Tag: water crisis

Blueprint for Vizag’s water security may emerge during CM’s September 19 visit

September 16, 2026 admin

An aerial view of the Mudasarlova Reservoir in Visakhapatnam with receding water levels amid a prolonged rainfall deficit. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The ongoing drinking water crisis is set to take centre-stage during Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s proposed visit to Visakhapatnam on September 19. Local leaders are preparing to seek a comprehensive, long-term…

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Install aerators, use drinking water judiciously, BWSSB tells citizens

July 4, 2026 admin

The BWSSB has issued three orders on Saturday — mandating aerators on all taps in public places, a ban on the use of drinking water to fill swimming pools, and mandating the use of treated water for non-drinking purposes like washing vehicles, gardening, construction, fountains, all non-drinking uses in malls and film theatres, laying roads…

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Wastage Of Drinking Water Will Draw Steep Fine In Bengaluru

February 17, 2025 admin

Bengaluru: The city of Bengaluru, after suffering massive water crisis last summer, has announced that wastage of drinking water now will draw a steep fine. The use of drinking water for other purposes – including car wash and gardening — will draw a fine of Rs 5000, the city water board said. There will be…

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Water Crisis Threatening Half Of Global Food Production: Report

October 16, 2024 admin

Paris: Inaction on the water crisis could put more than half of the world’s food production at risk by 2050, experts warned in a major report published Thursday. “Nearly 3 billion people and more than half of the world’s food production are now in areas where total water storage is projected to decline,” said the…

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AAP’s Atishi In ICU After Blood Sugar Levels Drop Amid Hunger Strike

June 25, 2024 admin

Atishi’s hunger strike began on June 21 amid a prolonged heatwave in Delhi New Delhi: Delhi Minister Atishi has been hospitalised after her health deteriorated due to her indefinite hunger strike over the water crisis in the national capital, her party said on Tuesday. In a post on ‘X’, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said…

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AAP Ministers Seek Urgent Solution Of Delhi Water Crisis In Letter To PM Narendra Modi

June 24, 2024 admin

File photo New Delhi: Delhi cabinet ministers have written a letter to Prime Narendra Modi and urged him to resolve the water crisis in the national capital on a priority basis, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday. Addressing a press conference, Delhi cabinet ministers said Ms Atishi’s indefinite fast has entered the fourth day…

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“Matka Phod” Protests By Congress Amid Water Crisis In Delhi

June 15, 2024 admin

Water Minister Atishi had said on Friday that water production in Delhi was decreasing. New Delhi: Amid a water crisis in the national capital, the Delhi Congress held ‘matka phod’ protests across the city on Saturday with its members smashing earthen pots to the ground. The protests began around 10 am in all 280 blocks…

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