with Tuesday's 3.4 million, Monday's 8 million and Sunday's 9 million, or about a third of the state's population.
Bundelkhand stares at acute water crisis
Hindustan Times, Kanpur | By Haidar Naqvi
UPDATED ON JUN 08, 2020 01:10 AM IST
Mata Teela supplies 110 MLD and 40 MLD through two waterworks plant and Pahuj provides 5.5 MLD to Jhansi and other areas.
Focus on air, water and waste management
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JUN 05, 2020 10:58 AM IST
While the climate crisis is the overarching challenge, delineate immediate priorities
Hit by cyclone Amphan, villages in Sunderbans face drinking water crisis
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By Joydeep Thakur | Edited by Sabir Hussain
PUBLISHED ON MAY 26, 2020 08:16 PM IST
The Sunderbans is the world’s largest mangrove delta and home to more than 4.5 million people. It is spread over two districts - South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas and has 102 islands of which 54 are inhabited.
Cyclone Amphan: Protests across Kolkata as power, water crisis continues
Kolkata | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2020 05:39 PM IST
From Behala in the south to Belgharia in the north, armed with placards, people blocked roads with empty buckets and utensils.
Respite from water woes in Chennai
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | By TR Vivek
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2020 12:59 AM IST
The crisis of 2019 was yet another reminder for Chennai that efficient use and prudent management of water resources were as important as big-ticket investments in desalination plants.
Universities are launching courses to study, address the climate crisis
Hindustan Times | By Dipanjan Sinha
PUBLISHED ON FEB 19, 2020 08:26 PM IST
The aim, they say, is to create batches of professionals who can work on mitigation as that becomes a priority across sectors.
Captain Amarinder Singh calls all-party meeting on January 23 on looming water crisis
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON JAN 17, 2020 11:23 PM IST
The announcement came after a demand was raised by leader of opposition and AAP MLA Harpal Singh Cheema when the House started discussion on the Punjab Water Resources (Management and Regulation) Bill, 2020, which was introduced by irrigation minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, on the second day of the two-day special assembly session
Water management: Not just the government’s job
Hindustan Times | By KumKum Dasgupta
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2020 07:45 PM IST
The decision to focus on building community-managed decentralised water supply systems in rural areas is a welcome move
How India can eliminate the burning of crop waste | Opinion
By Ajay Shankar
UPDATED ON NOV 26, 2019 08:46 PM IST
If farmers see economic gains in switching to alternative crops, they will be encouraged. Policies must ensure this
India must not look at its water crisis in isolation
By Aditi Mukherji
UPDATED ON NOV 13, 2019 02:09 PM IST
India’s water woes, though, stem largely from its over-dependence on groundwater, and here, the climate links are less pronounced because underground aquifers take much longer to react to changes in temperature and rainfall
CBSE makes mandatory for schools to become ‘water efficient’ in next 3 years
PTI, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON OCT 16, 2019 01:30 PM IST
CBSE has mandated schools to become “water efficient” within the next three years by adopting a policy of water management and conducting regular water audits.
Why water is India’s scarcest resource | Opinion
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Zia Haq
PUBLISHED ON OCT 05, 2019 12:09 PM IST
A poor monsoon isn’t the real culprit. Our inefficient agriculture system is.
Residents go with the flow, use smart tech to save water
Hindustan Times | By Vanessa Viegas
UPDATED ON SEP 30, 2019 03:38 PM IST
Smart phone-linked sensors, recycling waste water and literally making water from thin air: Apartment buildings are streamlining water conservation using technology.
Determination defines our government: Narendra Modi
Rohtak | By Sunil Rahar
UPDATED ON SEP 09, 2019 06:02 AM IST
Modi said the ISRO’s lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, has once again united the nation. He added the last 100 seconds of the mission brought ISRO among the people.
Is ethanol the right answer for India’s energy security needs?
livemint, New Delhi | By Utpal Bhaskar
UPDATED ON SEP 04, 2019 02:18 PM IST
At the heart of the problem is sugarcane production, with 48.84 lakh hectares under cane cultivation in India. Experts believe that a fine balance needs to be maintained between India’s energy security needs and climate change concerns.
India’s water crisis: All stakeholders must come together
By Amitabh Kant
PUBLISHED ON AUG 28, 2019 06:30 PM IST
While CSR activities have been geared towards water conservation, corporations must make it a top priority
Water scarcity forces Maharashtra farmers to destroy crop
Pimpalner/Wadavani | By Shrinivas Deshpande
UPDATED ON AUG 26, 2019 01:04 AM IST
Many farmers in the parched region have been destroying their crops as most of them cannot afford to buy water to irrigate their fields.
Students give Goa Institute of Management lessons in water conservation
Panaji | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2019 01:23 PM IST
The recharge wells are the winning idea of GIM’s in-house ‘Sustainability Hackathon’ on water conservation and waste management practices.
PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ to air today
New Delhi | By Asian News International
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2019 08:04 AM IST
In his first episode of “Mann Ki Baat” programme, after Lok Sabha elections, on June 30, Modi discussed various topics like emergency, water crisis and International Yoga Day.
Silt in rivers hit water supply in Shimla
By Navneet Rathore, Shimla
UPDATED ON AUG 24, 2019 11:02 PM IST
The three main sources of water supply remain flooded with silt and debris, making it impossible for the Shimla Jal Prabhandan Nigam Limited (SJPNL) to pump water.
Focus on saving water at Somerville
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 19, 2019 12:28 PM IST
Somerville organised a host of activities to sensitise students such as a role play, A PowerPoint presentation, a mime and a street play
Narendra Modi government exploring new ways to curb farm water use
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Saubhadra Chatterji and Zia Haq
UPDATED ON AUG 19, 2019 07:30 AM IST
The new steps will try to ensure more sustainable methods of cultivation, as large parts of the country routinely face water crises amid alarming levels of ground water depletion.
Gurugramwale: A water refugee from Madhya Pradesh
Hindustan Times | By Mayank Austen Soofi
PUBLISHED ON AUG 16, 2019 12:21 PM IST
A migrant looks back at potentially the primary reason behind his migration.
In Independence Day message, Punjab governor calls for eradicating drug menace, water crisis
By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON AUG 15, 2019 12:21 PM IST
The monsoon shortfall won’t lead to food scarcity, but will hurt incomes
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 24, 2019 06:41 PM IST
.The 1943 Bengal famine, following a missed monsoon, killed an estimated four million. In 2009, a drought year, the country managed to produce a million more tonne of foodgrains than it did in 2007, a normal year. This obviously has to do with better agricultural practices, leading to higher productivity.
Government eyes reduction in farm water use
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Saubhadra Chatterji
PUBLISHED ON JUL 22, 2019 07:12 AM IST
The water ministry, a part of the CoS on agriculture and rural development, has pitched for less water for crops as a high priority issue. It has suggested production of alternative crops, a better irrigation system and financial incentives to farmers for optimal water usage.
Amarinder Singh presses for all-party meet on water crisis chaired by PM
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2019 01:17 PM IST
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said water is a national problem which needs to be discussed and resolved at national level.
Bachelors of Beed: No water means no job, no bride in this Maharashtra village
Hindustan Times, Busnarwadi (Patoda) | By Shrinivas Deshpande
UPDATED ON JUL 14, 2019 12:01 PM IST
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), Maharashtra’s Patoda has been facing severe water crisis even one month after the onset of monsoon.
Rajnath tries to end row following Kiran Bedi’s tweet, says she has regretted
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 04, 2019 09:46 PM IST
In her now-deleted tweet, Bedi on Sunday had blamed the water crisis in Tamil Nadu on “poor governance, corrupt politics, indifferent bureaucracy with highly selfish and cowardly attitude of the people”.